Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Every generation of auto enthusiast has a decade that resonates with them, for better or for worse. While the cars of the 1970s may have been crippled by emission regulations and plagued by occasionally indifferent quality control, few would argue that they were more distinctive, style-wise, than contemporary automobiles. For Read more
Photos by author. If you like the aggressive lines of the fastback body style as well as the spacious luxury of a full-size automobile, think Delmont. If you never heard of a Delmont, you’re not alone. It’s one of those forgotten models from the Sixties, thanks, in part, because Oldsmobile Read more
Some cars really speak for themselves, and some cars have a lot to say when it comes to speaking for themselves. Then there’s this 1982 Chevrolet Corvette Caballista for sale on Hemmings.com, a Les Dunham creation that sports less than 20,000 miles on its Cross-Fire V-8 and appears pretty much Read more
The Ford GTs run at Daytona. Image courtesy Ford Motor Company. Developing a competitive new racing car, based upon a production car, is an arduous task. Doing so in a little over one year borders on the impossible, which is why no one should be disappointed at the 31st and Read more
Dyke’s Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia. It’s big! Not in size, but in pages, as in 1,354 pages. Dimensionally this hardcover book measures just 6.5 x 10-inches, and has long been known by hardcore car enthusiasts to be the ultimate source of significant information pertaining to pre-war automobiles. Its content Read more
Photo via The Henry Ford. As mentioned in our recent post on Edsel Ford’s first V-8 speedster, a number of other significant cars came after it, including the 1934 Model 40 Speedster – the one that seemingly everybody has seen by now – and the so-called 1935 Special Sports – Read more
1937 Mercedes-Benz 540 K Special Roadster. Photos by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Sotheby’s. Built to order for the wealthiest and most demanding enthusiasts, the Mercedes-Benz 540 K Special Roadster was the flagship of the brand in the prewar years. Introduced in 1936, just 26 540 K Special Roadsters were constructed Read more
We know the exact date of the full-size photo below – February 13, 1982 – and the exact location – the deck of the USS Enterprise. Ronan Glon of Ran When Parked came across the color version of the photo recently, and some digging turned up a black-and-white version of Read more
Many a significant car existed in multiple configurations, but there can only be one existing car, and thus it can only represent one of the multiple configurations, right? Then there’s this 1932 Ford Model B Sport Coupe for sale on Hemmings.com, a recreation of the Jackman Brothers Deuce in its Read more
The 1979 Pontiac Trans Am 10th Anniversary Edition crosses the block. Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. In 2011, a 1979 Pontiac Trans Am 10th Anniversary Edition with less than seven miles on the odometer raised eyebrows when it sold at auction for $85,000, or roughly $35,000 over then-published high-book value. Even this Read more