Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Bradley GT, from the January 1978 Hemmings Motor News. The Bradley GT was one of several popular kit cars that came along in the 1960s and ’70s. Founded in Plymouth, Minnesota, Bradley Automotive built the bodies meant to bolt to the platform of a customer’s original Volkswagen Beetle, but they Read more
Shelby Daytona coupe at Le Mans in 1965. Images courtesy Ford Motor Company. It’s one of the most beautiful, influential and intimidating race cars of all time. That’s why the Shelby Cobra Daytona coupe deserves a belated birthday bash, especially after turning the big 5-0 in 2014. The prestigious Goodwood Read more
Not sure if White’s City, New Mexico, is an actual city or just a tourist trap/oasis at the crossroads just outside of Carlsbad Caverns, but hey, if it’s got a parking lot and attracts visitors, it’s just as good for our carspotting series as any other place. The photo above Read more
Mario Andretti didn’t win the 1975 Indianapolis 500; in fact, his day ended early with a back-straight crash on lap 50, caused by mechanical failure. The seller of this 1974 Gurney Eagle Indy Car, for sale on Hemmings.com, claims it’s the very same one driven by Andretti at the Brickyard Read more
In 1965, Holman-Moody built 10 A/FX factory lightweight Mustangs for the members of Ford’s “Drag Council.” The program was so successful that the constructor petitioned Ford for the right to produce additional customer cars, of which three were believed to have been assembled. On June 6, a 1965 Ford Mustang Read more
Inside Holt Motor Co. in Los Angeles. Photos courtesy Toyota Archives. In 1958, a little Japanese car called the Toyopet showed up in California. It got ridiculed. It got amazing mileage. And by the end of the year, it got about 288 sales. Who exactly made the first of those Read more
Photos by Terry Shea As one of the premier car shows in the New York area, the 20th iteration of the Greenwich Concours did not disappoint. With its unique two-shows-in-one format where American cars are presented on Saturday and the imports on Sunday, the judges crowned two best of show Read more
No, it’s not a hurricane hitting the Bahamas. Instead, it’s probably a slide or print shifting during the scanning process, distorting part of this photo that comes from Orville Gjerdingen’s Flickrstream and that we came across after our last carspotting adventure in Nassau. Fortunately, the cars parked around the airport Read more
Every boogie van needs a good themed interior, and this 1972 Ford E-100 Econoline cargo van for sale on Hemmings.com delivers on that front, with a color-coordinated green-and-gold interior with surfing highlights and plenty of shag carpeting. Nor is it overly personalized, which should help broaden the pool of prospective Read more
Introduced in 1958, the Crofton Bug followed in the footsteps of the remarkably similar Crosley Farm-O-Road on which it was based. Somewhere between 200 and 250 Bugs were built in San Diego, California, from 1958 until around 1963, and it isn’t clear how many of these 3/4-scale Jeeps survive today. Read more