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1932 Brough Superior BS4. Photos courtesy Bonhams. News of eight barn-stored Brough motorcycles rocked the British bike world last year, when the collection of the late Frank Vague was revealed to be heading to auction in 2016. The patina-rich motorcycles, some in kit form, crossed the auction stage last weekend, Read more
[Editor’s Note: Jim Allen’s forthcoming book, the International Scout Encyclopedia, promises to cover everything a Scout fan would want to know about International’s Jeep-fighter. Thanks to the folks at Motorbooks, the book’s publisher, we’ve got an exclusive entry from the book to share, one that focuses on International’s various efforts Read more
All artwork from Stefan Marjoram’s 2015 Auto Art Advent series. Courtesy of Stefan Marjoram. Artist, photographer, animator and filmmaker Stefan Marjoram has been sprinkling a little extra magic into the Christmas season since 2011 by offering an original pencil-and-watercolor sketch of a different vintage automobile each day during Advent. Read more
The phenomenon of converting used luxury cars into wreckers more or less ended with the Depression, but as we can see from this 1950 Buick Roadmaster-based wrecker for sale on Hemmings.com, the idea didn’t die once prosperity returned to the country. This particular example looks a little more refined with Read more
A few of the cars, lined up outside the barn. Photos courtesy Andy Hoge. America’s heartland seems like a strange place to run across a collection of unrestored air-cooled Volkswagens, but that’s exactly what auctioneer Andy Hoge encountered in a barn outside of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. On June 11, Hoge Read more
Photos courtesy ChipFoose.com, Hooker Headers, SEMA. Chip Foose’s ubiquity in hot rodding and customizing is no mere fluke of reality television. Instead, the custom car designer’s more than 25 years in the hobby have not only helped to shape its aesthetic but also turned many a casual observer of cars Read more
It seems like everybody had a Model T in the 1920s, but there were alternatives. Image via lov2xlr8. My wife and I have three daughters. The oldest will graduate high school in 2025. Perhaps you’ve seen the meme making the Internet rounds joking “in four years it will be the Read more
Plymouth fans looking for inexpensive transportation in 1972 had ample choices in the Valiant lineup, including a pair of two-door Dusters, a four-door sedan and a two-door hardtop sold under the Scamp nameplate. Essentially a badge-engineered Dodge Dart Swinger, the Plymouth Scamp offered an ala carte menu of engine options, Read more
Why do we keep showing vintage films from Bonneville? Could be the stark beauty of the salt flats. Could be the famous cars and their drivers, then just amateurs in pursuit of speed. Could be the DIY approach to racing we see in that era, one in which experimentation was Read more
Take a Mini Moke racing? Sure, why not, especially if it’s got a fiberglass body draped over it like this 1965 Mooncraft Moke Sport for sale on Hemmings.com, which appears to have seen some racing since it was built, probably enough to sort it out but not enough to really Read more