Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Variety, the old cliche goes, is the spice of life. If that’s true, consider this edition of the $5,000 Challenge to be muy caliente, as we’re dishing up everything from zombie-apocalypse-ready military surplus pickups through soon-to-be-collectible luxury sport coupes. Most are drivers (or could be, with just a little bit Read more
Scott Sheehan’s 1930 Ford A/V-8 roadster. Photos by Scott Sheehan. Scott Sheehan, of Bay City, Michigan, has a real passion for hot rods in the style of those built around the time the term “hot rod” was first coined. He’s a quiet, unassuming guy who has a nose like a Read more
Parking seems to be a constant battle for universities, and we can guess that’s the issue behind this Frederick Kent photo of the parking lot across the street from the Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center at the University of Iowa – an issue that a big four-story parking garage Read more
Fully restored cars typically get one shot at winning Best of Show at most concours events, which means that successive owners get shut out from those experiences. But driver-quality cars can provide both prior and future owners the experience of, say, road-tripping across the country, as is the case with Read more
Aaron and Valerie Weiss’s 1931 Chrysler Imperial CG LeBaron dual-cowl phaeton. Photos courtesy Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance. The 1931 Chrysler Imperial CG LeBaron dual-cowl phaeton owned by Aaron and Valerie Weiss of San Marino, California, is having a very good year. After taking first in class honors at Pebble Beach Read more
Mark I Nissan 200SX models. Photos courtesy Japanese Classic Car Show. The 1980s and 1990s were a time of transition for Japanese automakers, who began attracting a new generation of buyers with sports cars that offered a blend of increasing performance, ongoing reliability and impressive value. Too new to be Read more
Making the argument for auto enthusiasm being a hereditary trait, reader Gregory Hall of Houston recently sent us photos of some of his grandfather’s memorabilia—a pair of pins and a Certificate of Merit from when Sam Hall worked as a parts salesman for Southern Chevrolet of Houston. Hall wrote: Judging Read more
And now for something completely different – a book about Australian-built Buicks. Yes, there was a difference, as this insightful book by Eric North and John Gerdtz details. Although this book is a must read for all Buick enthusiasts, anyone interested in General Motor’s early Australian history will surely find Read more
Winter of 1969-1970, University of Vermont, Cook Physical Science Building under construction, yeah yeah yeah. Cars! Look at cars! See many different cars! Dark cars, light cars, foreign cars, domestic cars! Even see trucks and heavy equipment! Some cars in snow, some not! Some owners park cars like idiot, some Read more
Though described as such, technically speaking, this isn’t a 1949 Mercury Monarch for sale on Hemmings.com. Instead, it’s a Canadian-market Monarch sport sedan, which was sold as a separate brand by Ford of Canada from 1946 to 1957, then again from 1959 to 1961. Though Monarch models generally used Mercury Read more