Hemmings Auto Blog

Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News Decades ago, before Cadillac’s ultimate goal was to out-BMW the Bavarians, this General Motors flagship division sought to offer Americans the utmost in luxury and effortless motoring. And in the late 1960s, they did this in great style; the 1968 Read more

That parking garage we saw in our most recent look at Portland, Oregon? Built in 1966. We know that thanks to this November 1966 photo we came across on the Portland State University archives, showing its SW Broadway facade. And even though it’s not yet finished in this shot, it Read more

Alaska is a land of harsh truths, but also big rewards, so it’s only suitable that a car like this 1972 Nissan Skyline GL 1800 four-door sedan for sale on Hemmings.com currently resides there. The Skyline name certainly carries a lot of weight and value to JDM enthusiasts, and this Read more

Joe Sokola with his 1968 Dodge Super Bee. Photos by Kurt Ernst. Call us suckers for factory stripped-down muscle cars, if you want. And Hemis. And four-speeds. And numbers-matching models. And rare combinations. And spectacular restorations to factory-correct standards. Add it all up, as was the case with Joe Sokola’s Read more

One of today’s up-and-comers in traditional hot rodding is 30-year-old Clayton Paddison of Vancouver, Washington. This is his grandfather, Thor Sanden Jr. in 1952 with his ’29 A/V-8 that once breathed through the Schnell intake below. Photo courtesy Clayton Paddison. With The Race of Gentlemen again on the horizon—this October Read more

Early morning at Musclepalooza XXII. Photos by author and Terry Shea. For fans of muscle cars, drag racing and warm weather, Sunday’s Musclepalooza XXII was one for the record books. Though attendance wasn’t quite as strong as our spring show, the field of cars on display and in the staging Read more

The Count Trossi Mercedes-Benz SSK at Lime Rock. Photo by author. Storied and beautiful, the 1930 Mercedes-Benz SSK “Count Trossi” captured the Best of Show trophy at the Sunday in the Park Concours, a highlight of Historic Festival 33 at Lime Rock Park this past Labor Day weekend. Remaining photos Read more

Remember from when you were a kid those exercises where you point out the differences between two similar images? We’ve got one of those today, thanks to the Vermont Landscape Change program. Above and below are two September 1960 photos of the outlet store just north of Exit 1 on Read more

When it comes to Fords with folding solid roofs, everybody thinks of the full-size Skyliner hardtops of the late 1950s, which are hugely collectible today. Fewer people realize that Ben Smith, one of the Skyliner’s original designers, developed a prototype of a retractable Mustang in 1966, but the idea didn’t Read more

Photos courtesy John Steelman. So, what do you do for an encore after building a replica of Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion—one of the most fantastic vehicles ever conceived—and putting it on the road? If you’re Jeff Lane, you buy and restore its little sibling, a one-off streamliner with a mysterious background. Read more