Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Old garage photo by Les Chatfield. Dan Beaudry’s recent article on a hose reel, built from a Mobil oil can and handed down through generations, got us thinking about tips and tricks we’ve learned in the garage over the years. When it comes to garage wisdom, there’s probably no Read more
It’s not often that an automotive ad gets us excited around here, but if you haven’t seen Honda’s latest television spot, we urge you to click the “play” arrow on the video below, sit back and enjoy. You don’t even need to be a fan of their products to enjoy Read more
A car like this 1957 Crown Imperial limousine for sale on Hemmings.com – coachbuilt by Ghia, one of just 36 built, sold for $14,000 new – has to have a good backstory. Unfortunately, the seller didn’t provide too many details, but the photos of the limousine tell a story all Read more
1972 Motion Moray GT. Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. Maco Shark (misspelling deliberate). Manta Ray. Motion Performance clearly had an obsession with the denizens of the deep, but so did GM, which first produced Corvette-based concepts called the Mako Shark and the Manta Ray. GM never produced a Moray concept, but Motion Read more
Photos courtesy McPherson College. With a dozen categories, the International Historic Motoring Awards honors more than just certain old cars that have made the scene over the last year. Museums, events, clubs, and specialists all get nods, as do those groups that help keep the global old car industry chugging Read more
Dan Hryhorcoff’s giant Murray General, next to a standard model. Photos courtesy Dan Hryhorcoff and the AACA Museum. In retirement, some take up golf, or woodworking, or even the restoration of classic cars. Pennsylvania’s Dan Hryhorcoff wanted a different kind of project to occupy his leisure time, so the semi-retired Read more
It might help to speak a little Portugese to find out more about the history and design of the Suburban-like Veraneio, but anybody well-versed in the grammar and syntax of automobiles will still appreciate this 1972 Chevrolet Veraneio for sale on Hemmings.com, a Stovebolt-powered rig that appears to be in Read more
The sound doesn’t quite match up with the image, but the drag-racing home movie compilation that Rudi Markl sent in to The Chicane this past week almost tops the road racing home movie compilation that the same site ran last week. See how many of the drag racers you can Read more
This past Thursday marked the 50th anniversary of the land-speed record set by the Summers brothers in their Goldenrod: 409.277 MPH for a wheel-driven, naturally aspirated-engine vehicle. To mark the occasion, The Henry Ford – current caretakers of the Goldenrod – pulled together its photos and files on the record-holder. Read more
Ronald Andrew’s almost all original 100-hp, 4.5 liter, air-cooled 1931 Franklin Sport Touring at the Gathering of the Faithful. Getting in the back seat of a dual-cowl phaeton like this 1931 Franklin Sport Touring “Pursuit” isn’t as easy as opening the door and hopping in, or so I learned at the 16th Read more