Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Images courtesy Milwaukee Art Museum. Brooks Stevens never met an idea he couldn’t recycle. If it didn’t work on one concept drawing, he’d lift it for another. If it didn’t get picked up by one manufacturer, he’d run the idea by another. Generally, his ideas flowed among concepts like concurrent Read more
From 1983 through 1986, those looking for a Ford Mustang GT with a little extra flash could opt for a Predator Mustang, built by Solomon America and sold through select Ford dealerships. The brainchild of Tom Solomon, the Predator package was really more show than go, but featured things like Read more
Photo courtesy Ronald Reagan Library, Historic Vehicle Association. It’s got dings and dents. It’s been rolled. It’s neither the first nor the last of its breed, has no particularly special equipment, and is one of thousands like it to roll off an assembly line. But the Historic Vehicle Association saw Read more
The Veterans Charity Ride arriving in Sturgis, 2015. Photos courtesy Indian Motorcycles. The Veterans Charity Ride was an entirely new and highly successful idea started last year by veteran Army Paratrooper Dave Frey and Emmy-award winning director Robert Manciero. This year’s event is again sponsored by Full Vision Products Read more
Scans of book from author’s collection. Back in the spring of 1971 I was in my freshman year of high school and one of our English assignments that semester was to read a book of our choice and write a report on it. Having been a total car nut even Read more
Note what you don’t see on this 1937 Cord 812 for sale on Hemmings.com: badges, cloissones, and other decoration from years and years of participating in shows and scooping up awards. That’s because it’s apparently been shown a handful of times locally – and driven just 40 miles – since Read more
It’s a good bet that many of you started following Jay Leno’s old car exploits after he got involved in the subculture of giant tank/airplane/firetruck-engined roadsters, and he returned to that form in the latest Jay Leno’s Garage video with a look at La Bestioni, a 1915 American LaFrance roadster. Read more
In much of the world, the Citroen 2CV served as affordable postwar transportation for the masses, but by 1967, after 19 years of production, the design was growing long in the tooth. Enter the Citroen Dyane, which was intended both as a replacement for the 2CV and as a viable Read more
With Cuban relations starting to normalize, can Americans import Cuban classics? Bloomberg once postulated that they would, but another Bloomberg article this week pointed out that tariffs prevent Americans importing anything from Cuba that wasn’t made there – which means repatriating the cars is out of the question. * Last Read more
Photos by author. Automakers are constantly pressured to bring out new and fresh products, virtually being required to reinvent the wheel, if you will, to get customers into showrooms. Of course, they can never let go of their best cars and ideas from years past, something all of us here Read more