Hemmings Auto Blog

Photos by author. If you answered “yes” to this question then you’ve got it bad, my friend. And as you may have guessed, I wouldn’t have asked had I not done it myself—more times than I care to admit. Some vintage parts are so imaginatively designed that I like to Read more

If old cars are meant to be driven, just as they were when new, then doesn’t it follow that old trucks like this 1949 Ford F-6 for sale on Hemmings.com are meant to be put to work in the field and on the farm and on the jobsite, just as Read more

Photo courtesy Ed Pink. Though largely known for his drag racing Hemis, the engines that Ed Pink built over the last 60-plus years have won races in a wide variety of motorsports, from midget racing all the way up to Indy car racing. That adaptability and Pink’s longetivity, not to Read more

2015 Camaro Commemorative Edition, in 2LT convertible form. Photography by the author. The current-generation Chevrolet Camaro and Dodge Challenger may be getting a bit long in the tooth, but that’s no reason to avoid showing off the latest variants at SEMA. Dodge featured its recently announced Challenger Hellcat prominently, but Read more

A young Warren Agor commiserates with David Hobbs. Photos by Joe Cali. Warren Agor was one of the last of a breed, an independent road racer who built a competitive career after striking out from his hometown of Rochester, New York. We learned recently of his death at age 72. Read more

 Still images taken from video below. (Editor’s Note: In honor of Veteran’s Day, and the anniversary of the Jeep’s first appearance in 1940, we thought this was an appropriate video to run today. Thanks to all our veterans for your service.) “If this vehicle could talk, oh, what stories it Read more

Over on Flickr, jeffs4653 came across and posted these two November 1974 photos of the United Home Wreckers’s Relic House in Stamford, Connecticut, and of all subjects for a found photo, United Home Wreckers has to be rather appropriate, given that its own business model (at least to start with, Read more

Though I’m sure many of us in the old car hobby are in it because we like tinkering with the cars, it’s worth keeping in mind that some just like having an old car to drive, something distinctive and decidedly nothing like what they can find on new car lots, Read more

1984 Kawasaki GPz750 Turbo. Photos courtesy Bonhams. It wouldn’t be difficult to make the case that the modern sport motorcycle came of age in the 1980s. Perhaps more than in any other decade, Japanese manufacturers pushed the envelope with features like turbocharged engines, wind tunnel-designed bodywork and innovative weight-reduction programs Read more

Photos courtesy IMS Photo. The person who was the longest-serving employee at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway didn’t have Hulman or George as a surname. Instead, it was Bill Spoerle, one of the most acclaimed—and arguably, most obscure—restorers of historic automobiles in the world. The head of restoration for the Indianapolis Read more