Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
It’s not perfect, but this 1979 International Scout II Rallye for sale on Hemmings.com is at least rust free and has a level of patina that some would consider authentic – from the cracked Rallye stripes to the sunburn along the roof to the various dings and thin paint spots. Read more
Reader Gary Rynsburger sent us a link to the 1966 Chevrolet introduction video this week specifically for the camper truck chase scene toward the end, but we figured the entire thing would be worth watching, if for nothing else than to see how Chevrolet handled the Mustang just before it Read more
Originally designed as an upscale version of Ford’s Mustang, the Mercury Cougar would take an entirely different direction for the 1974 model year, growing in size and plushness to become a personal luxury coupe instead of a pony car. That makes this 1973 Mercury Cougar XR7, for sale on Hemmings.com, Read more
One of the vehicles contesting next month’s Peking-to-Paris race will be a 1968 AMX looking sufficiently beefy and campaigned by rally veterans Jim Valentine and Jonathan Lodge. What’s more, they’ll be providing realtime updates on their adventure on their website. * MLive this past week took a look at the Read more
Photo courtesy The Henry Ford. Automotive safety didn’t start with Ralph Nader, of course. Plenty of people, startled by annual highway death figures in the tens of thousands and growing, concerned themselves with the topic both before and after World War II, but the vast majority of that concern focused Read more
To wrap up this week of European carspotting, let’s head over to The Netherlands with two photo postcards we came across on Flickr. Above, a look at Grote Markt – now car-less – and Sint Geertruidus Kerk in Bergen Op Zoom, and below, a look at Ridderzaal– also now car-less Read more
Prices for driver-quality Volkswagen Beetles have been on an upward swing in recent years, as a once seemingly endless supply has dwindled dramatically. Worse, many surviving examples have been customized by past owners, meaning those who wish to drive a stock Bug need to source both starting point and the Read more
The 1940 Packard Royal roadster. Photos by Patrick Ernzen, courtesy Auctions America. It measures 31.5-feet from end-to-end, nearly 10-feet longer than a Ford Super Duty pickup. Despite the mostly aluminum body, it tips the scales at 13,200 pounds, and its 2,500-cu.in supercharged Packard V-12 produces a reported 1,600 horsepower and Read more
As this is posted, there’s only a couple of weeks left on the calendar before 120 teams from five nations descend upon San Rafael, California, to compete in the 2016 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty, which will travel along the historic Lincoln Highway through Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Read more
For the first time in 55 years, Oiler Quint Meland is staged to race. Photography by the author. As the weather warms, the days lengthen and the annual Race of Gentlemen in Wildwood, New Jersey—now happening on June 4-5—fast approaches, we can’t help but return to memories of last year’s Read more