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Cox Chaparral slot car kit; image by the author This is it; the big race. Your car is perfectly positioned on the grid for maximum launch. The gearing, tires and motor have all been checked and rechecked. Everything has been lubricated; you’ve even polished the body, thinking that the extra Read more
Courtesy GM Media. While going through the images that Mark McCourt collected for his feature story on GM’s Art and Colour section in the February 2016 issue of Hemmings Classic Car, we came across one not used for space considerations, an unsigned profile of a streamlined bus, van, something that, Read more
Like a car guy’s version of the yule log, we’re going to sit back and bask in the glow of this street scene from downtown Kansas City that The Oldie But Goodie recently dug up. Royals fans, feel free to pinpoint the street corner; for the rest of you, what Read more
In the days before outlet malls and amusement parks, people went camping to get away from it all, enjoying leisure time activities like reading (Jack London or Henry David Thoreau, preferably) or fishing. What could possibly be better, then, than a travel trailer that included a fiberglass boat as its Read more
1929 Duesenberg Model J disappearing-top torpedo roadster. Photos by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Sotheby’s. David Gray’s family managed to parlay a $10,500 investment in Ford stock into a $36 million windfall, including $10 million in dividends paid over 16 years and a stock buyback, in 1919, of $26 million. That Read more
Despite the very brief reign of Miss Colombia, whose Miss Universe tiara was snatched away moments after erstwhile comedian Steve Harvey read her name as the winner, there was other recent news from South America that had one person’s identity resolved. Several months back we wrote about pending paternity investigations Read more
All photos are frame grabs from video below. Undated, but we’ll assume 1939 from that cameo of a ’39 Chevrolet Master 85 or De Luxe Sedan. Just how do petroleum products make the jump from their ba-zillion-year “subterranean slumber” to your car’s gas tank to power you to the next Read more
Images are from the brochure collection of Mark J. McCourt Porsche is one of a handful of European automakers –Mercedes-Benz and Volvo being other notables- that has, for decades, offered a European delivery program for American buyers. That special method of taking delivery on a new car is what Porsche highlighted Read more
Ford offered Marmon-Herrington four-wheel drive conversions on select vehicles from the 1930s into the early 1960s. There’s a reason the company isn’t a household name, however: Not only was four-wheel drive once viewed as unnecessary in all but the most extreme conditions, the price of the conversion often doubled the Read more
Bob Bondurant, photo by John Prumatico. All photos courtesy National Corvette Museum. The National Corvette Museum has maintained a Hall of Fame since 1998 to honor individuals who have been influential in Corvette history. Selected individuals are honored in the categories of Racing, GM / Chevrolet and Enthusiast. This Read more