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Roy Warshawsky (R), with the catalogs that helped build his auto parts empire. All images courtesy J.C. Whitney. In 1915, Lithuanian immigrant Israel Warshawsky opened a scrapyard on the corner of South State Street and South Archer Avenue. Sensing the significance of the automobile, particularly the Ford Model T, Warshawsky Read more
The 1937 Buick Limited owned by Lee Gurvey. Photo by Jeff Koch. Since he purchased this 1937 Buick Limited off the lawn at Hershey in 1999, owner Lee Gurvey has driven it all over the West. “We’ve taken it to Colorado, to the Adirondacks, all over the West Coast, to Read more
While it’s easy to deride modern SUV overs for never taking their vehicles off road and putting that four-wheel drive to good use, there’s at least a silver lining to that approach, as we can see from this never-off-roaded 1988 Dodge Raider for sale on Hemmings.com: There’s more of a Read more
* Chris Rusby often questions his reasons for traveling to Greece to buy a 1969 Porsche 911 sight unseen and then driving it back to his home in England throughout this half-hour video he made of the journey, but we’d say it was worth it for those Alpine views alone. Read more
In the early 1980s, Japanese motorcycle manufacturers began to diversify their product lines into niche segments like sport bikes and cruisers. Unlike American V-Twin cruisers, the Japanese took more of a “run what you brung” approach to their versions, relying on proven drivetrains but adding features like two-tone paint schemes Read more
* Yogurt would be pleased. Lego Ideas member NvdK suggested this sweet set of Lone Starr’s Winnebago, the Eagle 5, complete with a pair of secret hyper jets that allow it to hit plaid. It only needs about 9,000 more votes for Lego to approve it. Maybe in time for Read more
Photos courtesy Bantam Jeep Historic Festival. Our look at the Bantam Reconnaissance Car’s 75th anniversary and its attendant celebrations earlier this week was by no means meant to serve as a comprehensive history of the first jeep – plenty of other volumes have been written for that express purpose – Read more
Why do exact dates and locations matter so much in our carspotting series? After all, isn’t it enough to just enjoy the old cars and try our hands at identifying them based on scant details and partially revealed forms? Sure, that’s fun, but we can also dig deeper when we Read more
Before I came to Hemmings Motor News, I wrote about new cars for a living. That meant driving a lot of them, in some cases two or three examples per week, ranging from the mundane to the sublime. Ask me which was my favorite, and the answer is simple: Ford’s Read more
L88 cutaway by David Kimble, image courtesy GM Media. Larger automobile engines have been built. Smaller engines have made more horsepower. A variety of other engines have won more races. Yet few V-8s have offered massive displacement to performance-hungry hordes and taken on such legendary status like the Chevrolet Mark Read more