Hemmings Auto Blog

While scouring Bruce Berghoff and George Ferris’s book, General Motors Parade of Progress & A Futurliner Returns, for info on Futurliner No. 10, we came across this photo of a Parade of Progress stop in October 1953 on the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh. And with the Westinghouse sign in the Read more

One would think that the White Model 706 buses that Yellowstone used for tours and, apparently, for ferrying park visitors would be rather rare these days, but we count three of them for sale on Hemmings.com right now: a 1936 and two 1937s. One of the 1937s has been modified, Read more

Photos by Brian Henniker, courtesy Gooding. While Luigi Chinetti Jr. has likened some of the Ferraris that passed through his family’s dealership as mere tools used for winning races, he described his 1966 Ferrari 365 P “Tre Posti” as “more like a sculpture…it’s a work of art.” Fitting, then, that Read more

Photos from the Hemmings Muscle Machines archives. If you grew up following doorslammer racing on the East Coast, you knew who Jack Werst was. He was a Mopar hero from the Pennsylvania-New Jersey area with a Plymouth pedigree. Jack was known as Mr. 5 and 50, the legend his Hemi Read more

The Hemmings-title diecasts produced for Auto World. Photography by the author. Scratch a fan of real cars, and you’re bound to find someone who’s also into collectibles and ephemera–even if it’s only related to their own car, and even if it’s only a little bit. The recent release of the Read more

From fuel atomizers and home electroplating kits to becoming a jet engine mechanic, truly the most interesting pages in old magazines were the display ads. As car guys, we especially enjoyed reading those ads that professed to make your car more fuel efficient, with claimed “100 miles per gallon” ability. Read more

While it’s a good bet that the photo above of the Carlsbad Motor Company’s Fordtown, which Annualmobiles recently posted, was taken in Carslbad, New Mexico – likely along the east side of Canal Street – we have yet to find any proof that’s the case. Nor is the dealer’s lot Read more

While it may seem that every surviving Datsun 620 pickup in the United States had been slammed to the pavement during the mini-truck craze, this automatic-equipped 1976 Datsun 620 Li’l Hustler for sale on Hemmings.com has remained stock and has actually seen some restoration work, including new paint and upholstery. Read more

Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. Zero point two-zero, or better than the Tatra T77 and almost as good as the GM EV1. That’s the coefficient of drag rating for the 1960 Pininfarina X, one of the most aerodynamic cars built and one of the oddest, thanks to its diamond-shaped wheel layout. It Read more

Photo courtesy the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Though organizers of both described their shows as successful, two major concours events in the Midwest will not return to the calendar for 2015. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway‘s Celebration of Automobiles, which was initially conceived as a part of the speedway’s slate of centennial Read more