Hemmings Auto Blog

Date: circa 1979 Location: Rue Saint-Denis, Montreal, Quebec Source: Adrien Hubert, via Benoit Brouillette What do you see here?

From the seller’s description: 1949 Chrysler Windsor with a straight six cylinder flathead “Spitfire” engine and “Fluid Drive” transmission. This car has a very unique history. It was bought new on 10-28-1949, at Noyes Garage in North Falmouth, Massachusetts, by then-governor of Massachusetts Christian A. Herter, who also used the Read more

Photos courtesy McPherson College C.A.R.S. Club. Big anniversary party coming up for McPherson College’s auto restoration program, so of course they’ve planned a celebration. Instead of cake, though, the students in the program have decided to show off one of their latest restoration projects – a Chrysler 300C that Carl Read more

Design patent 190225, granted May 1961. A collection of more than 396,000 patents, dating back to the 1790s and assembled over the better part of a century, has made its way to the Gilmore Car Museum, where, for the first time in its history, it will become available to the Read more

Due to the format of our Hemmings Find of the Day feature, we don’t always get to highlight the more unusual vehicles in the Hemmings.com classifieds, but that doesn’t mean they’re not worth checking out. And there are some oddities and off-the-wall one-offs sprinkled throughout the listings, among them the Read more

Date: September 1972 Location: downtown Las Vegas, Nevada Source: Vintage Las Vegas What do you see here?

Last 1948 Tucker 48 assembled from original parts for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This beautiful Tucker was constructed by Classic and Exotic Restorations of Troy, Michigan, using authentic Tucker components and drivetrain. The chassis was factory built for the purpose of testing the Tuckermatic transmission. The front Read more

1963 Sting Ray coupe (L) and restomod 1967 Sting Ray coupe. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Which is more valuable: A period-correct (but not entirely original), NCRS Top Flight Award-winning split window 1963 Corvette Sting Ray, or a restomodded 1967 Corvette Sting Ray coupe, likely capable of running with the latest Read more

Walter P. Chrysler Museum. Image courtesy FCA. In November 2016, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA) announced that the Walter P. Chrysler Museum, located on the automaker’s Auburn Hills campus, would be repurposed for office space, its collection distributed between other company-owned facilities. As Automotive News reported on Wednesday, April 12, Read more

From the seller’s description: For sale is a numbers matching 1976 Lancia Fulvia 1.3S Series II Coupe 3 in excellent overall condition. This car was originally delivered in Chieti, Abruzzo Italy and is believed to have remained in the same family until being imported to the United States in 2016. Read more