Hemmings Auto Blog

Photos by the author. Long before Ford partnered with Eddie Bauer to sell upscale Explorers, and before Abercrombie & Fitch became the official clothing store of prep schools and frat houses across the country, the two companies got together to produce and market one of the most gadget-laden Thunderbirds ever Read more

1931 Ford Model A Victoria. Photo by author. (Editor’s note: This first appeared in the August 2011 edition of Hemmings Motor News. It’s still sound advice, which is why we’re reprinting it here.) If ever there’s an activity or business filled with misconceptions, our beloved old car hobby is the Read more

Bobby Rahal at the 2011 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Photo by John Vincent. The thinking man’s racing driver, Bobby Rahal, was one of the great talents of our generation when it came to combat on road courses and on superspeedways in Indy cars and sports cars alike. His terrific record Read more

According to the Utah Division of State History online archives, this January 1950 photo shows the parking lot round back of the Burlington Trailways Depot in Salt Lake City, which was located on Second South Street. Indeed, we found an address for Burlington Trailways at 40 Second South, but Google Read more

Today, it’s likely to be the darling of your local Veterans Day parade, but this 1961 AMC M422 Mighty Mite, for sale on Hemmings.com, was built to be the Walther PPK of general-purpose, four-wheel-drive military rigs: elegantly simple, lightweight and easy to conceal. The bullet in the Mite’s chamber was Read more

Model photos courtesy Wright Auctions. GM’s Firebird III concept car envisioned plenty of far-flung futuristic technologies, from turbine drivetrains to automotive autonomy, but the process used to design and build the concept car relied on tried-and-true methods, as we can see from the two-foot-long resin model that GM’s design staff Read more

Photo by Tom VanNortwick. Even today, at 83 years of age, drag racing legend Don Garlits can still be seen around his Museum of Drag Racing. After all, it’s pretty much right in his backyard, and he works out of a shop on the premises. It’s a pack rat’s paradise, Read more

The holiday-time gas-station promo is among 12 finalists. Photo courtesy Hess. Earlier this summer, we wrote about the golden anniversary of the Hess Toy Truck, and showed you how to nominate it for the Strong Museum of Play’s National Toy Hall of Fame. With the Hemmings Nation’s help, Hess trucks Read more

 The “barn find” 1965 Corvette at Vicari’s Biloxi sale. Photos by author. The buzz surrounding the pending sale of this 1965 Corvette 327 convertible was the talk of the auction. Rarely do such original Corvettes like this come up for sale, especially well-preserved, untouched and authentic examples like this one. Read more

No, it doesn’t have any known history from before its basket-case days. No, it probably won’t win too many beauty contests, and no, it’s likely not the safest old car on the road. But that all probably adds to, rather than detracts from, the charm and the fun potential of Read more