Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Seinfeld Collection Porsches. Photos by Brian Henniker, courtesy Gooding & Company, unless otherwise noted. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld has a thing for automobiles, most notably those from Porsche. His car collection is said to contain roughly 47 examples of Zuffenhausen’s finest, but after March 11, that count will likely drop by Read more
Vintage sports cars enter the Andretti Hairpin at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Photo by Thomas A. DeMauro. It’s no secret that the relationship between Monterey County and the Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula (SCRAMP), the organization that built Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca in 1957 and has run Read more
A Ford GT40 Mk I battles a Cobra Daytona Coupe. Photos by the author. In the interest of full disclosure, I’ve been holding out on you. I’ve never discussed my collection of historically significant racing cars, nor have I revealed that I have access to my own year-round testing, development Read more
Three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500, Mauri Rose stands alongside Firebird I prior to his test drive on a deserted road in Arizona. Could these be the wheels that inspired Pontiac’s eight-lug wheel designs of the early 1960s? Photos courtesy General Motors. Firebird. It’s a name that conjures up images Read more
Here’s what you need to know about this 1966 Chevrolet Impala Super Sport, for sale on Hemmings.com: It’s got a built 427 V-8 that dyno-tested at 434 horsepower, it gets power to the ground via a 12-bolt Positraction rear with 3.73:1 gears and heavy-duty everything, and it isn’t likely you Read more
Photos courtesy Stephen O’Brien. Not as though he has any regrets about finding an early Glasspar G2 in need of restoration and obliging the old car, but Stephen O’Brien blames his grandson nevertheless. Back in 2008, Stephen started reaching out to anybody who might be able to help him find Read more
1951 Vincent White Shadow, in Chinese Red. Photos courtesy of Bonhams. Pre-auction estimates turned out to be a tad low for the top-selling lot at Bonhams’s Las Vegas motorcycle sale, held on January 7-8 at the Bally’s Hotel and Casino. The “one of one” 1951 Vincent White Shadow in Chinese Read more
Yet another film that could be summed up with “Don’t drive like a jerk.” But this one introduces the “screw jay,” which proves that jaywalkers can be jerks, too. All photos are frame grabs from video below. At the risk of scaring you away, we’ll lead with what we dislike Read more
Print ad courtesy Production Cars.com. Formerly part of Auto Union with DKW, Horch and Wanderer, Audi didn’t (re)exist as a brand until 1969. The marque made its U.S. debut for the 1970 model year, which meant that the automaker was still something of an unknown here in 1972. To help Read more
1960 Mercedes-Benz 190 SL and 1957 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster. Photos by Mike Maez, courtesy Gooding & Company. What prompts attraction? This question has puzzled scientists and singles alike since the dawn of time, yet no satisfactory answer has ever been found. In the case of Audrey Musil, the trigger Read more