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1931 Bugatti Type 51. Photos courtesy of Bonhams. At first glance, the Bugatti Type 51 Grand Prix car looks nearly identical to the company’s earlier Type 35, a car that dominated European motor racing in the latter half of the 1920s. Under the hood, however, the two cars are distinctly Read more
A barn-fresh Jaguar XK120 drophead coupe at Bonhams Quail Lodge auction in 2014. Photo by author. A car, truck or motorcycle is only original once, explaining, perhaps, the premiums often paid for “barn find” lots over restored examples. Likewise, preservation class vehicles at high-end concours events never fail to attract Read more
Photos by Hemmings staff. To see the actual cars at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance – and not the spectators in silly hats and salmon-colored pants – you need to get there early for dawn patrol, which is just what the Hemmings staffers on hand this year did yet again, Read more
Art courtesy of the Automotive History Preservation Society. If you owned one of these foldouts back in the 1980s, you may have been one of the lucky few who had purchased a 1983 Hurst/Olds. The booklet was provided as an adjunct to the Oldsmobile owner’s manual to acquaint new buyers Read more
Date: circa 1960s Location: Belhaven, Greenville, or Wilson, North Carolina Source: Jim and Chester’s Garage What do you see here?
1962 Cadillac Series 62 coupe for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: equipped with the correct 390 V8 Engine, Automatic Transmission, Power Steering and Power Brakes. The correct Sage Paint ( 32-correct paint code) is beautiful and shines at any angle with much depth and gloss. In person, it Read more
1936 Lancia Astura Pinin Farina cabriolet. Photos by Mark McCourt. After 28 classes of automobiles were judged, it came down to a trio of final contestants for the ultimate concours d’elegance prize: Best of Show at Pebble Beach. Though each appeared equally magnificent, there can be only one winner, and Read more
By the late 1930s, those wanting to win sprint car races at Midwest tracks often turned to Indianapolis race car constructor Floyd “Pop” Dreyer, who seemed to have a way with all things mechanical. Despite their popularity, few prewar Dreyer-built cars remain today, as most, like other period racing cars, Read more
We’ve got a lot more photochops bookmarked where that last batch came from, but rather than pushing more wild woolly flights of fancy on you too soon, we thought we’d take a tangent here and ask what phantom cars you’d like to see built (or would like to build yourself). Read more
1964 Abarth 850 TC replica for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: replica ex-Coppa Mille racer with Autobianchi A112 70HP engine, dual wishbone front suspension, fiberglass doors and front hood, Scuderia Topolino rear coil overs and starter motor, and accusump / oil accumulator. 0242 has had an interesting life. Read more