Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
From the seller’s description: Rare 2004 Redline Red Chevrolet SSR – Joe Gibbs Supercharger, Low Miles! I am yet to come across another Chevy SSR with a dealer installed Joe Gibbs Supercharger Package. This car has been well taken care. – 8,641 miles – Joe Gibbs Supercharger (original dealer installed), Read more
Elvis Presley’s BMW 507. Photo’s courtesy BMW Classic. In 1958, while stationed in the U.S. Army in Hesse, West Germany, Elvis Presley acquired a Feather White BMW 507 roadster. Following his return to the United States, the fate of the BMW remained something of a mystery, and when a car Read more
SPAAMFA’s 2012 National Muster. Photo courtesy of Dan Jasina. What do fire apparatus do? They spray water by the ton onto raging flames, or extend ladders so that panicked victims can be plucked from the windowsills of blazing buildings. So, what do you call it when a bunch of old Read more
Fiat 124 Sport Spiders were well-represented at the 11th annual Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car Show. Photos by author. What can you say about a car show that serves up everything from vintage Volkswagens (and even a Volkswagen dune buggy) through classic British sports cars and Japanese grand-tourers from the Read more
1947 Oldsmobile Model 66 four-door station wagon custom for sale. From the seller’s description: This rare, highly desirable, “Woody”, is one of a kind – sporting classic looks and tons of power. The car was bought at auction in 2002 and built into a running chassis. In May of 2012 Read more
Drag racing in Britain got a big push forward when the NHRA took several of its big names and their cars over for exhibition races in the mid-Sixties, as seen in this British Pathe video that Mac’s Motor City Garage recently uncovered. * Add to the playlist of other WWII Read more
2001 Dodge Viper GTS for sale. From the seller’s description: This car is my personal pride and joy. I have owned it for 8 years, everything in the car works. There are no problems with it at all. Always stored in a climate controlled enviroment. When I bought this car Read more
Unimogs aren’t generally considered as race fodder, but they are nigh-indestructible and as we see from this story on Engine Swap Depot, they’ll go faster with bigger and more powerful Mercedes engines swapped in place of their originals. * Danger has always been an element in auto racing, but the Read more
Jeff Teague and his AMX/4 rendering. Like any of us, Jeff Teague could have become anything he wanted, but with a father as passionate about cars – particularly older cars and auto design – as legendary auto designer Dick Teague, it probably only seemed natural Jeff, who died last Friday Read more
Date: circa 1969 Location: somewhere in Minnesota? Source: mybelair62 on Tumblr What do you see here?