Hemmings Auto Blog

Moffat at Bathurst, 1971. Photo by Robert Davies. Though he retired from racing more than a quarter century ago and many of his old race cars now exist in collections, Australian racer Allan Moffat just couldn’t let go of his old workshop in Melbourne, the place from which he launched Read more

Photo courtesy Library of Congress. Wheelies, funny cars, urban highway stuntin’—they all require some sort of weight transfer for maximum effectiveness, for poking the front wheels skyward and for putting on a show. And nobody seemed to understand that principle better than a series of automotive showboaters on rural parade Read more

Photo by David Lauder. In the early 1950s when he took over the estate he inherited, a former monastery built in the 13th century, Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu of Beaulieu nearly got rid of it. He could barely afford to maintain it, he had spent much of his life away from it, Read more

This photo of an unidentified junkyard has been floating around the Internet for so long, we actually used it once before as a tip-in image in a Four-Links post five years ago. It’s a safe bet that none of these cars lasted that long either on the road or in Read more

Put in for a new job, and there’s guaranteed to be an interview process. The same holds true with adopting a pet from an animal shelter, meeting prospective in-laws-to-be for the first time, and in some cases, buying a car. The current owner of this 1966 Chevrolet Impala two-door hardtop, Read more

Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. Following its third annual Reno auction earlier this month, Barrett-Jackson claimed a record for attendance and a spike in automobilia sales but still made the decision not to return to the Biggest Little City for Hot August Nights 2016. Without citing a reason for the withdrawal, Barrett-Jackson Read more

The National Corvette Museum Motorsport Park in August 2014, prior to garage and pavilion construction. Images courtesy National Corvette Museum. The ongoing dispute between residents of Clark Circle and the National Corvette Museum Motorsport Park may soon be coming to an end. On August 25, the track was granted permission Read more

What is believed to be the first Scampolo single-seater with builder Walter Komossa behind the wheel. Photos courtesy of 500race.org. Known as Formula Three, the 500cc racing class of single seaters was always a hotly contested group. The most popular cars were the British-built Coopers with their sleek shapes and Read more

What started out as a fairly run-of-the-mill small-block Corvette convertible, this built-for-racing 1968 Chevrolet Corvette for sale on Hemmings.com, could ultimately return to its original configuration, thanks to the fact that the seller didn’t seem to toss anything out when converting it for racing. Then again, it appears just as Read more

Daytona, before it became a mecca for stock car racing, hosted a series of speed trials every year, and in 1957 some big names took to the sand to wring out every last bit of performance from showroom stock (or, in the case of Smokey Yunick, “stock”) cars. This video Read more