Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Photographs by the author. Maybe you just picked up some obscure tool at a swap meet and are now wondering what it is. Perhaps the ahooga horn on your Model A is missing its identification plate, or you’re trying to decide what aftermarket components on your R-E-O are period-correct. Possibly Read more
If these street scenes from the Portal to Texas History look familiar, it’s because we’ve visited downtown Port Arthur, Texas – specifically this section of Procter Street – before, but a couple more photos from then and there won’t hurt. Port Arthur residents apparently had little excuse to go barefoot Read more
Not often do we come across the term “practical” when reviewing collector car ads. Then again, not all that many collector cars have all-wheel drive and big ol’ cargo spaces like this 1986 Audi 5000CS Quattro Avant for sale on Hemmings.com, a car that appears remarkably well preserved and that Read more
1970 Buick GS Stage 1. Photos by Dan Duckworth, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Looking to draw attention to its muscle car offerings for the 1970 model year, Buick pulled a pair of white GS Stage 1 models, with sequential serial numbers, from September 1969 production. One of these was finished in Read more
1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu entered by the Tufts University team in the 1970 Clean Air Car Race. Photo from the Tufts Digital Library. The whine of a turbine filled the air. Electric cars scooted around without making a sound. Steam cars chuffed their way to the starting line. Propane, natural Read more
We have learned that several of the bikes that participated in the Motorcycle Cannonball that finished at the LeMay museum on Sunday have been stolen. A complete race rig was taken from the Hotel Murano in Tacoma, Washington, including a gray 2001 Ford F-250, Texas plates “89LBC7” and a gray Read more
Hemmings Motor News, now celebrating 60 years of service in the collector car hobby, will hold our 8th annual Concours d’Elegance on the picturesque grounds of the Saratoga Spa State Park adjacent to the Saratoga Automobile Museum in Saratoga Springs, New York, this coming weekend, September 26-28. The event weekend Read more
Photography by Jeff Koch and courtesy Tyson Hugie. Faithful Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car readers should now be receiving their copies of the November issue (#111), which includes a special “High Mileage Heroes” feature on a unique second-generation Acura Legend Coupe that reached a notable mileage milestone that was celebrated Read more
We don’t see a meatball or a collection of race event stickers plastered over this 1959 Bocar XP-5 re-creation for sale on Hemmings.com, but it appears ready for the track nonetheless, with its cutdown windshield, harnesses, rollbar and twin-carbureted small-block Chevrolet V-8. Then again, given the attention to detail throughout Read more
The auction-topping 1970 Plymouth Superbird. Photos courtesy A.J. Willner Auctions. Bidders who came looking for muscle car bargains at the September 12 U.S. Marshall’s seized property auction in Lodi, New Jersey, likely left empty-handed. On the flip side, those willing to pay market-correct or premium prices on exceptional examples of Read more