Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Do we need a new subcategory in our carspotting series? After all, we have street scenes, parking lot scenes, highway scenes, but we don’t yet have a preponderance of canal scenes like this one, recently shared by Ronan Glon on Ran When Parked, which depicts Amsterdam’s Herengracht canal sometime in Read more
As square as it looks (if it were any boxier, it’d have square wheels), this 1968 Fiat 125 for sale on Hemmings.com has the potential to make for a fun driveable dream with its manual transmission, its 1600 dual overhead camshaft four-cylinder, and its guaranteed ability to start up a Read more
1954 Chevrolet Corvette Nomad replica. Photos courtesy Auctions America, unless otherwise noted. In January of 1954, GM introduced a radical new concept at its New York Motorama show. Part Corvette, part station wagon, the Chevrolet Corvette Nomad concept suddenly made the station wagon desirable, and the public’s reaction prompted Harley Read more
The sixth-generation Ford Mustang utilizes a global platform allowing both Ford and Shelby American to sell their cars in 100 new markets. Shelby products like the Cobra and Mustang G.T. 350 have been world-famous for half a century. Now, according to industry publication Automotive News (via Motor Authority), Shelby American Read more
Photos by the author. Ever wonder just how fast that sweet Mopar in your garage can go? Want to see if your brand-new Charger is all it’s cracked up to be? Don’t risk your driver’s license (or, worse, that pricey paint job) by getting into an illegal street race on Read more
All photos are frame grabs from video below. Well, this title offers us scant hints as to its subject matter. What could it be? It’s about herding dogs: Demonstrating amazing capabilities, they’re also happy to work for room, board and a sincere pat on the head. It’s about guide dogs: Read more
Given that we came across this group of photos of King Braegar Chevrolet’s used car lots in the Brooks Stevens archives on the Milwaukee Art Museum’s site, we had a pretty good feeling that King Braegar was located in the Brew City, and indeed, an old ad for the dealership Read more
Sure, the seats in this 1969 Ford LTD two-door hardtop for sale on Hemmings.com look like they’re getting a little threadbare, but you can take that one of two ways: Either that it’s a negative and that the car needs some work to make it presentable, or that the car Read more
Image via Google Maps. For decades, Carter remained a cornerstone of the carburetor industry, supplying many of the major carmakers, but then the adoption of electronic fuel injection wiped the company out nearly overnight. For 30-plus years, the old Carter Carburetor factory has sat empty, an admonition to the intractable, Read more
Harold “Lucky” LeMay and wife, Nancy, in their 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Sport Coupe. Photo by Posson Sculpture/Steven John Posson. As a young man, Harold LeMay’s nickname was “Lucky,” and he was fond of the saying “It takes a lot of hard work to be lucky.” During his lifetime, Harold Read more