Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Any car repair seems wicked expensive when you get a car for three Benjamins. Take, for instance, Hemmings reader feevefeeve’s dilemma when the wipers went out on his 1961 Chevrolet Biscayne sometime in the Eighties. Spend more than the purchase price of the car on a new wiper motor? Forget Read more
The 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 coupe. Photos courtesy Chevrolet. In February, Chevrolet announced the return of the track-focused Camaro 1LE, available in 2017 on both V-8 powered SS models and V-6 powered LT models. Later, the automaker confirmed the worst-kept secret in Detroit, announcing a new version of its range-topping Read more
Date: circa 1960s Location: Bristol Marketplace, Santa Ana, California Source: found photo, via Mark Susina on Flickr What do you see here?
1951 Ford Country Squire station wagon. From the seller’s description: This is a beatiful hawthorn green woody wagon. The wood inside and outside are perfect and was done by the world renowned Nick Alexander. This car is nearly perfect from the ground up. The restoration is mostly known as Dearborn Read more
Photo by Mike Boening. Along with art galleries, a nightclub, apartments, and a spa, the group behind the redevelopment of the former Packard plant in Detroit may also include a museum dedicated to Packard automobiles in their plans, though such a museum would likely not appear for many years. As Read more
1951 Indian Chief Roadmaster. Photo by Dawn Deppi. Motorcyclists tend to be a divided tribe, with loyalties often split by brand, style or even decade of manufacture. Opening on August 20, the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum’s annual motorcycle exhibit hopes to tear down these barriers by presenting, “Land of the Read more
Our recent story on the Futurliner had me looking through my file of saved photos and bookmarks for images to illustrate it, and while I couldn’t use the above rendering by James DonVito, it did get me thinking that it’s been far too long since I rounded up some automotive Read more
Granddad’s 1920 Model T C-Cab. Photo courtesy David Lowry. [Editor’s note: This story, edited by Richard Lentinello, comes to us from David Lowry of Plymouth, Massachusetts.] My late grandfather was a Ford man for as long as I can remember, and even before that. He had a laundry business in Read more
Date: January 1975 Location: Riviera, Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada Source: Vintage Las Vegas What do you see here?
1985 Audi Quattro for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: The car has been in Colorado (23 years)/California (2years) since 1991/92:There is no evidence that it has ever had any rust or serious collision damage. Current mileage is 117850. Among the 667 (+/- 1 or 2) ur-Quattros imported to Read more