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Debuting in January of 1928, Chevrolet’s National Model AB introduced new features like four-wheel brakes, a thermostat, indirect instrument lighting and Alemite fittings to make chassis lubrication easier. Powered by a 171-cu.in. four-cylinder engine rated at 35 horsepower, the Chevrolet National was available in a total of eight body styles, Read more
1947 Chrysler Town and Country. Photo by David LaChance. Appropriately, and unlike pretty much every other car, one of the most celebrated nameplates in Chrysler’s history, the Town and Country, originated not with a sketch or a design brief, but with a name that eventually became a car. That nameplate Read more
Corvette Museum Motorsport Park in August 2014, prior to garage and pavilion construction. Images courtesy National Corvette Museum. The National Corvette Museum Motorsport Park is quiet these days, as winter has brought an end to track season, even in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Despite the pause, the conflict between the track Read more
Banthrico’s 1937 Rolls-Royce; image by the author. Everyone had a piggy bank. Other than being used to store newfound wealth due to a paper route or other part-time job, it was employed to teach us currency and fractional math. Fortunately, not all piggy banks were modeled after the animal. Many Read more
All photos are frame grabs from videos below. A trio of Ford commercials: Together, they offer a little something for everyone. Two-Ford Freedom: “Why be stuck with one expensive car, when you can enjoy all the fun and freedom of two fine Fords?” That’s modern suburbia in a nutshell: The Read more
Going out on a limb here with the location of these three photos. The source of the photos, one of our own classified ads for the Volvo-based special seen below, doesn’t offer the location, but there is still a Hurt Seed Company in Falls, Tennessee, which happens to be right Read more
1939 Cadillac Sixteen seven-passenger sedan. Photos courtesy Russo and Steele. Rick Nuckolls didn’t visit McPherson College with the intent of buying an unrestored and mostly disassembled 1939 Cadillac Sixteen seven-passenger sedan, but that’s ultimately what happened. Blame it on Jay Leno, who encouraged the car’s previous owner to donate the Read more
Photo by David Zaitz/Courtesy of the Petersen Automotive Museum By now, you’ve almost certainly seen the outside of the recently revamped Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles; and, if not, we’ve got a picture (and time-lapse video) here to show what we’re talking about. To say the new facade of Read more
A few weeks back on Hemmings Radio, we kicked around the topic of what makes a car collectible. While rarity comes into play, perhaps the biggest single factor is relevance, which explains why once-common cars occasionally become sought-after by those in the hobby. Perhaps they trigger memories of a relative, Read more
Editor’s note: This piece comes to us from Jeffrey Ross, whose work has appeared in various outlets including the Hemmings Daily, Autoblog, Road & Track and Off-Road.com. Of all the rides and attractions to experience when visiting Disney World, few offer any sort of child-like enthusiasm to automobile lovers. Sure, Read more