Hemmings Auto Blog

Fremont Street in Las Vegas, much like the Strip, constantly evolved over the decades, so much like yesterday’s carspotting entry, let’s take a look at downtown Las Vegas’s changes through the years, as seen through the prism of photos posted recently on Vintage Las Vegas. A couple photos down we Read more

As a restoration, this 1958 Ford Custom 300, for sale on Hemmings.com, deviates a bit too much from stock form. As a custom, it may not be wild enough to attract the attention of Fifties Ford fans. None of this is bad news, since the net result is a unique Read more

1982 Checker, not exactly what the new Checkers will look like. Photo by the author. Nearly 35 years after the Checker automotive assembly lines in Kalamazoo fell silent—and almost 20 years after the last of the famous New York City Checker cabs retired—the Checker automobile is poised for a comeback, Read more

All photos courtesy of Porsche AG. Officially, it’s billed as the largest gathering of Porsche racing cars and drivers in the world, though the Stuttgart automaker also likes to call it the “fastest class reunion in the world.” Held roughly every three (or four) years, Rennsport Reunion brings together the Read more

Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News Studebaker was first out of the gate with a freshly styled lineup in 1947, beating the GM, Ford and Chrysler competition that wouldn’t have truly new cars to offer until 1949. Those 1947 Studebakers -styled by Raymond Loewy‘s team, then including Read more

Racing in the rain at the 2014 Race of Gentlemen. Photo by author. Though currently situated somewhere east of Miami, Florida, Hurricane Joachin is already having an impact on Wildwood, New Jersey. Erring on the side of caution, city officials have postponed this weekend’s Race of Gentlemen, moving it to Read more

Why cluster together a bunch of Vegas photos from Vintage Las Vegas around certain places rather than certain dates? To better see how that place evolved over time, of course. So let’s look at Vegas’s Caesar’s Palace and its across-the-street neighbor, the Flamingo, over a timespan of 10 years, starting Read more

How to find a cop car with all the cop car equipment but that hasn’t been used up or that hasn’t logged a few million miles? Find cars like this 1988 Dodge Diplomat for sale on Hemmings.com, a police package car, but one that apparently saw little or no patrol Read more

1981 Datsun 210 MPG hatchback. Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. What prompted the original owner of a 1981 Datsun 210 hatchback to preserve his fuel-sipping import for posterity? We may never have the answer to that question, but on Thursday, September 24, his efforts paid dividends for the car’s consignor when it Read more

Hubert Platt, circa 1966. Image courtesy Ford Motorsports. People tend to think of drag racing as largely a California phenomenon. Of course, it isn’t. The straight-line sport is big in the Midwest, and although it may be overlooked at times, it’s equally huge in the South. One of that region’s Read more