Hemmings Auto Blog

My ’31 Ford speedster in my dad’s garage as of several months ago. Note the chunky bronze filler neck atop the oval gas tank just aft of the seat skins. Photograph by the author. All tech photographs courtesy of 1945 Speed & Custom and Jeremy Baye. I’m probably not the only one Read more

Scan of brochure image from the author’s collection. Imagine my surprise when I opened up my April 1964 issue of Motor Trend to find not only the expected road tests on 1964 models, commentary that reveals the mindset of the public and staff as it related to the auto industry Read more

From the State Archives of North Carolina comes this postcard photo of Grandfather Mountain near Linville, North Carolina, undated, but apparently taken sometime in the mid-1950s. It appears the entrance to the tourist area’s famed suspension bridge is in the background, and the folks in the foreground are contemplating whether Read more

Tucker family members gathered for the grand opening of the Cammack Tucker Gallery. Photos by author. Three generations of Tuckers gathered Wednesday evening in Hershey for the grand opening of what one described as “the center of the Tucker universe,” the Cammack Tucker exhibit at the AACA Museum. “There’s nothing Read more

1934 Packard 1104 Super Eight dual-cowl phaeton, Best of Show at the 2014 Ironstone Concours d’Elegance. Photos by Ron Kimball. A 1934 Packard 1104 Super Eight dual-cowl phaeton owned by Larry and Susan Nannini of Pine Grove, California won Best of Show at the 18th annual Ironstone Concours d’Elegance, held Read more

The Dodge Viper GTS-R at the 2014 Petit Le Mans. Photo courtesy Chrysler Corporation LLC. Here’s a juxtaposition of circumstances for the ages: This past weekend, the Dodge Viper GTS-R team clinched the Tudor Sports Car Series’ Le Mans GT championship during the Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta. Barely Read more

The Hemmings Motor News Ford Speedster on the 2014 Great Race. The 2015 version of the Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty promises to be bigger and better than ever, with next year’s route tracing the path of Route 66 from Kirkwood, Missouri to Santa Monica, California. As Read more

If nothing else, Ohioan motorists can count on construction delays and detours, so it doesn’t surprise us that this 1976 Larry Rubenstein-snapped look south down East Sixth Street in Cleveland, which we came across on the Cleveland Memory Project, shows traffic backups caused by a detour on Lakeside Avenue, the Read more

While Doug Hodak took his fighter plane-themed Studebaker in one direction, the seller of this 1951 Studebaker for sale on Hemmings.com took his in almost the complete opposite. Then again, it was already a racing machine when he got it (the Stupidbaker), and a dragstrip accident that nearly totaled it Read more

1907 American Underslung Roadster. Photos courtesy Bonhams. Omnipresent today, the idea of an automobile with a low stance (and hence, a lowered center of gravity) and oversize wheels is nothing new; in fact, the American Automobile Company of Indianapolis, Indiana, embraced this design philosophy in 1907, to give its Underslung Read more