Hemmings Auto Blog

Me parking my ’62 Ford Falcon at the 2015 Detroit Autorama Extreme. Photo by Joshua Miller. There are two ways you become an old car buff: either you are into cars and eventually you get into old ones; or you are into old stuff and eventually you get into cars. Read more

All brochure images are from the collection of Hemmings Motor News The marketers at Ford in Dearborn weren’t underselling their newest European delicacy, when it arrived in America for model year 1970—it really was an attractive, youthful car. It was famously conceived as Europe’s take on the incredibly popular Mustang, Read more

The description for this photo on the Portland State University archives notes that the parking garage dominating the photo is the one on SW Harrison Street, which still occupies that same location and indeed fronts Harrison on one side, but the photo shows the SW Hall Street frontage to the Read more

For customers wanting the Thunderbird’s power and ride, but not its price, Ford offered the 1963 Galaxie 500XL in a variety of body styles. A new introduction midway through the model year was the “semi fastback” two-door hardtop, introduced with an aggressive marketing campaign to pirate sales from rival Chevrolet. Read more

1966 Ford Mustang. Photos courtesy Owls Head Transportation Museum. Each August, classic car fans flock to the Owls Head Transportation Museum in Owls Head, Maine, for the annual New England Auto Auction. Think of it as the anti-Monterey, where cars are bought by those of modest means for the purpose Read more

Guy Ligier at the British Grand Prix in 1967. Still image from video below. The phrase “Renaissance Man” is oft-overused these days, but in the case of Guy Ligier, it’s utterly appropriate. Over the span of his remarkable 85-year life, he enjoyed success as a rugby star (playing for the Read more

Heidi with Hudo in Canada. Photos courtesy Heidi Hetzer. While most 77-year old women are relaxing at home and ordering jewelry from QVC, Heidi Hetzer is circumnavigating the entire world in her 1930 Hudson – solo. Yes, she’s driving around the world in a car that was built 85 years Read more

1914 Thor motorcycle. Image courtesy Mecum Auctions. We featured a story in the September issue of Hemmings Motor News about the 1914 Thor motorcycle sold in a recent auction. We did some added research into the company that built Thor motorcycles and were surprised to see some recognizable names associated Read more

From about 1946 – ’67, Ford trucks were sold as Mercurys in Canada. They were more or less the same rigs, except for the Ford or Mercury badges though, early-on, Mercurys wore a little more standard chrome than their U.S. Ford counterparts. Merc haulers are an unusual sight here in Read more

Gene Clarke’s Tucker 48. Photos courtesy Michael Lamm. Tucker no. 1021 is no stranger to the Hemmings universe, having been featured as part of an article in Special Interest Autos December 1972 – January 1973 issue exploring the viability of its manufacturer.  Indeed it was the author of that piece, Read more