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Photo courtesy Antique American Independent Automobile Association. While last year’s Military Vehicle Preservation Association Bankhead Highway Convoy perhaps set precedents for covering every possible remaining inch of the highway, it came a year too early to celebrate the highway’s centennial, something the Antique American Independent Automobile Association aims to correct Read more
Dawn breaks over Turn 12 at PIR and down the main straight. Photos by Don Homuth. Editor’s note: This piece comes to us from Hemmings Daily regular, concours judge and former North Dakota State Senator Don Homuth. Day One Hershey, Pennsylvania, has the nation’s biggest chocolate maker and the nation’s Read more
Photos courtesy BMW Group Classic. Editor’s Note: Ronan Glon of Ran When Parked recently worked with BMW Classic to get us the story of perhaps the largest engine to make its way under the hood of a BMW. BMW’s recent decision to develop a new range-topping model bigger than the Read more
This 1951 Muntz Jet for sale on Hemmings.com definitely won’t make for an easy restoration – after all, there’s no manual for restoring a limited-production car like this that received an unorthodox engine transplant nearly 60 years ago – but at least the seller has already done much of the Read more
The Kirt Fryer 1971 Mustang collection. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Ask Mustang enthusiasts to name the most desirable examples over the years, and it’s a safe bet that the larger and heavier 1971 models won’t make everyone’s top-10 list. Collector Kirt Fryer sees things a bit differently, Read more
The Bowling Green Corvette Assembly Plant. Photo courtesy GM Media. General Motors’s Bowling Green Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, has offered public tours of one kind or another since its opening in June of 1981. In recent years, three tours per week day have been offered (excluding blackout Read more
Students pose with the 1956 Ford F100 project truck. Photo courtesy East Syracuse Minoa School District. A 1956 Ford F100 resto-modded by high school students at East Syracuse Minoa Central High School in Western New York will be raffled off to a lucky winner on July 17. Proceeds from the Read more
1961 Buick Invicta instrument panel; image by the author. Buick’s full-size lineup for 1961 had been dramatically restyled–a crisp, sleek look, thanks to the elimination of what they called the Delta Wing. The Special was reintroduced to customers as a compact, complete with an aluminum V-8. Yet Buick never lost Read more
In 1960s England, it was common practice to swap a more powerful motorcycle engine into a lightweight Norton frame, creating bikes like the Triton (a Triumph/Norton hybrid), and the Norvin (a Vincent/Norton blend). Perhaps, then, this 1967 Morris Traveller, listed for sale on Hemmings.com, should be referred to as a Read more
1927 Bugatti Type 38A Grand Sport. Photos by Michael Furman, courtesy The Finest Automobile Auctions. By the late 1920s, Bugatti had established itself as a dominant force in motor racing with the hugely successful Type 35, but the French automaker was also producing superb grand touring cars. The Type 38A Read more