Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Here’s the thing about replicars like this 1989 Modena Designs 250 Spyder California for sale on Hemmings.com: Though they may not be the real thing, and though they get a lot of grief from aficionados of the real thing, they still fill a niche, as we can see from the Read more
* The legendary Connecting Highway attracted amateur and high-dollar street racers alike during the Seventies, and though the cops busted those attending on a regular basis, the racers kept coming back. ConnectingHighway.com tells the tales and shines a spotlight on some of the racers who turned a wheel there back Read more
Back to the Future III off-roader car. Photo courtesy Profiles in History. As mentioned in our recent story about the restoration of the Back to the Future A car, film crews used seven different vehicles over the course of all three films. The “hero” car is now ensconced in a Read more
Photos courtesy Historic Vehicle Association. Of the extensive list of Briggs Cunningham-owned cars, a number rise to the top as rather significant: There’s the first Ferrari exported to the United States, the Bugatti Royale, the Corvettes, and the cars he built under his own name. Picking the most significant of Read more
While researching our previous carspotting photo from Phoenix, we came across this postcard photo of Park Central, Phoenix’s first mall at the corner of Central and Osborn, on Jon Talton’s Arizona-centric blog. We see that the mall, which nowadays serves more as a business park, was completed in 1957, so Read more
If four cylinders were good, Honda rationalized prior to the 1978 introduction of its 1,047cc CBX superbike, then six cylinders would be even better. Though not the first imported six-banger two-wheeler to hit the market (that honor would go to the Benelli 750 Sei, launched in 1972), the CBX was, Read more
1940 Oldsmobile Dynamic wagon, one of one known to be built. Photos courtesy Bonhams. Those wanting a station wagon from Oldsmobile during the 1940 model year had but a single choice: Purchase the base, Special series wagon, built on a 116-inch wheelbase. At least one 1940 Oldsmobile Dynamic series wagon Read more
Screenshot from Back to the Future. Of the seven cars that portrayed Doc Brown’s DeLorean-based time machine over its various iterations in the Back to the Future trilogy, all but a couple still exist in some form, but only one has gone through a full and painstakingly researched restoration, one that Read more
Image courtesy of the London Metropolitan Police Impounding a crashed car found in the middle of February, the London Metropolitan Police discovered a bit of a surprise. Not only was the car a highly unusual sight on London’s streets – a 1968 Chevrolet Impala Sport Coupe, but it sported Idaho Read more
All brochure images from the collection of Mark J. McCourt It’s hard to overstate the impact that the fourth-generation Corvette made upon its national introduction on April 21, 1983. Replacing a popular car that had grown very familiar through its incredible 1968-1982 lifetime was an incredibly fresh and forward-thinking new Read more