Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
* Driving in ice and snow is like any other skill: It takes a base of knowledge and a ton of practice to do right. It’s wintertime, and we have plenty of ice and snow in the frozen north here, so there’s plenty of opportunity for practice, and plenty of Read more
Mercedes W108/W109 SELs with the 3.5, 4.5 and 6.3 engines are fetching increasingly steep prices these days. But if you can live with a little less grunt, a 280SEL with the fuel-injected 160hp SOHC straight six is a lot of luxury car to love for less money. This 1969 Mercedes-Benz Read more
* The space age was about more than just tailfins and rocket motifs for automobile designs, as we see from this selection of photos that the Smithsonian’s Air and Space magazine put together this week looking at the various Fifties rocket ships that toured the country’s supermarkets and the efforts Read more
Photo by the author. Longtime and prolific Hemmings Daily reader and commenter Greg Gjerdingen is just coming to the end of his term as president of his local car club, the Willmar Car Club, but he’s also still serving as Car Show Chairman for the club and wanted to see Read more
Via our Facebook page, reader Bob Carolan sent us this photo of Saigon in 1969, before its name changed to Ho Chi Minh City. No word on where exactly, but that’s okay because we have plenty of carspotting to keep us busy. And if you’re really in the mood, you Read more
Rust! It gets us all eventually, even Californians. I mean, look at the rust on this otherwise-decent 1983 Jeep Wagoneer for sale on Hemmings.com – just look at it. I mean, really, look for it. I’ll wait. You can’t miss it. Serious. It’s right there, obvious for the world to Read more
1939 Alfa Romeo 6C2500 Sport Berlinetta by Touring. Photos by Tom Wood, courtesy RM Auctions. Wearing an aluminum berlinetta body crafted by Carrozzeria Touring of Milan, the 1939 Alfa Romeo 6C2500 carrying chassis number 915.033 has proven itself a show winner at places like Villa d’Este and Salon Prive. Its Read more
Holden Hurricane concept. Photo courtesy GM Media. Too little, too late? With the end nigh for the Australian automobile industry and automotive media around the world already penning their obituaries for it, one Australian art museum has decided to collect almost two dozen concept, muscle, and production cars for the Read more
Photos by author. Once we are finished paying top-dollar for dealer brochures, ads and factory literature, what other interesting items are available that can be enjoyable to peruse but also educational? How about tune-up publications? Hundreds of thousands were produced back in the day by various companies, and they were Read more
All brochure images are from the collection of Mark J. McCourt The Chrysler Corporation was on a roll in the 1990s, producing popular, dynamically styled cars with clever designs, like the Lamborghini Portofino-inspired cab-forward LH series. The fact that the audacious V-10-powered Dodge Viper R/T10 went from being a 1989 Detroit Read more