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Rally-prepped 1965 Mercury Comet Caliente for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This vehicle is a recreation of one of the original Ford Motor Company Mercury Comet rally cars. Commencing with an exceptionally solid, low-mileage, original car, the rebuild process changed the car into a performance and durable rally Read more
Photo via Detroit Free Press; brochure image via lov2xlr8.no. If success has many fathers, then Colin Neale had many children. As a longtime designer for both Ford and Chrysler and a close associate of Elwood Engel’s, Neale had – or, at least, claimed to have – a hand in many Read more
Photo courtesy New England Auto Museum. Pinning down a birth date for Luigi Chinetti’s North American Racing Team isn’t exactly straightforward. Could have taken place in 1948, 1958, or any number of dates in between. Rather than let a chance to celebrate that founding slip by, the New England Auto Read more
On the right is our Miro-Flex Model 18 Miro-Flare. On the left is an unmarked version. Note the holders for flags positioned between the reflectors. Nobody wants to imagine a breakdown, especially at night. But it’s wise to take precautions and always has been. Rudimentary tool kits were virtually standard Read more
1971 Chevrolet Vega 2300 Hatchback Coupe. Photo courtesy GM Media. [Editor’s note: This “Reminiscing” story, edited by Richard Lentinello, comes to us from Hemmings Classic Car reader Ricky Rupp.] When I was 20 years old I was employed as an assembler at the Chevrolet Engine Plant in Tonawanda, New York. Read more
Date: circa 1960s Location: Bellaire Boulevard and Rice Boulevard, Bellaire, Texas Source: City of Bellaire archives, courtesy Bill Starr What do you see here?
Spirit of America package 1974 Chevrolet Impala for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This car is an extremely low-mileage example, with original paint and interior. Dual exhaust was added at some point in its life. Of course, power steering and power brakes. The original paint is about 90% Read more
The life of a traveling salesman could be a harsh and lonely existence, especially in the depths of the Great Depression, but hitting the road with a well-appointed house trailer, office, and mobile showroom surely made things a bit more palatable. This October, RM Sotheby’s will offer up an interesting Read more
Part of the fleet available for the Classic Ice Driving school. Photo courtesy Jaguar Land Rover. In January, the average high temperature in Arjeplog, Sweden, reaches 19-degrees Fahrenheit, and it typically snows on 16 of the month’s 31 days. While that may not sound like an ideal climate for a Read more
The anodized aluminum caps in question. It’s been a while since our last From the Toolbox segment, and this one comes to us from reader Dave Wood. Dave is asking for help identifying something that’s more of a part than a tool, but still fits in with the spirit of Read more