Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Photo by the author. All in the same statement released on Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency promised to rescind contentious language that motorsports enthusiasts say targeted them, reiterated that removing emissions equipment remains illegal, and said that they’re not going to crack down on individual racers. “EPA supports motorsports and Read more
1957 Ford Ranchero Custom. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Early Ford Rancheros have inched up in value in the past few years, and current valuation guides put the price of a concours-quality ’57 Ranchero Custom between $35,600 and $52,500. One top-flite restored example, a 1957 Ranchero Custom, has crossed the block Read more
Roger Penske with the 50th Anniversary 2017 Camaro SS Pace Car. Photo courtesy Chevrolet. For a guy who all but holds the deed to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, given that his teams have won its signature event a total of 16 times, it’s remarkable to contemplate that Roger Penske has Read more
1974 Pontiac GTO. Still images from video below. Today, via various cell phone apps, we have access to film effects that can be added to the videos we take to make them look like overexposed, high-contrast, color-shifted films of the 1970s. Well, these two produced-for-Pontiac films already have those effects Read more
Remember that story about Goldilocks and the three bears? The same seems to happen when one is hunting for a project car: Many are over-restored, and hence, too expensive, while an equal number seem to be beyond the point of financially prudent salvation. Finding one that’s “just right,” in terms Read more
Engesa EE-9 Cascavel Mark V. Photo courtesy the Bovington Tank Museum. Collecting tanks and other military vehicles in Europe may soon become a pastime of the past, thanks to a proposed set of European Commission regulatory reforms aimed at fighting terrorism. Under the European Union’s existing Firearms Directive, enacted in Read more
Mark Melvin with his 1969 AMC AMX. Photos courtesy La Jolla Concours d’Elegance unless otherwise noted. It would have been easy to overlook the ratty black 1969 AMX parked on a used car dealer’s lot, but AMC fan Mark Melvin knew the car was a special one. Awarded to 1968 Read more
The recovered 1981 Ferrari 308 GTSi. Photos courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach process an average of 500 vehicles per day for export. With that kind of volume, spotting a discrepancy in a VIN for Read more
These days, the concept of a full-size convertible from a domestic big-three automaker is as foreign as building a car with an estimated fuel economy of 8.1 MPG. In the early 1970s, however, five of GM’s divisions (Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile and Pontiac) built plus-sized and potentially thirsty convertibles, albeit Read more
At about the same time GM was experimenting with turbines in its Firebird series, it also took a look at the free-piston engine and developed a working example for its XP-500 concept car. Mac’s Motor City Garage dug up this video on the XP-500 that doesn’t really explain the free-piston Read more