Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Electric cars at Snug Rock, Yonkers, New York circa 1900. Photo from the collection of the Smithsonian Institution, courtesy of Automobile Driving Museum. Electric cars, it seems, are all the rage these days, with an increasing number of automakers offering battery or generator-powered models in their lineups. Given the recent Read more
Used car pricing from a May 1948 Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. Old newspapers have always been a great window into seeing what life was like at a time many of us weren’t even a glint in our father’s eye, or in some cases, our grandfather’s eye. Nothing compares to the first Read more
Kinda hard to find a flaw in this 1978 Ford Granada Ghia for sale on Hemmings.com: From the photos it all appears clean and straight, with no evidence of rust, fading, or wear, and the description tells us it runs and drives like new. What’s most impressive is that the Read more
One of the first runnings of the Charade circuit in France was captured in this 16-minute video from 1958 showing plenty of Ferraris Porsches, Lotii, and other interesting cars in their natural habitat – at speed and on the track. Even if you don’t understand French, you’ll understand the common Read more
So this 1964 Studebaker GT Hawk for sale on Hemmings.com is gonna need some sweat equity to hit the road again. That’ll probably scare off all but the most interested of buyers, and the necessary rust repairs will winnow down the pool of interested parties even more. But the bright Read more
Most folks probably know David Greenless as the man behind The Old Motor, but he’s also an accomplished restorer and caretaker of pre-World War I thoroughbreds, including the 1915 Duesenberg race car that will participate in the 100th running of Indy celebrations later this month, and he’s promised us trackside Read more
Part of the capacity crowd from last night’s cruise-in. Photos by Kurt Ernst, David Conwill and Terry McGean. To some, it’s the budding of trees and the blooming of flowers (often accompanied by the popping of allergy pills), while to others it’s the return of the swallows to the Mission Read more
Pontiac pitched its 1964 Catalina as the brand’s lowest-priced full-size offering, but despite the family-friendly sticker, the Catalina still came with standard features like electric wipers, dual sun visors, full carpeting, and the most needed of 1960s accessories, a cigarette lighter. The standard engine was the 389 V-8, topped by Read more
Photo by Michael Cote. A bill introduced in Congress this week promises to roll back current ethanol blending requirements and may even curtail the spread of E15 through the nation’s fuel supply should it get enacted. House Resolution 5180, titled the Food and Fuel Consumer Protection Act of 2016, calls Read more
Photography by author. Springtime in Western Pennsylvania means the reopening of area swap meets and flea markets. Anxious to get out and find items that I didn’t realize I couldn’t live without until the moment I saw them, my kids and I headed over the first Hazen Flea Market of Read more