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Dodge celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1964, but that’s not to say that 1964 models came adorned with gold-plated trim or gaudy badging. This 1964 Dodge Dart GT, for sale on Hemmings.com, carries no outward indication that it was the automaker’s golden anniversary, but that is, perhaps, part of the Read more
If Stephen Lawrenson’s Stimson Mini Bug looks rather like a bulky go-kart in the pictures he sent along to Jeroen Booij’s Maximum Mini this week, that’s because it almost was classified as such: He had to add an inch of wheelbase to actually qualify it as an automobile when racing Read more
Photo courtesy Hurst/Olds Club of America. Undoubtedly lots of guys with the surname Watson get tagged with the nickname “Doc,” but in the case of Jack “Doc” Watson, it was earned. Both inside and outside General Motors, the engineer and businessman made many contributions to the betterment of the high-performance Read more
Rodeo! While it’d be rather interesting to see the participants’ parking area at the Long Beach Rodeo Grounds for the trucks used to haul the horse trailers, the spectator’s parking lot in this photo which we came across on Panoramio is just as – if not more – colorful, with Read more
Buying an older motorhome is more like buying an older house than it is like buying an older car: The more recently it’s been lived in, the better. Fortunately, then, it seems that this 1982 Volkswagen Vanagon Transporter bodied by Tischer for sale on Hemmings.com has been enjoyed as a Read more
Photos courtesy of Dragone Auctions. Like many concept cars, the Exemplar I nearly didn’t survive to the present day. After two full years on the show circuit, only a last-minute stay of execution kept it from getting crushed. Yet, instead of returning to the public eye, it has remained largely Read more
Photos by Matthew Litwin. Here at Hemmings, Web Editor Daniel Strohl owns the Crosley beat, but when Senior Editor Matthew Litwin’s photos of this perfectly restored ’47 Crosley pickup crossed my desk recently, I wanted to know more. A call to its owner, Crosley evangelist, collector and Crosley Automobile Club Read more
The good thing about the classic car hobby is this: There’s something for every taste and budget. No matter how small the budget may be, many shoppers still prefer two doors to four, even if the latter makes hauling of passengers that much easier. This edition of the $5,000 Challenge Read more
The National Corvette Museum Skydome sinkhole on February 12, 2014. Images courtesy National Corvette Museum. The sinkhole that opened beneath the National Corvette Museum’s Skydome on February 12, 2014, created an unintended tourist attraction that drew in a record 251,258 visitors during calendar year 2014. Eighteen months later, both the Read more
The National Corvette Museum Skydome sinkhole on February 12, 2014. Images courtesy of the National Corvette Museum. The sinkhole that opened beneath the National Corvette Museum’s Skydome on February 12, 2014, created an unintended tourist attraction that drew in a record 251,258 visitors during calendar year 2014. Eighteen months later, Read more