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Photos by author. Buying a used anything that you haven’t actually held in your hands, from a seller that you don’t really know, can be a daunting proposition. Yet, since we can’t have a swap meet in our backyard each weekend, and most times the parts we desire for our Read more
Yes, we know, plenty of folks are itching to turn this 1940 Willys coupe for sale on Hemmings.com into a gasser, just add fiberglass body and go. But the cowl-forward condition it’s in now – similar to how many cars were delivered to coachbuilders at one time – opens the Read more
Studebaker Indy car at Mt. Washington Hillclimb. Photo by the author. Officially, nobody ever called it by such a derisive term. The cars built under its stipulations never won a race. Its reign only lasted half a dozen years. But the so-called “junk formula” that the Indianapolis Motor Speedway implemented Read more
Images from 2012 Watkins Glen SVRA Vintage Grand Prix. All photos by the author. Saloon racing is the European equivalent of our stock car racing, though they make just as many right turns as left ones, too. Often called touring cars, these popular sedan racers (of the two- and four-door Read more
Photo by Jeff Koch. In 1969, Honda introduced its first U.S. market automobile, the N600 sedan. Developed from the Japanese market N360, the N600 underwent an extensive testing program in the United States prior to release. In 1967, 50 N600s were assembled and shipped here for evaluation, including serial number Read more
Photo courtesy SCTA. It’s too early to tell whether the Southern California Timing Association will get the chance to head back to Bonneville this year, but it has at least been able to secure a return to the Mojave Air and Space Port for a bit of early season land-speed Read more
While on the hunt for photos of his first Buick Apollo, Joe Essid came across a photo he thought would be of interest to our carspotters. Captioned only with “MGM Grand Hotel, Nevada, Oct. 1980” by his mother (that’s his father, Big Joe, in the foreground), Joe believes the photo Read more
A great candidate for a rolling restoration or a driveable dream, this 1972 AMC Javelin SST for sale on Hemmings.com falls somewhere on the spectrum in between gnarly AMX and basic six-cylinder around-town car. The best thing about it, though, is that it had an AMC lover taking care of Read more
Still from House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology video. In a hearing on the recently introduced bill crafted to exempt competition vehicles from the Clean Air Act, a government researcher called to testify noted that the issue boils down to a “difference in interpretation” between the Environmental Protection Agency Read more
1977 Chevrolet Camaro Z28. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Last weekend, Jerry Seinfeld’s Porsche and Volkswagen collection made headlines when 16 (of 17) cars offered at auction in Amelia Island sold for a total of $22 million. At the same time, a very different automobile auction was being held by Mecum Read more