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TV show-restored 360-powered 1973 AMC Gremlin X for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This example has been specially restored to show you that not all Gremlins live the sedate suburban life. It starts with a professional respray of the correct Pewter Silver paint. Plus, we all love the Read more
Best in Show Elegance (foreground) and Sport. Photos by author. The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance has earned its place as one of the world’s finest motoring events. This year, looming bad weather forced a last minute date change, but despite the move from Sunday to Saturday, the field was packed Read more
Emerson Fittipaldi at the 1993 Indianapolis 500. Photo courtesy of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. If made into a Hollywood movie, the story of Emerson Fittipaldi’s rise to the top of Formula 1’s ranks would likely be deemed too far-fetched to be believable. After retiring from F1, he’d go on to Read more
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News, courtesy of Bruce Zahor Chevrolet’s innovative Corvair never caught on as a best-selling, economy-minded import fighter, and the last ones rolled off the assembly line in 1969. This automaker would re-enter the small car segment in 1971 with the fresh Read more
A nice example of ante litteram dual twin headlights, seen in the Ghia bodied Alfa 1900. [Editor’s Note: Matteo Giacon concludes his omnibus looks at the contributions of Italian designers to American automotive design trends. For previous installments: part 1, part 2, part 3.] Fiat Lux If you think that Read more
Pretty much every event in the 20th century can be linked to an automobile of some sort. Take, for instance, the 1930 Studebaker recently displayed at a car show in India: It carries its “killer” reputation due to the fact that Gandhi assassin Nathuram Godse was driving it at the Read more
Date: circa 1949 Location: 324 Washington Street, West Warwick, Rhode Island Source: Merrill Moone, who writes: The building was new in 1947 and was a Studebaker dealership until he switched to Dodge – Plymouth for 1950. Another change to Buick in 1956, which was not a good move given the Read more
From the seller’s description: 1971 BSA B54 Perhaps the most Iconic cafe racer ever offered by a factory design remains the DBD34 Gold Star Clubman, but that all ended in 1963. In 1967 the B44 Victor Roadster emerged with a compact and light 441cc engine for the street. When we Read more
Proposed Jim Clark Museum. Images courtesy The Jim Clark Trust, unless otherwise noted. Jim Clark was, by most period accounts, the best racing driver of his day, and quite possibly the best of all time. In 72 Grand Prix starts, Clark amassed 25 wins, 33 pole positions, and two F1 Read more
Photo courtesy ChromeCars. At one point its owners abandoned it by the roadside, considering it worth less than the gas no longer in its tank. More than 50 years later, one of the nine known Futurliners has become in such demand that an overseas collector sought it out, making it Read more