Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
1958 Dual-Ghia 400 Coupe prototype; image courtesy of Fred Kanter. Whether you want to believe it or not, the Fifties and early Sixties were a mystical era of automotive design. The sights and sounds of multiple science fiction mediums were quickly being thrust into reality by the brightest engineers, who Read more
1953 Muntz Jet roadster. Photos by Brian Henniker, courtesy Gooding & Company, unless otherwise noted. Earl “Madman” Muntz was renowned as a used car and cheap-television pitchman, but even his salesmanship couldn’t change the fate of his Muntz Jet convertibles and roadsters. Built from 1951 until 1954, somewhere between 394 Read more
The powerful, innovative and very fast Corvettes built and raced by John Greenwood were given the honor that they have long deserved. There were seven Greenwood Corvettes on display. Photos by author. Amelia, as it is so lovingly referred to, is one of those rare automotive events that after you Read more
[Editor’s Note: Eddie Stakes recently reached out to us with this story of an AMX that even he didn’t want in his yard for very long. He’s since sold it. We’re eight months away from Halloween, but a good ghost story is always worth telling.] I don’t know how many Read more
The location for all four of today’s carspotting photos: Hartford’s Main Street, conveniently given away by the presence of the Crown Theater, which we’ve seen before in the photos supplied to us by Joe Sokola, and Dailey’s Super Market, which resided across the street from the theater. The dates: a Read more
1952 Pegaso Z-102 Cupola. Photos by Richard Lentinello, unless otherwise indicated. Best known for producing trucks and buses, Spanish automaker Pegaso also built high-end sports cars from 1951-’58. The exact quantity produced (as few as 84 and as many as 125) remains a mystery, but only two “Cupola” models, with Read more
Who knows how many backyard tinkerers built MI Specials from the plans distributed by Mechanix Illustrated and old used Fords, but it’s always neat to see another one turn up, mostly for the little variations that came from all the myriad interpretations of the plans. True DIY aesthetic at work Read more
Ask fair-weather enthusiasts to name the first hybrid automobile, and the answer is likely to be the Toyota Prius, which debuted in the Japanese market in 1997, or the Honda Insight, which hit the market in 1999. Those with a broader automotive knowledge may cite the 1901 Lohner-Porsche Semper Vivus, Read more
An aerial view of the event. Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd. Tennesee’s Chattanooga Cruise-In started out several years back as an informal open house at Coker Tire headquarters and Honest Charley Speed Shop, but has grown into a full-fledged scene, drawing upwards of 1,500 cars and 10,000 spectators. Any Hemi-powered Read more
As Mac’s Motor City Garage wrote this week, 1958’s “An Evening With Fred Astaire” was the first television program recorded on color videotape, a feat made possible in part by sponsorship by Chrysler, which took the opportunity to introduce its full lineup of 1959 model year cars. * Anybody who Read more