Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
What would someone on a car magazine editor’s budget need to buy a handsome 1963 Shelby 289 Cobra like CSX 2120, currently for sale for more than $1 million on Hemmings.com? A time machine would help. We can’t claim to be able to account for every single time this 289 Read more
Few trucks highlighted in our daily “Find of the Day” piece receive the same amount of commentary as vintage Dodge Power Wagons, which appear in our classifieds on a somewhat regular basis. Perhaps it’s the rugged good looks of the WM series, which carried on with World War II styling Read more
Photo by the author. You would think a noteworthy race car, one that is as historically significant as this ex-factory team Lotus Mark XI is, would be part of an important car collection in its home country. Perhaps it should be on display at the world famous National Motor Museum Read more
The 1968 Oldsmobile “Fouranado.” Photos by the author. In the fall and winter of 1967, Hurst Performance Research took a brand-new 4-4-2 and installed an entire W34 Toronado driveline–front-wheel-drive, torsion bars, the lot. The Toronado’s frame was joined with the 4-4-2′s frame about halfway down the wheelbase. The floor was Read more
Built to challenge the dominance of the Offenhauser at Indy, this 1961 Indy roadster, also known as the San Diego Steel Products roadster, for sale on Hemmings.com, never actually raced in the Indianapolis 500. However, as its seller notes, the roadster served notice that the Offenhauser engine’s days were indeed Read more
Fifteen-year-old show coverage? Sure, why not, especially when it’s Richard Lentinello’s look (in SIA #199, February 2004) at the 2003 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance – specifically of the special classes the concours put together that year to celebrate Ford’s centennial, including pre-war coachbuilt Fords, GT40s, and woodies. While Ford products Read more
While some prefer cars that are all-original, there’s something to be said for cars that aren’t as they left the factory, but still carry off a period-correct look. This 1976 Chevrolet Nova Concours Cabriolet, for sale on Hemmings.com, wouldn’t have looked out-of-place parked outside a local tavern, pool hall or Read more
* In the comments to the excerpt posted earlier this week from The Last Days of Henry Ford, Fred pointed out nailhed’s article from a few years back exploring the reasons for and ruins of the Rover Oaks mystery house, the estate where Ford allegedly socked away his mistress and Read more
Jeff Fredette poses with his family; that’s his mother to his left. Photos courtesy Mark Kariya and ISDE Team USA. The International Six Days Enduro (ISDE) is a grueling test of both rider and motorcycle, and has the distinction of being the oldest off-road event on the Federation of International Read more
We’ve included a fairly gigantic version of Roger Whitacre’s May 1985 photo of downtown Denver, looking over the intersection of the 16th Street Mall and Tremont Street, which comes from the Denver Public Library’s Digital Collections, but you may want to click through to the original to zoom in even Read more