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The 2014 Pacific Northwest Concours d’Elegance. Photo courtesy LeMay—America’s Car Museum. Now in its 13th year, the Pacific Northwest Concours d’Elegance is scheduled to take place on Sunday, September 13, on the grounds of the LeMay—America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington. Rolls-Royce will be this year’s featured marque, and new Read more
All photos by Jess Brin. Hemmings reader Jess Brin, aka WhipMeister, of Dallas, Texas, recently shared the remarkable story of how he found his first car—a 1971 Ford Mustang Mach 1 with the J-code 375hp 429 Super Cobra Jet—his adventures with it, and his recent decision to resurrect it after Read more
Oldsmobile diesel V-8. Photo courtesy GM Media Archives. In Hamlet, William Shakespeare penned the line “there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” Though written over three-and-a-half centuries before the 1978 introduction of the Oldsmobile diesels, his words apply equally well to GM’s early oil-burning passenger Read more
Even in late February (especially in late February), we’re not done with the snow here in Bennington, so let’s mine the vermont landscape Change photo archives for some snowy street scenes from downtown B-town. These first two are of our Four Corners – the intersection of Vermont routes 7 and Read more
True, Chevrolet did not built phaetons past 1935, and it barely built any open cars at all in 1936—in the United States, that is. In Australia, open cars remained popular that year, which explains this Holden-built right-hand-drive 1936 Chevrolet Standard phaeton for sale on Hemmings.com, a dual-sidemount car that has Read more
Yutaka Katayama in the 1980s. Photos courtesy Nissan Motor Company. In the history of the Japanese car, perhaps no one man is more closely identified with a particular automobile than Yutaka Katayama is with the Datsun Z. “Mr. K,” as he was known to his legions of fans across the Read more
Terry Dietrich’s former 1972 Corvette. Photos courtesy Allstate. In 1972, a young Terry Dietrich of DeKalb County, Georgia, purchased a new Corvette coupe, a car she still refers to as her first love. It was blue, with a T-top roof, and just six months after bringing the car home from Read more
Photos courtesy Jaguar Land Rover. In 2011, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the E-Type, Jaguar debuted a vintage racing series called the E-Type Challenge, which ran successfully for three seasons. Beginning in 2015, owners of other classic Jaguar models will be able to participate in the brand’s newest vintage Read more
Given that it’s left-hand drive, we have to presume this 1965 Commer caravan for sale on Hemmings.com was originally exported to Canada, made it down to California, and then back to Canada, but given that it’s a caravan, who knows – maybe some wanderlusty folks from some other LHD country Read more
* It looks like an Oldsmobile Cutlass, but underneath it’s a Vic Hickey-built tube-frame mid-engine off-road monster, and Jay Leno got to drive it for the most recent episode of Jay Leno’s Garage. * In the comments on our story about the pending Brooklands restoration, Gavin in the UK sent Read more