Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
What description we get on this 1969 Chevrolet ZL1 all-aluminum big-block V-8 for sale on Hemmings.com isn’t much: It’s a replacement engine from 1970, so it wouldn’t be numbers matching when installed, but it’s all there and freshly rebuilt, so it’s ready to go under the hood of a clone Read more
Renderings by Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture. As early as this fall, new tenants could start moving into the last remaining Studebaker assembly building in South Bend, and though the new resident may not have anything at all to do with the auto industry, the owner of the massive Read more
This year, fans of Triumph sports cars are going to party like it’s 1965. That’s because 2015 marks the 50th birthdays of two of the marque’s more popular models: the Spitfire Mk 2 and the TR4A. The Vintage Triumph Register will be celebrating both milestones at its national convention, scheduled Read more
Photos by the author. For such a small auto manufacturer, Frazer made several noteworthy automobiles that were loaded with many distinctive styling attributes. Some were produced in such limited numbers that they are rarely seen today, or even known about. One of those models is this striking 1951 Manhattan convertible. Read more
Photos by author. While working on a recent tech story for Hemmings Muscle Machines, I was reminded of a few of the things that I do or use in the garage that can make certain projects a bit easier to complete. I’m providing them here so you can benefit from Read more
Bus day at the beach, but where is everybody? We came across this found photo of a happy family on vacation while cruising through the 1961-1962 Cadillacs forum, and with a little bit of googling found that it was taken in early 1967 somewhere in Louisiana. Exactly where, we don’t Read more
First, the bad news: If its next owner wants to show it, this 1973 Buick Riviera, for sale on Hemmings.com, will need a bit of body and interior work to make it presentable. Now, the good news: The current owner claims this was a one-family car until 2013, showing just Read more
1961 Porsche RS61. Photos courtesy of Bonhams. Sir Stirling Moss has a passion for the Porsche RS60/61, calling them, “Just super cars – beautifully balanced and simply tailor-made for such races as the mighty Targa Florio.” In 2010, despite suffering severe injuries in a three-story fall down an elevator shaft Read more
1933 Pierce-Arrow archer mascot. Photos by Michael Furman, courtesy AACA Museum. Now largely relegated to automotive history, thanks to safety concerns and cost containment, mascots once proudly adorned the radiator caps of automotive brands worldwide. Chosen to represent strength, beauty or speed, mascots were often as much a work of Read more
An MG TD at a Ramapo College Cars and Coffee event. Photo courtesy Ramapo Concours d’Elegance. Want to get an early start on the season of seeing great automobiles on display? There’s a new venue in the New York City metro area where you can feed your classic car jones Read more