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1935 Miller Ford V-8 Indy Car. Photos by Maggie Pinke, courtesy Mecum Auctions. In 1935, genius race car constructor Harry Miller entered into a deal with Preston Tucker and the Ford Motor Company to produce 10 innovative racing cars that would dominate the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, the Indianapolis 500. Read more
The Hot August Nights Cup winner, Billy and Debbie Thomas’s 1939 Oldsmobile Model 60 convertible. Photos by Marcello Rostagni, courtesy Hot August Nights. Starting from a one-owner 1939 Oldsmobile Model 60 convertible, owners Billy and Debbie Thomas, from Robstown, Texas, set out to build a show-winning street rod with the Read more
All photos are frame grabs from video below. Our Summer Destinations Series continues with yet another plug for painstakingly detailing your automotive pride and joy, then loading up the crew and driving some place surprisingly fun and really dusty. This the New York State Fair, Harry S. Truman-era edition, with Read more
Images are from the brochure collection of the author Ooh, that body lean is making us a bit queasy… 1974 represented the last model year for Volvo’s 140 series, which dated back to the August 1966 introduction of the B18-powered four-door 144; the two-door 142 followed in the summer of 1967, with Read more
Date: November 1949 Location: Chicago Midway Airport Source: Pat B on Flickr What do you see here?
1978 KG Farfadet for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: A ‘one-off’ constructed in England and evoking the feel of vintage BSA’s and Morgans, this roadster has the classic air of a vintage three wheeler without attempting to be a direct copy. Built on a Citroen Dyane, this car Read more
Futurliner No. 3. Photos via MAG Auctions. While a much-hyped and fully restored Futurliner consigned to auction apparently failed to sell over the weekend, another one of the 12 GM Parade of Progress buses recently found a new home after traveling from California all the way to Germany. Futurliner No. Read more
The 1968 Triumph TR250 owned by Jim Whalen of Loudonville, New York, was our pick for Best in Show. All photos by Terry Shea/Hemmings Motor News. The Valencia Blue roadster wowed the showgoers—and Hemmings judges from the editorial department, to be sure—with its high-caliber restoration. Jim was keen to point Read more
Photos by clemsonc. Sometimes things just stick in the back of your brain like little morsels of meat after a good porkchop dinner. You could floss it out, but it’s also occasionally rewarding to work at that morsel for a while after the meal. Same goes for those random bits Read more
Front view. Photography by author. While digging around in the basement the other day, my first Pinewood Derby racer resurfaced. Upon reading that sentence, those of you who were in the Cub Scouts likely became 8-years-old again, if just for a moment. For those who weren’t, the Pinewood Derby was Read more