Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
As seen in Tim Howley’s book, The Lincoln Continental Story, the above photo depicts the now-shuttered Wixom assembly plant just inside the southern Wixom Road entrance in Wixom, Michigan, probably sometime around when it opened in April 1957, initially tasked with building the Continental and the Ford Thunderbird. Unsurprisingly, most Read more
1936 Packard Eight Phaeton. Images courtesy Barrett-Jackson. It isn’t clear how many Fourteenth Series phaetons Packard built for the 1936 model year, but if the claim of auction firms RM, Mecum and Barrett-Jackson is to be believed, just one 1936 Packard Eight Phaeton survives. Last weekend in Las Vegas, this Read more
Porsche FLA Study. Photos courtesy Porsche Museum. Its full name, the Forschungsprojekt Langzeit Auto (Research Project Long Time Car), hardly rolls off the tongue, even by German language standards. Designed in an attempt to produce a long-life, fuel efficient vehicle in the face of the 1973 global energy crisis, the Read more
This is the engine compartment of the ’67 Buick GS 400 circa late 2007 when I first got it; the exterior color was changed from Verde Green to Blue Mist when the body was restored. Note how the A/C equipment dominates the passenger side of the engine. Photo by author. Read more
Images from the collection of Mark J. McCourt Audi is going from strength to strength today, posting sales figures that would have seemed impossible even 15 years ago. Few of today’s Audi drivers even remember what the brand went through here in the USA back in the mid-late 1980s, and Read more
So for today’s carspotting exercise, let’s step onto the mean – so, so mean – streets of Toronto in the early 1970s with a few photos from the City of Toronto’s Planning and Development Department. Because, as you can see, circa 1971 Toronto needed a lot of development. Above, Yonge Read more
Straightforward writeups are usually great for selling a car: You want to inform prospective buyers of the condition and history of the car and make sure they know what exactly it is they’re buying. However, when you have a bench-seat pushbutton-trans 318-powered four-door with some rust issues and unpolished edges, Read more
Greg Miller, at the Land Cruiser Heritage Museum in Tooele, Utah. Photos courtesy Expeditions 7. From an early age, Greg Miller was surrounded by Toyotas, or, more specifically, the family’s vehicle of choice: the Toyota Land Cruiser. Land Cruisers, in their myriad varieties, became something of a passion for Greg, Read more
Custom Harley-Davidson with aftermarket exhaust. Photo by Flickr user tuxbrother. When Michigan State Representative Doug Geiss introduced House Bill No. 5726 earlier this year, he had no idea the brouhaha that would ensue. The bill proposes modifying current Michigan law, which already restricts the noise levels of car and motorcycle Read more
Alan Rosenblum of Utica, New York, in his 1957 BMW 507 Roadster; the car won the Gullwing Motor Cars Award. Photos by author, unless otherwise noted. Organizing and running a concours d’elegance event takes a tremendous amount of time and effort on the part of many people, but most would Read more