Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
As we can see from the modern-day Street View of the intersection of Washington Boulevard and 23rd Street in Los Angeles, where this group of photos was taken in February 1956, as we can see from the USC Digital Libraries, the railroad tracks remain, but that bottleneck of an underpass Read more
Every now and then we see a restoration shop or specialist’s business listed in the Hemmings classifieds, but this automotive sculpture business for sale on Hemmings.com is an enterprise like no other, constructing one-off hand-built scale wireframes of popular cars. It seems like there’s a lot of opportunity here, too Read more
Superformance’s Corvette Grand Sport, photo courtesy Superformance. Though it seemed like it was going nowhere fast since it first came to light over the summer, the federal legislation designed to ease restrictions on builders of replica cars leapfrogged into law this past weekend, opening the door to a wider variety Read more
The SAC Fire Boid, testing at Indianapolis in April of 1955. Photos courtesy Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Ironically, the first turbine-powered Indy Car wasn’t built to run in the Indianapolis 500, though it did test at the track and was used for exhibition laps during the 1955 race weekend. Instead, the Read more
Touring, the Great Automobile Card Game. Image by the author. By definition, the word touring means to take part in a tour. When the buggy went horseless, it also took on the definition of a body style in which people would spend their weekends, well, touring. Over a century later, Read more
While most automakers have embraced the use of space-age plastics and automated manufacturing processes, the Morgan Motor Company still builds its automobiles by hand, using time-honored practices and materials. That can put Morgan automobiles beyond the reach of many, as even well-loved examples tend to sell for premium prices. While Read more
1952 Cunningham C-3, chassis 5208. Photos by Robin Adams. Courtesy RM Sotheby’s. A picture, it’s said, is worth a thousand words, but the image of an unassembled and unpainted Cunningham C-3 coupe, once owned by the Petersen Automotive Museum but offered up for sale in August 2013 as part of Read more
Photos courtesy Jaguar Land Rover. In keeping with its mission to provide parts and material support for classic Jaguar models, Jaguar Heritage Parts is introducing 30 new body panels for E-type models, including a complete set of panels for Series 1 cars and select replacement panels for Series 2 and Read more
The gauges are lit by their own bulbs, and the rear sail panel-mounted interior courtesy lamps were employed so that you could actually see the instrument panel details that aren’t normally lit. The under-dash courtesy lamps were left off, so as to not draw attention away from the gauges by Read more
Devins have taken all sorts of configurations over the years, mostly for racing, so it seems rather natural to build one in a street-machine fashion, as is the case with this Corvair-powered fuel-injected 1959 Devin C for sale on Hemmings.com, reportedly the last of 15 built and a car that Read more