Hemmings Auto Blog

Photos courtesy Bonhams. Overhead camshafts and hemispherical cylinder heads might have become commonplace engine attributes over the years, but rotary valves and integrated supercharging remain radical engine design concepts. However, one engine, the Balboa, combined all of those into one package – albeit unsuccessfully – more than 90 years ago, Read more

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Photo by Bob Heathcote. Citing both information gathered during its 90-day due diligence process and a claimed lack of cooperation from the Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula (SCRAMP), the International Speedway Corporation (ISC) has announced it will not submit a proposal to take Read more

The AACA Museum is hosting its 6th Annual Matchbox Collector’s show on September 27. Photo courtesy AACA Museum. Matchbox cars have been pleasing kids of all ages since they were introduced in the early 1950s. The small-scale toys / collectibles have developed a devoted following and inspired numerous imitators over Read more

The 2014 Muscle Machine of the Year – Tom Guarr’s 1970 AMC Rebel Machine. Photo by Barry Kluczyk. It wasn’t long after launching Hemmings Muscle Machines magazine that the staff decided to begin naming a Muscle Machine of the Year as an annual event. The first time out, the staff Read more

Longtime blog reader Louis Schlaudt noticed all the carspotting photos we run through and thought we’d be interested in a few that his father, Bill, took. In fact, he took so many good ones that we’ll break them up into a few posts to properly enjoy them all. So let’s Read more

Sure, the recently reintroduced Morgan three-wheelers use up-to-date drivetrains and feature rather luxurious interiors, but they don’t quite have the old-world hand-built charm of the originals, as we see on display on this 1931 Morgan Aero for sale on Hemmings.com, a well-finished example made for vintage racing and for standing out Read more

Photos courtesy Ford Motor Company, except where noted. Other manufacturers had pioneered the format before the Bronco. Others had even applied the “sport utility” name to their products before the Bronco. But Ford’s Bronco, when it hit the scene in late 1965, was the first to combine the two and Read more

Bill “Maverick” Golden. Photos courtesy of the NHRA Museum. We recently learned that Bill “Maverick” Golden has passed away. Golden was well known to drag racing fans for his Dodge A100 exhibition wheelstander, which was immortalized in plastic by IMC Models shortly after it began appearing on dragstrips. Before he Read more

All photos are frame grabs from video below. Attention transportation-lovers: Beware of dangerous conditions ahead. Or overhead. Long before they could fly the friendly skies of United, a select audience of well-heeled overseas travelers chose the air transport of the future: the rigid dirigible. And right up until May 6, Read more

Images courtesy U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts. It’s worth a try, at least. A quarter century on, federal investigators still have little to go on when it comes to locating the $500 million worth of art stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, but a recently released video might Read more