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Probably one of the things the general public remembers the most of Seventies AMCs is the Levi’s interior package; some folks even seem to expect that every Gremlin or Hornet had it. This 1977 AMC Gremlin X for sale on Hemmings.com, then, won’t disappoint them with its complete and apparently Read more
1976 Porsche 930. Photos by Erik Fuller, courtesy RM Sotheby’s. To take its 911 Turbo racing in the FIA’s Group 4 under 1976 rules, Porsche had to produce and sell 400 road-going examples in a 24-month period. Doing so would require the help of U.S. customers, who at the time Read more
This one-owner 1976 Jeep Cherokee sold for $7,500. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Typically speaking, the cars that make post-auction headlines come from foreign brands, and boast extensive racing histories that command eight-digit prices. Even American muscle cars have topped the seven-figure mark for the rarest of examples, leading many to Read more
British cars on the field in the early morning. Photos by author. August in New York State can be a roll of the dice; despite the latitude, the weather can still be hot and humid, or worse yet, wet. Last Saturday’s Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car Show began with a Read more
The stars were out in broad daylight, as one of the most prestigious cars in American history was celebrated from July 21-25 during the national meet at the Buffalo Transportation Pierce-Arrow Museum in Buffalo, New York, where these highly distinguished motorcars were produced for their entire existence. More than 50 Read more
All this time we thought the brown car fan club was just made up of contrarians and Seventies-worshipping ironic-mustache hipsters, but this unrestored 77,000-mile 1971 Ford Mustang for sale on Hemmings.com has us reconsidering that notion. Think about it for a moment: Who but the ultra-fanatic will repaint a 40-year-old Read more
Ray and Judith Ricker with their Best in Show 1957 Jaguar XK-140 SE. Photos by author. When Ray Ricker bought a “fairly good” black 1957 Jaguar XK-140 SE 36 years ago, his intention was to drive the car for a while before kicking off a restoration. The output from the Read more
Aluminum Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe. All photos courtesy Shelby American. In 1965, the Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe dominated the over 2-liter category of the FIA’s International Championship for GT Manufacturers, posting enough class wins to clinch the title on July 4, after 13 of 20 races. Five decades on, Shelby Read more
All images courtesy the Milwaukee Art Museum. It was meant as a cost-saving measure: Kaiser-Willys had decided to bail on building inexpensive cars in the United States and instead try its luck in South America. Still, company executives felt the need to update the cars and so brought in designer Read more
The 1977 model year was the final one for the plus-size Monte Carlo, which would switch from the GM A-body platform to the G-body platform for 1978. Chevrolet built 411,038 examples of its personal luxury coupe in the final year of second-generation production, but most have long since gone on Read more