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1970 Plymouth Hemi ‘Cuda convertible. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions, unless otherwise noted. For those who would say the market for muscle cars is waning, consider this: Nine of the top-10 cars at Mecum’s Kissimmee sale fell into this category, and of these, seven were Mopars. In terms Read more
Billy Durant (l) and Dallas Dort. Photos courtesy Lawrence L. Gustin. If you’re a longtime reader of the Hemmings titles, Lawrence L. Gustin should be a familiar name. A career reporter and editor of the Flint Journal in Michigan, he enjoyed a second career as assistant national public relations director Read more
Photos courtesy Leon Dixon. As many of you who’ve hung around these parts for some time may know, frequent commenter and occasional contributor Leon Dixon is perhaps one of the most knowledgeable guys out there on Creative Industries, the shop that handled plenty of concept car and prototype builds that Read more
We spotted an interesting item that was recently sold on an online auction site, a Willys-Knight Moving Piston Sleeve Cutaway Demonstrator model. The model has a knob on the back of the unit for rotating the cylinder, so that the operator can see the motion of the mobile cylinder sleeve Read more
What an interesting life this 1957 Meskowski-Foyt-McKee Champ Car for sale on Hemmings.com has led so far: Raced by A.J. Foyt, once owned by Tony Lapine, rebuilt by Porsche, and later breathed on by Bob McKee, all well documented. Even without that history, though, it’s a compelling car, seemingly well Read more
Photo by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Auctions. For decades, Edsel Ford’s first V-8 speedster remained out of sight, considered lost to the world, save for three old black-and-white photos. Huge chunks of its history had gone dark, and it narrowly avoided a date with the crusher at least once — Read more
Photos courtesy National Packard Museum. Since 2001, the National Packard Museum in Warren, Ohio, has hosted an annual antique motorcycle exhibit, many of which have drawn top honors from the Antique Motorcycle Federation and the National Association of Automobile Museums. The 2016 exhibit, which opened on January 9 and runs Read more
The Savoy Camera from the 1961 Mercury-Comet Prize-O-Rama contest; image by the author Pop quiz: What’s the fastest means to get foot traffic into a dealership? A mass mailing claiming that the countless recipients won some sort of prize (no purchase necessary); from the mundane straight up to a chance Read more
As improbable as a rust-free original-body Sixties GM truck of any sort from any part of the world is, here we see a 1965 Chevrolet Suburban for sale on Hemmings.com that meets just those criteria. Not everybody had to have four-wheel drive in the mid-Sixties like they do today, which Read more
Santa Pod Raceway over in England is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and released a snazzy little promo video, but we thought it’d be more appropriate to take a look at this home video from the track’s opening year. * As a nice followup to last week’s video of Read more