Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Go to any drag strip in the 1970s and 1980s and you’d have seen several these: big-block powered, tubbed 1955 or ’56 Chevrolets, with a Turbo Hydra-Matics or Powerglides and ratchet shifters, 12-bolts on leaf springs with slapper bars, flip front ends and slot mags (unless they’d updated to Centerlines.) Read more
* Chrysler was mighty proud of the K-car back in the day, and for good reason – the company had pinned all its hopes and future on the front-wheel-drive platform, and if the K-car bombed, so did the 60-something-year-old company. So while the tone of this Chrysler promotional video for Read more
While the exact origins of this 1978 Cadillac deVille station wagon for sale on Hemmings.com aren’t clear – coachbuilders at the time seemed to be churning out special-bodied Cadillacs left and right, and consulting Yann Saunders’s Cadillac Database turned up nothing definitive – it appears from the photos to remain Read more
* Harley-Davidson is known for its v-twin engines, but that doesn’t mean it’s always stuck to that layout. Take, for instance, the 1970 Harley-Davidson V-4 Nova, a developmental project that nearly reached production. The Visual Gratification blog has more of the story. (via) * Where would you expect to find Read more
There are jackstands under Jeff Koch’s Dart, he informs us. Photo by Jeff Koch. Springtime is upon us here in the Northeast (finally!), the salt is slowly dissolving off the highways, and that means – unless you’re one of those lucky souls who has a heated garage with heated floors Read more
According to the information Oregon State University included with this photo, it depicts the main building of the Corvallis division of Hewlett-Packard in 1977, which Hewlett-Packard apparently still occupies, though no longer focused on building handheld calculators, like it was at the time of the photo. We see a good Read more
1937 Peugeot Darl’mat cabriolet, Best in Show at the 2015 La Jolla Concours d’Elegance. Images courtesy La Jolla Concours d’Elegance. When Peter Mullin purchased a 1937 Peugeot Darl’mat cabriolet as one of the lots in the Schlumpf Malmerspach collection, it was hardly in concours-winning shape. Understanding the significance of the Read more
1932 Cadillac, said to be a prototype for a V-16 convertible Victoria. Photos courtesy Motostalgia Auctions. In the 1970s, Jack, who prefers not to give his last name, moved from Wisconsin to the Texas Hill Country with his wife, in an effort to improve his failing health. With them, they Read more
Mixing and matching parts from different cars has indeed been at the core of hot rodding and customizing for decades, but it’s usually done with a purpose in mind: Add a big engine to a small car to go fast, or transplant a certain bumper and grille from one car Read more
The Pontiac-built 1977 Firebird Type K. Images courtesy of GM Media Archives. Fifty-eight years after production ended, Chevrolet’s two-door wagon, the Nomad, remains sought-after by collectors. In the decades since, GM has tried on at least three occasions to revive the idea, using the F-body platform to create midsize two-door Read more