Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
* In response to the bit in last week’s Four-Links discussing the potential for restoring concept cars, commenter andy reminded us of Mel Francis’s Mel’s Concept Garage on Flickr, where Mel is currently showcasing the Corvette SS replica project (among others) he’s currently working on. * Paul Kirchner’s often surreal, Read more
Photos courtesy Dale Osterman. Last year, reader Dale Osterman of Prattville, Alabama, shared with us the progress he was making on the restoration of his 1976 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am, his mid-life crisis car and daily driver for part of a decade. Specifically, he described to us his homegrown paint Read more
For an “industrial precinct,” as the National Archives of Australia described this section of Canberra at the time of this June 1956 photo, Lonsdale Street looks fairly active with non-industrial folks going about their daily business. It also looks freshly laid out, like an insta-town just carved from the land Read more
The tailfins and chrome sensation that swept automobile design during the latter half of the 1950s made its way into several other types of consumer product, including fiberglass boats, as we see from this restored 1956 Lone Star Meteor for sale on Hemmings.com, finished in two-tone green and black and Read more
1966 Ferrari 275 GTB Competizione, chassis 09079. Photos by Pawel Litwinski, courtesy Bonhams. Following the success of three 275 GTB Competizione Speciales built by Ferrari for the 1965 season (which saw one place first in class and third overall at Le Mans), Ferrari elected to further develop the program for Read more
Ford Racing’s King Cobra Mustang concept. Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company. The introduction of an all-new Ford Mustang was big news in early 2014, and now that inventory of 2015 models has begun to reach Ford dealerships, the automaker wants to keep its new pony car fresh in the minds Read more
A Jaguar and a Lotus race at Bridgehampton in 1994. Photo by Slufty. [Author Geoff Gehman’s recently released book, The Kingdom of the Kid: Growing Up in the Long-Lost Hamptons, which describes Long Island in the 1960s and 1970s and which we’ve previously excerpted, also includes a chapter on the Read more
Morgan automobiles are some of the most unique cars on the road. Hewing to this company’s particular idiosyncratic traditions has ensured its products are both heritage-steeped (the 1930s-descended 4/4, Plus 4, Plus 8 etc.) and postmodern (the racing-influenced Aero range), albeit defined through that Morgan filter. They inspire a passion Read more
While both of these photos from the East Carolina University Digital Collections obviously show the same downtown street, and were likely taken within minutes of each other on the same day in September 1953, the descriptions for each list them as having been shot in different towns near Greenville, North Read more
Sometimes, less is more, and that was certainly the case with the Ghia-built Fiat Jolly. Despite the Jolly’s spartan wicker seats, cloth top (complete with fringe) and absence of glass (aside from the windshield), the Fiat 500 or 600-based runabouts became status symbols for the wealthy, often used as yacht Read more