Hemmings Auto Blog

Photos courtesy AACA Museum. What makes an old car special? Is it the engine under the hood? Is it the ownership history? Is it the stylistic or mechanical or technological advances that the car embodies? Or is it something else, something far simpler, something much more democratic? We didn’t expect Read more

Reminiscent of the everyday street scenes of Charles Cushman, Hans Juergen Hoenerloh’s photos capture not-much-in-particular-but-still-fascinating glimpses of his travels. Thanks to Facebook reader Jean Schoeters, we see that Stefan Hoenerloh has posted a number of them to his site, including these two depicting Montreal in 1962. Above, the presence of Read more

While we don’t see much on this 1970 Pontiac Firebird – dubbed “One” – for sale on Hemmings.com in our Pontiac literature, we do see that Harry Bentley Bradley had already worked over at least one or two Firebirds for GM by the time he designed this wedge-shaped and straked Read more

1957 Ford F-code Thunderbird. Photo courtesy of owner William Clark. In the early fifties, Ford took a hard look at what had initially been an innocent question: Are the import sports cars a flash in the pan, or just the tip of the proverbial iceberg? Evidence suggested the latter, that Read more

Bruce Meyers, driving a Meyers Manx Kick Out, in 2009. Photo by David LaChance. After surviving the Great Depression and his WWII service aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Bunker Hill, Bruce Meyers intended to pursue a career as a commercial artist. Had Meyers done so, or had he followed his Read more

Editor’s note: Ryan Chirnomas is a patent attorney and classic car enthusiast in Washington, D.C. In this series, he examines the intersection of those fields by looking at design patents—which protect aesthetics rather than functionality—of the forgotten and forgettable in automotive history. There are some things, like wine cheese and Read more

Revology’s Mustang replicas. Photos courtesy of Revology. Modern cars, it’s often said, lack both the style and the soul of cars from the past, but there’s no denying the fact that they’re generally faster, more fuel efficient, and safer. The best of both worlds, then, would be a modern car Read more

Thanks to Buffalo publication The Public, we now know quite a bit about the Lehigh Valley Terminal at the heart of this photo that Facebook reader Joseph Bergen passed on to us. Opened in 1916, closed in 1952 and demolished in 1960, it sat at 125 Main Street right about Read more

If you missed Musclepalooza XI,  way back on Memorial Day Weekend 2010, one of the highlights was watching Barrett-Jackson TV commentator, former Hot Rod magazine staffer and occasional Hemmings contributor, Steve Magnante fearlessly loft the front Cragars of his altered wheelbase Chevy II. But on a quieter note, you also Read more

Photos courtesy AACA Museum. Buses were just too industrial for the Milton Hershey School in the early Sixties. Instead, the boarding school’s administrators wanted to transport its students to and from student housing in a manner that more resembled typical family life. To do so, they commissioned a fleet of Read more