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Juan Manuel Fangio in the new Mercedes Benz W196 streamliner at the French GP Reims July 4, 1954. All photos by Louis Klemantaski, courtesy the Klemantaski Collection. [Editor’s note: For more than 20 years, Louis Klemantaski photographed some of the most famous of European racers competing at the highest levels Read more
Finding out when exactly the Phoenix Public Library opened might help date this photo that reader Jimbo Weisenhunt sent us via our Facebook page, but that doesn’t seem a particularly simple thing to do. One source says 1950, another says 1953, and yet another says 1959. What we do know Read more
Last we checked, the Thunderbird Elan did come with upgraded trim, but nothing on the order of the add-ons we see on this 1986 Ford Thunderbird Elan for sale on Hemmings.com, a car that looks about as clean and factory-fresh as possible inside (anybody who’s owned an Eighties car with Read more
The R107 500 SL built for the 1981 WRC season. Photo courtesy Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. In 1980, Mercedes-Benz began to take its participation in World Rally Championship competition seriously, embarking on an ambitious project to turn the R107 platform 500 SL convertible into a dominant rally car. The experiment ended Read more
Walt Disney World Speedway, with its distinctive “Lake Mickey” retention ponds. Photo courtesy Google Earth. In 1995, construction of a new one-mile tri-oval race track began on a property just south of Disney World’s parking lots in Orlando, Florida. The track’s opening would coincide with the birth of new open-wheel Read more
There was no shortage of decadence in the pages of Hemmings Motor News during the 1970s. We’ve previously shown a few examples of customs, one-offs and retro-reanimations, from the Kanzler Coupe to the Cooper Markette. The Stutz Blackhawk, though, had a decent following during those days of disco and polyester, Read more
We’re deep in the heart of winter in Vermont, which, this year anyway, means snow accumulations measured in feet and daytime high temperatures that often struggle to break into the double digits. For those of us with unheated garages, cabin fever has most definitely set in, meaning it’s prime time Read more
While we often like to point out how our carspotting series shows the everyday, the mundane, as it actually appeared on the streets in days gone by – how it presents a more accurate snapshot of how we interacted with automobiles than the curated glimpses we see at car shows Read more
Normally, when somebody throws a mass accessories at a vintage vehicle, it ends up looking like they drove it right through a J.C. Whitney catalog, but this 1955 Willys Jeep CJ-3B for sale on Hemmings.com – though it sports plenty of aftermarket accessories and upgrades – appears to have been Read more
A.J. Foyt at the Motor Trend 500 in 1969. All images courtesy Ford Motorsports History. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly where the paths of racing greats A.J. Foyt and Mario Andretti crossed for the first time, but it was the 1967 running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans that Read more