Hemmings Auto Blog

Apparently the site that housed Ingram Oldsmobile on Federal Street in Camden, New Jersey (as depicted in this photo that Bill Sandy recently uploaded to the Hemmings Nation Flickr Pool), had dealerships on it as far back as the 1920s, when Barton S. Muir Oakland-Pontiac operated there. In the 1930s Read more

It almost seems like a fantasy, but apparently Oldsmobile buyers could get a J-2 setup on their Fiesta station wagons, just as this 1957 Oldsmobile Eighty-Eight Fiesta station wagon is equipped. A three-speed manual could have been had as well, but this one has the Hyrda-Matic. With a recent repaint, Read more

1959 Ford Country Sedan. Photo by Michael Furman, courtesy of the AACA Museum. Before there were minivans, crossovers and SUVs, station wagons served as the family vehicle of choice. Beloved for their ample passenger and cargo room, most came with an engine stout enough to tow a travel trailer or Read more

1912 Harley-Davidson X8E. Photos courtesy of Bonhams. Just when you thought all the Steve McQueen bikes have been spoken for, Bonhams has found a few additional examples with ties to the iconic actor and motorcycle enthusiast for its upcoming auction in Las Vegas, Nevada. Three bikes from his private collection Read more

This photo of an early recreational vehicle was found in our files. The camp car was owned by Henry B. Joy, president of the Packard Motor Car Company from 1909-1926. From the description: At 5 PM on Monday, March 20, 1916, the Packard Motor Company received a telephone order from Read more

Now that the 2014 holiday season is in our rearview mirror, the Arizona auctions loom dead ahead. As a counter to the seven-figure cars about to cross the block, we offer up this week’s installment of the $5,000 Challenge, heavy-on-the-’70s but serving up something of interest for (almost) everyone. 1980 Read more

As Jalopnik pointed out a few years back, SCCA racer John Coyle was the Coyle behind Coyle-Hampton Motors in El Cerrito, California, the used sports car dealership depicted in this postcard photo that Alden Jewell posted to his Flickrstream. But Jalopnik didn’t happen to include the address of the dealership, Read more

Sure, it’s good to keep cars original so we can examine them nowadays and see how the factory built them, see how those factory configurations held up over time, but if we really want to do some auto anthropology and see how people and their vehicles interact over the span Read more

The Graham Hill-driven Lotus 56-3. Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. In 1967, a turbine engine Indy Car driven by Parnelli Jones and entered by Granatelli Racing would have won the Indy 500 had it not been for the failure of an inexpensive transmission bearing. Despite rule changes that limited the competitiveness of Read more

Crystal ball image by Judy van der Velden. In January of 2014, I fired up the incense burner, cast some chicken bones, read a few tea leaves and gazed into a crystal ball to come up with a series of car hobby predictions for the coming year. A few turned Read more