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Since 1912, employees of Ford Motor Company have been required to wear badges—first made of metal and later of plastic—that identified them and indicated what plant and department they worked in. Now, the Early Ford V-8 Foundation has published the first reference designed to help FoMoCo fans identify the Read more
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News Devoted fans of GM’s Pontiac Motor Division still mourn the 2010 death of the 83-year-old brand, an unfortunate result of the company’s 2009 bankruptcy. Many felt Pontiac’s last offerings, which included the G8 and Solstice, had great potential as unique Read more
Aimed at commercial customers, DKW’s Schnellaster series came in a variety of formats, ranging from compact pickups though panel vans. Window vans, like this 1957 DKW Schnellaster Kastenwagen 3=6, for sale on Hemmings.com, were also part of the lineup, though not many made their way to these shores (in fact, Read more
Tucker 48 chassis 1049. Photos by Tom Gidden, courtesy RM Sotheby’s. With just 50 examples completed before the factory was shuttered for good, an original Tucker 48 is a rare automobile by anyone’s standards. Rarer still is a Tucker 48 living outside the United States, since the once-neglected prototypes have Read more
It’s been 50 years since Team Penske, as it’s known today, first came into existence. That’s one number you need to know. The others are 16, for the number of Indianapolis 500 wins it can claim; 170, its total number of IndyCar wins, 13, its number of season championships in Read more
Here are just a few examples of the things I’ve acquired over the years. Photography by author. Over the past few years I’ve blogged about vintage tools, dash gauges, and other car parts that could be collected to use for their intended purpose in a car or simply displayed to Read more
“Hoot to drive” should really be in every old car listing, unless it’s something we all take for granted, in which case, we have this replica 1935 Morgan Super Sports barrelback for sale on Hemmings.com to remind us that’s what the hobby is all about. Besides, how else would one Read more
Out of the recent spate of stories about the five-year anniversary of the tsunami that hit Japan came this rather special one, highlighted by Japanese Nostalgic Car, about a one-owner unrestored 1971 Toyota Corolla 1400SR that the tsnuami damaged. Thanks to fellow old-car owners, the Corolla has since been restored Read more
From a strictly financial perspective, the Dodge Viper is a car that never should have been built. Expensive to produce and targeted to an audience optimistically described as “limited,” the Viper was never meant to be anything other than a halo performance car for Dodge. Killed off in 2010, the Read more
Other vehicles designed and built by Ferdinand Porsche going back to the turn of the century have adopted the Porsche name in the years since, but the first to actually wear the Porsche name, according to Ronan Glon at Ran When Parked, was the 1948 Type 356, a mid-engine prototype Read more