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All photos courtesy Artcurial. For one year in the late 1930s, Chrysler built just about every body style except for a convertible. Whether due to intent or oversight, it proved a short-lived omission from the model lineup, but at least a couple of coachbuilders stepped in to fill that vacuum. Read more
Mark Martin’s first Winston Cup Win, Rockingham ’89. Photo courtesy Daytona Racing Archives. Mark Martin, one of the most versatile stock car hands in recent history, leads the 27th class of inductees to the Motorsports Hall of Fame in Novi, Michigan. Martin scored 35 career victories with Jack Roush and Read more
You can always count on the Edsel to spark a conversation. Words ranging from “disaster” to “failure” will likely be laced throughout, but a new word has entered the fray… “Collectible.” Edsel enthusiasts have been growing in numbers over the years, but they’ve always been around in some form, as Read more
Carden Loyd Mk VI tankette in the Bovington Tank Museum, Dorset, England. Photo by the author. [Editor’s Note: While we’ve looked briefly into the history of other tank-treaded Ford Model Ts, we’d never come across the Carden Loyd tankette until reading the article that Chris Barker, archivist for the Model Read more
Reputedly the first truck stop in America, the Dixie at the corner of routes 138 and 66 in McLean went through some major transformations in the 1960s thanks both to a devastating fire and the coming of Interstate 55. This photo of the Dixie that we came across while perusing Read more
When properly equipped, station wagons can haul far more than groceries, kids, dogs and lumber. This 1969 Chevrolet Kingswood Wagon, for sale on Hemmings.com, was ordered with the optional L-36 V-8, which put out 390-horsepower from its 427-cu.in. of displacement. Said to be numbers-matching, this example has seen the kind Read more
The Gerin Aerodyne prototype. Photos courtesy Bonhams. Mathematician and aeronautical engineer Jacques Gerin believed the very principles that made a sound aircraft would also make a sound automobile. Gambling the bulk of his family’s fortune, Gerin designed and funded the construction of an innovative streamliner that proved a bit too Read more
Rick Hendrick. Images courtesy National Corvette Museum. Three certified Chevrolet legends will take their place in the Corvette Hall of Fame when it inducts Rick Hendrick, Herb Fishel and Russ McLean as part of its Class of 2015. The hall is located at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Read more
Photos by author. Considered by some to be the world’s premier event dedicated to honoring Ferraris, as expected, this year’s Cavallino Classic was outstanding. For the 24th year in a row, this all-prancing horse concours continues to amaze with many of the rarest and most beautiful Ferraris ever built, many Read more
Low-priced compacts from the Sixties (especially those built by independents) tend not to get such nice restorations as this 1962 Studebaker Lark Regal for sale on Hemmings.com displays. That’s no jab against the owners of low-priced compacts, more a result of the restoration industry focusing on higher-priced and higher-profile cars Read more