Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Just as the prior issue of SIA introduced the Driveable Dream to the Hemmings repertoire, the February 2003 issue (SIA #193) introduced the Restoration Profile, an in-depth look at how an at-home restorer – in this case owner Ted Ciufo – transformed his car – in this case a 1955 Read more
Back in the early 1960s, somebody knew what they were doing when they bought this 1963 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk for sale on Hemmings.com. Not only does it have the 289hp supercharged R2 289-cu.in. V-8, it also has the four-speed manual transmission, the latter a particularly uncommon choice for a Read more
* The restoration of the Holden Hurricane concept car by Holden took place back in 2011, and while we already hit it up for Four-Links back then, Car Build Index this week assembled a big batch of photos of the Hurricane in period, in restoration, and in flagrante on the Read more
Photography by the author, Simon Hamelius, and courtesy Volvo Cars The car that introduced Americans to Volvo – and the one that many joked looked like a 1940s Ford run through the dryer – is soon to celebrate its 70th birthday: the PV444. This two-door was first shown on September Read more
Most of the cars in this Marion Trikosko photo of the parking that was available in front of the U.S. Capitol in March 1962 – which we came across on the Library of Congress’s photo archive – obscure the other cars’ license plates, but it’s a fairly good bet that Read more
I can hear the guys over at Hemmings Sports and Exotic Car choking on their tea and crumpets as they read this, but I’m a fan of ye olde classic small block Chevrolet into the XJ6/XJ12 swap — as seen in the American hot rod books of the 1970s. The series Read more
1970 Dodge Challenger R/T, with the 426 Street Hemi. Photo by Jeff Koch. The past, sometimes, is more fondly remembered in the present. While most of us pine for the days of cheap gas and affordable muscle cars, it’s no secret that today’s muscle cars are capable of jaw-dropping performance Read more
The Hemmings Motor News 1934 Ford one-ton wrecker. Although Hemmings Motor News will not have a vehicle competing in this year’s third-annual Race of Gentlemen, we are one of the corporate sponsors and will be attending the event with a few period-correct vehicles normally seen in our auto museum at Read more
Images courtesy BVA Auctions. The Den Hartogh Ford Museum in the Netherlands might hold the Guinness world record for the largest private collection of Fords in the world, but it has struggled to bring younger visitors through its doors in recent years, something museum officials will attempt to counteract by Read more
Customized 1957 Chevrolet. Photo courtesy Gary Binge. The people at the Vintage Chevrolet Club of America who thought of this surely have a valid point: Of all the historic Chevys you see on the street, how many of them are completely, totally stock and unmodified? If your answer tends toward Read more