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The winning 1966 Ford GT40 Mk II. Photos by Andrew Taylor unless otherwise noted. Philadelphia’s Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum is home to roughly 65 historically significant sports and competition cars from around the world. Selecting the most beautiful cars from the collection is no easy task, which is why the Read more
All images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News The introduction of the Monte Carlo was perfectly timed with the advent of what author Tom Wolfe termed the “Me Decade.” So-called “personal cars” – those upscale, luxury-themed two-doors that placed an emphasis on image over practicality – had Read more
Photo by loonyhiker. After months of meetings with land-speed racers, mining companies, and federal agencies, the Utah House of Representatives late last week passed a bill urging the Bureau of Land Management to make it safe once again to race on the Bonneville Salt Flats. Introduced at the beginning of Read more
In 1929, the race to make a feasible, mass produced front-wheel-drive car had been won by the Cord L-29 as it beat out the Ruxton. Front-wheel-drive vehicles had proven successful in the racing industry, as Harry Miller designed one that would finish second place in the 1925 Indianapolis 500. Miller Read more
Photos by Greg Keysar, courtesy RM Sotheby’s. If any car could make the Mini or Fiat 500 – even the original versions – look Hummer-esque, it’s the Peel P50, the car that earned the title of world’s smallest production automobile and that achieved 100 MPG long before any hybrid. One Read more
Thanks to Jim and Chester’s Garage, we’ve got a pair of carspotting photos showing downtown Charleston, West Virginny, and its bustling Capitol Street. We’ve even got a date – 1973 – which gives us an upper end on the model years for the cars thronging the streets. And even with Read more
The story of the little aluminum V-8 that GM sidelined and Rover wisely snapped up is fascinating and you can read all about it here, in the June 2006 issue of Hemmings Motor News. Or you could learn all about the 215-cu.in. V-8 firsthand by treating yourself to this sub-$6,000 Read more
Still from AACA Library film. With hundreds of deteriorating old films in its collection, the folks at the Antique Automobile Club of America’s library started to investigate how to digitize and preserve those old films, but quickly found their options limited by stratospheric costs. So, instead, they did what any Read more
Photos courtesy Victory Motorcycles, unless otherwise noted. If all goes as planned, Urs Pedraita, a Swiss motorcyclist who goes by the nickname “Grizzly,” will depart Daytona Beach, Florida, on Friday, March 11, riding his customized Victory Cross Country. On May 20, just 100 days later, Grizzly will return to Daytona Read more
By William Hall. Photos by the author. By his best reckoning, 17-year-old Daniel Gamboa has only driven a stick-shift car about eight or nine times in his life. But he shows no reticence in inching closer to the wheel of Brad Phillips’s 1983 Ferrari 308 GTS QV. Phillips has owned Read more