Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Some of the acting’s a little gee-whiz, and the dubbing is way off, but Wishes on Wheels, a 26-minute journey through the mid-Fifties Plymouth assembly line process, includes plenty of excellent color footage of the Savoy assembly line from bare frame to finished car. So seamless makes you wonder why Read more
It certainly makes sense to convert old mail trucks into ice cream trucks – neither has to move fast, but they do have to keep running and moving all day long; they both have to haul their own particular loads; and they both were designed to navigate suburban and city Read more
Don Orosco’s re-creation of one of the three Scarab Formula 1 cars is certainly impressive, but the restoration of the Bartoletti-bodied Fiat transporter that hauled the cars is monumental. Fortunately, Don took plenty of pictures of that process and posted them to his site. * With the Pininfarina X, the Read more
Martin Brundle, with his “Ultimate” F1 Scalextric layout. Photo by Chris Lobina for Sky Sports, courtesy of Classic Car Auctions. Over his Formula One career, British driver Martin Brundle started 158 races over 13 seasons. That makes him well qualified to pick the best corners from each track, something he’s Read more
If you can get your hands on a copy of the entry list for the 1952 La Carrera Panamericana, then you’re a leg up on everybody else in identifying that year’s race entrants in this photo from Ciudad Juarez that we came across on Tumblr. But not every number is Read more
Slant sixes make for perfectly serviceable engines in pretty much any Mopar product of the Sixties and Seventies, but to give them a performance edge, it takes a lighter car – something like this 1968 Plymouth Barracuda convertible for sale on Hemmings.com – and a few hop-up parts, such as Read more
The Saleen S7 at the 2004 Geneva Auto Show. Photo by Semnoz. Steve Saleen has accomplished a phenomenal amount in his lifetime, both at the track and in car production, but it appears that Saleen Automotive, Inc., the current iteration of the automotive brand he runs, might need to finally Read more
The 1929 Duesenberg Model J of Charles E. Letts, Jr. Photos courtesy Concours d’Elegance of America at St. John’s. Coachbuilder Murphy only constructed three dual-cowl phaeton bodies for the Duesenberg Model J chassis, and the first of these was fitted to chassis 2196, equipped with engine J175. Last weekend this Read more
Dan Uphoff’s 1972 Datsun 510 at the 2015 Forest Grove Concours d’Elegance. Photos courtesy Dan Uphoff. Arthur Hughes didn’t know he was buying a collector car, let alone a legacy, when he purchased the dark blue 1972 Datsun 510 at Brasso Datsun in November of 1971. Nearly 44 years later, Read more
For those who’ve wondered why it is that everything Steve McQueen drove, wore or touched sells at auctions for cubic money, the short answer is: He was “the king of cool.” For those who need a fuller explanation, pick up Steve McQueen: Full-Throttle Cool. Written by award-winning author Dwight Jon Read more