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Lead photograph by Andrew Beaudry, other photos by the author. “Have you gone down the beach yet?” Dave Singleton asks enthusiastically. It’s Sunday at The Race of Gentlemen in Wildwood, New Jersey, and by this time the Hemmings tow truck, a 1934 one-ton Ford, has already made six or seven Read more
This 1967 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme for sale on Hemmings.com has a handful of issues to address, but none of them prevent it from hitting the road, none of them are so serious as body rot, none should take too much time or money to address, and none of them detract Read more
At one point, this 1919 Cleveland touring car could have gone to famed racer and collector Sam Posey, but a more appropriate owner was found: the great-grandson of its original owner, who gave it only the minimal amount of care needed to get it on the road and make it Read more
Earl Britt’s “The Pizza Man” 1954 Corvette is currently listed on Hemmings.com ready for home delivery, with an asking price that’s significantly higher than a large pie with all the toppings, a side of mussels and an antipasto. We last wrote about the car before it crossed the block at Mecum’s Read more
* At the recent Paris Auto Show, Ronan Glon of RanWhenParked came across perhaps one of the show’s most overlooked items – the mahogany buck for the original Fiat 500, from which the 500′s dies would be made. * The Rosa Parks bus has to be among the world’s most Read more
Our time with our 1979 MGB project car is about to come to an end. On display in our Sibley Shop here at Hemmings for the past few months, the car is going to be delivered next week to its rightful owner (and our partner in its restoration), the Good News Garage. We could Read more
Normally we get a little more context to Documerica photos than we see attached to this Gene Daniels shot of traffic in Hollywood in May of 1972. Then again, it’s a Southern California freeway – of course it’s gonna be jammed with traffic. We’re not sure exactly where the photo Read more
The absolute best way to get youth interested in old cars is to give them hands-on experience. Let them sit in, work on, and drive old cars. And what if they’re too young to drive? Something like this Junior Replicas 1956 Chevrolet Corvette kiddie car for sale on Hemmings.com, a Read more
The Morris Brothers SoCal Speed Shop Roadster on the beach in Wildwood, New Jersey. Photos by the author. From 1949 into the 1980s, a 1931 Ford Model A roadster (actually a 1931 body on a lightened 1932 frame) set records up and down the California coast, running on street, strip Read more
Firefighters battle the Lowell Lane blaze. Photos courtesy North Metro Fire Rescue District. It happened quickly, and, luckily, with almost no one present on the property. At 9:00 a.m., a tenant of a property located in Erie, Colorado, reported hearing an explosion, followed by smoke visible from a mobile home Read more