Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Photos courtesy Ford Motor Company. Automotive history is replete with glimpses into Harry Turtledove-style what-if alternate scenarios. What if Edsel Ford hadn’t died relatively young – would his leadership of the company have led to sportier postwar Fords? What if Chrysler was able to bring its Turbine car to market Read more
2013 Gathering of the Faithful. Photos courtesy Jack Wegman. A growing number of people are, thankfully, coming to appreciate the critical role that New Englanders played in the early days of hot rodding and drag racing. They’re hardcore traditionalists; the flathead and B-banger still occupy exalted places in New England’s Read more
Images courtesy Pepitone Creative Services Automotive fine artist and Hemmings friend Joe Pepitone, aka JoepeP, has created a custom, one-off piece of artwork that will be auctioned off during the gala event on Wednesday, October 8, that celebrates the official opening of the Cammack Tucker Exhibit Gallery at the Antique Automobile Read more
Reader Marvin Smith’s father operated a number of shopping centers in and around Odessa, Texas, as depicted in these several photos that Marvin sent us, which he figures were all taken between 1960 and 1967. A little digging, and we think we’ve come up with addresses for most of the Read more
Documented lightweight drag racers from the mid-1960s are nothing to sneeze at. Largely because sneezing at them will dent their acid-dipped body panels. Add in a Hemi four-speed drivetrain still capable of ripping off quarter-mile times without hesitation and a full restoration about as clean as it can get, and Read more
Photo courtesy Bonhams. When a replica of SS-100-X, the Hess and Eisenhardt-bodied Lincoln Continental limousine that President John F. Kennedy was shot in, popped up for sale last year, it came along with plenty of unanswered questions. Now that it has appeared among the listings for an upcoming auction, it’s Read more
Photos courtesy Historic Sportscar Racing. Since 1966, the Daytona International Speedway has been a proving ground for both production and prototype race cars. The cars that have emerged victorious after 24 hours of competition have become the stuff of legend, and that exalted list includes the Ford GT40, Porsche’s 907 Read more
A period-correct reception area at the 2014 Goodwood Revival. Photos by Ryan Chirnomas. (Editors note: Ryan Chirnomas attended this year’s Goodwood Revival, held on Lord March’s estate near Chichester, West Sussex, England, and we asked him to document his visit in words and images. I think you’ll agree that Ryan’s Read more
Crash testing the 1955 Chevrolet. Still image from video. In the 1950s, consumers eagerly awaited annual news of new cars from major automakers, and for Chevrolet, Jam Handy played a big role in de-mystifying the science and engineering that went into the revised products. For 1955, improvements to Chevrolet’s frame Read more
Among Roger Wollstadt’s photos of his travels across the country on Flickr, we see a handful from his time at MIT, including these two taken from his dorm room in Senior House, overlooking Amherst Street, taken at different times in 1955. He surmises that many of the cars that lined Read more