Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
The Peter Max Corvettes in the summer of 2014. Photos by Richard Prince, courtesy of Richard Prince Photography. In 1990, a Long Island carpenter by the name of Dennis Amadeo won the prize of a lifetime for a Corvette fan: one of every year Corvette built from 1953 through 1989, Read more
A pair of prewar Bugattis take to the track at the 2014 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. Photo by author. Vintage racers, prepare to man the keyboards on Monday, November 17. That’s the day that Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca will begin accepting applications for the 2015 Rolex Motorsports Reunion, scheduled to Read more
Photos by Tom Hardy. [Editor’s Note: Tom Hardy uploaded the following story about four Buick Skylarks that he let slip away to the My Hemmings pages and we thought it worth sharing here. If you have an old car story to tell, My Hemmings is the perfect place to do Read more
Rivision threads the cones in Columbus. Still image from video below. To call J.F. Launier’s Ridler Award-winning 1964 Buick Riviera “polarizing” would be something of an understatement. Few customs featured in the Hemmings Daily have generated as much feedback, positive and negative, as Rivision, which critics of the build insisted Read more
Much like Wall Drug, South of the Border on U.S. 501 in Hamer, South Carolina, is one of those tourist traps destinations that has far outgrown its original aim and that has in turn inspired more than its fair share of both bumper stickers and summer vacation photos. We came Read more
The venerable British automaker Singer might not be widely remembered in the U.S. today, but its Nine Roadster was a credible alternative to its primary rivals, the MG TC and TD. With only 1,000 or so examples believed to be in existence worldwide, the perfectly matched set of right-hand-drive Roadsters offered on Hemmings.com represents Read more
Photo courtesy General Motors. The decade didn’t see a carburetor on a new car from the factory. It ushered in new alliances among auto manufacturers and swept other manufacturers away. It brought performance back—in more than just looks—and to unexpected places. And next year, when the classic car show season Read more
1956 Lotus Mark VI, owned by guest curator Kyle Kaulback. Photos by Michael Furman, courtesy of the AACA Museum. Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman, whose four initials are integrated into the iconic Lotus Cars logo, never wanted to be an automaker or race car builder. Instead, Chapman would have preferred to Read more
“Curly” Auto Antlers. Photograph courtesy of True Gear Head. It’s not uncommon here in the Hemmings home office to walk by the desk of one of the editors and see him lifting something cool from a box of foam peanuts or packing paper. Besides the many books, die-cast models, new tools, Read more
The Oldsmobile Golden Rocket concept. Still image from video below. Surreal. Ethereal. Dreamlike. These hypnagogic adjectives may rarely come up in conversations with your buddies as you wrench on the car. But the next time they’re over to help you drop in that newly restored engine, switch off the How Read more