Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Rob Myers. Photo by Aaron Summerfield, courtesy RM Sotheby’s. Each year, America’s Automotive Trust (AAT) board member Nicola Bulgari personally selects someone from the automotive community for the award that bears his name. Candidates are recognized for their efforts to preserve America’s motoring heritage, and past winners include Rick Hendrick, Read more
All photos are frame grabs from video below. Imagine if you will: It’s the year 2000, and the whole Jetsons scenario has finally come to fruition. You’re making do with your late-model, mostly-self-driving and -self-flying car, though there are a few remaining buttons to which you must manually attend. Sigh. Read more
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News It was a half-century ago, 1966, when Ford took a chance on creating an International Scout- or Jeep-like on/off road “all-purpose vehicle” that would quickly come to dominate the burgeoning 4 x 4/sport-utility category that took off in the 1970s. This Read more
Date: 1949 Location: West Nine Mile Road, Ferndale, Michigan Source: Ferndale Historical Society, via Flickr What do you see here?
1957 Dodge Custom Royal Lancer D-500 convertible for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: The Carter four-barrel carburetor topped the 325-cu.in. Hemi V-8 block. It produced 285 hp and 345-lb.ft. of torque at 2,800 RPM from its 3.69 x 3.80-inch bore and stroke and 9.25:1 compression. The vehicle has Read more
The Best of Show 1934 Bugatti Type 57 Franay rumble seat convertible. Photos by Larry Neuzel, courtesy Keeneland Concours d’Elegance. Designed as a grand touring automobile by Ettore Bugatti’s son Jean, the Bugatti Type 57 was produced from 1934 through 1940 in a variety of forms, and with factory-supplied or Read more
Photo courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum. Legendary drag racer, hot rodder, and land-speed racer Art Chrisman – whose dragster set the pattern for many other quarter-mile conquerors and who racked up a number of honors over the last few years – died last week at the age of 86. While best Read more
Photos courtesy of Janine Sijan-Rozina and the author. [Editor’s Note: This story comes to us from frequent Hemmings contributor William Hall. William is a writer, car collector and classic car broker based in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.] Lance Sijan lived an All-American life. Raised in 1950s Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the young Boy Read more
Mercedes compact design study from 1948. Photos courtesy the Mercedes-Benz archives. [Editor’s Note: Here, Ronan Glon of Ran When Parked takes us through the unfruitful early history of Mercedes-Benz compact cars.] Mercedes-Benz made global headlines when it presented the 190 (called w201 internally) in late 1982. To the public, the Read more
Date: circa 1960 Location: West 58th Street, Manhattan, New York City Source: found photo via Mark Susina on Flickr What do you see here?