Hemmings Auto Blog

Photos via TommyIvo.com. As a lifelong showman, even birthdays become an excuse to entertain, which is why “TV” Tommy Ivo will be celebrating his 80th birthday with a public birthday bash at the NHRA Motorsports Museum later this month. Born April 18, 1936, in Denver, his acting career started at Read more

Parade, maybe? Whatever captivated the attention of the folks in the background of this photo, which we found on Ross Dunn’s Flickrstream, it didn’t work so well on the photographer, who managed to take in a good selection of cars in the parking lot, and for that we’re grateful. No Read more

In 1959, Oldsmobile sold 194,102 examples of its newly restyled “Linear Look” Dynamic 88, but only 11,298 of these were the Fiesta station wagon, making it the second least common body style. Today, these wagons are a rarity in any condition, which makes this two-owner “barn find” 1959 Oldsmobile Dynamic Read more

Photo courtesy Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum. When the founders of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum moved into the headquarters of the company that built the cars they intended to celebrate back in 1973, so much dirt and dust covered the building’s main showroom floor that they couldn’t see Read more

Emerson Fittipaldi with his Patrick Racing 1989 Indy 500-winning car. Photos courtesy IMS. At one time, Emerson Fittipaldi was the highest-paid athlete in the world, surpassing even Muhammad Ali and his fellow Brazilian, the soccer legend Pele. That was before he won two world championships in Formula 1, came to Read more

1973 Mercedes-Benz 450 SL, sold for $9,075. Photos courtesy Auctions America. What do a Nash Metropolitan, a Cadillac Allante, a Chevrolet Corvair Monza, an AMC Javelin and a Steyr-Daimler-Puch Pinzgauer have in common? Under normal circumstances, the answer would be “next to nothing,” but at last week’s Auctions America sale Read more

Images courtesy Old Car Manual Project. The first-generation Chevrolet inline six has long lived in the shadow of the Ford flathead V-8 – so much so that many don’t realize that it’s a different creature from the 216-cu.in., 235-cu.in. and 261-cu.in. engines that replaced it, with all Chevy sixes from Read more

Admittedly, we only know for sure that the above photo comes from Scottsdale, specifically Fifth Avenue, and we only know for sure that the below photo dates to the 1960s, but both, which we came across on the Those Old Cars Tumblog, could conceivably depict the same time and place, Read more

We don’t want to give free HFOD passes to every vehicle like this 1934 Ford “Panther” for sale on Hemmings.com, but seriously, anybody who’s gonna hitch together two or more engines, Freight Train- (or tractor-pull-) style, and drop them into a street rod should probably get some sort of special Read more

Photo by 77krc. A pilot cash-for-clunkers-style program that the state of California started in 2014 may soon expand statewide and mandate a minimum number of old cars to scrap in exchange for buying new fuel-efficient vehicles, provided a bill currently in the state’s congress becomes law. California Assembly Bill 1965, Read more