Hemmings Auto Blog

Russell Lee had to have been one of the U.S. government’s most widely traveled photographers. Just in our carspotting series, we’ve seen photos of his from Idaho, Ohio, New Mexico, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and now West Virginia. Unlike those previous photos, however, this one – which we believe was taken on Read more

Long before they became six-figure collectibles, Toyota FJ40 Land Cruisers earned a reputation for being hardy, go-almost-anywhere off-roaders. Popular mods back in the day included lift kits, reinforced bumpers with mounted winches, and engine swaps, the most common being the ubiquitous small-block Chevy V-8 in place of the truck’s original Read more

Black-and-white photographs courtesy of Rolls-Royce; color photographs by Dave LaChance. In 1965, tradition was on the run. Bob Dylan plugged in his guitar at the Newport Folk Festival, electrifying half of his audience, and electrocuting the other half, as music historian John Gilliland put it. Houston’s National League baseball team Read more

Racing at Irwindale Speedway in 2010. Photo by Revolution Racing. On Wednesday, March 25, the Irwindale, California, city council unanimously approved a development project that will see the 16-year-old Irwindale Speedway plowed under for an outlet mall. The property’s owner, Lindom Inc., has owned the track since buying it from Read more

All photos by the author. (Editor’s Note: Don Antilla has been sending us some excellent photos for our carspotting series, but he also wrote up his experiences taking in the American Car Show in Helsinki, Finland, that the Finnish Hot Rod Association put on last April. Don went in with Read more

All brochure images are from the collection of Mark J. McCourt Dodge had a nice range of performance-oriented, sports-themed cars in its lineup in the early 1990s. There were some 1980s hold-outs like the still attractive, turbocharged-within-an-inch-of-its-life Daytona (dating back to 1984) and nippy Shadow (ditto, 1987), as well as Read more

One of the most recent carspotting posts on Ran When Parked, the above postcard image taken of the crowded parking lot at the Hauptbahnhof in Mannheim, provides a good opportunity for us to switch gears and identify some cars we don’t normally see in our own carspotting series. Pointing out Read more

The Ray Allen/Briggs Chevrolet/Truppi Kling 1970 Chevelle convertible LS6 – a former NHRA championship-winning Super Stock drag car – is still looking for a new owner, now on Hemmings.com. The car failed to sell at Mecum’s Kissimmee sale in January, attracting a high bid of $450,000. The eyebrows of the Read more

The 1907 Harley-Davidson Strap Tank that set an auction price record for the marque. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. In January, a 1959 Harley-Davidson FLH panhead Hydra Glide once owned by Jerry Lee Lewis sold in Kissimmee, Florida, for a price of $385,000, becoming the most expensive bar-and-shield model  ever sold Read more

Found in the basement of the 2014 New York Auto Show, this custom embodies the spirit of Concorso Bizarro. Photo by author. The Elegance at Hershey, now in its fifth year, has earned a reputation as a most unconventional concours event. In addition to Sunday’s splendor-on-the-grass car show, at which Read more