Hemmings Auto Blog

As we did with Ellis Wiley’s circa 1966 photos from Toronto, let’s dive into the City of Toronto Archives for another group of Wiley photos, this time from 1970, again showing various locations around the city: Queen Street above and below, then Yonge at Cumberland, and finally Bloor and St. Read more

It’s hard to believe that the ’64 Impala hit the half-century mark in 2014, a car more significant perhaps for what it ushered out than what it introduced. As the ’64 made its debut, an all-new, game-changing full-size Chevrolet with a perimeter frame, crisp new styling and the Mark IV Read more

1969 Chevrolet Corvette L88 convertible. Photos by Dan Duckworth, courtesy of Mecum Auctions. Corvettes equipped with the optional 427-cu.in., 430-horsepower L88 V-8 were thinly disguised race cars, unsuitable for life off the track and on the street. Devoid of things like a heater or defroster, shielded ignition wiring and a Read more

1910 Graef & Stift Type 28/32 Double Phaeton loaned by Count Franz Harrach to the Archduke for his use in the June 28, 1914, motorcade through Sarajevo. Photo courtesy of the Museum of Military History in Vienna.   Recently, Hemmings Daily ran a story on the car that shaped the events Read more

1975 Trabant 601S, the symbolic laughingstock of a collapsed communist regime, is more clever than you might think. Photos by author. Note: I write up driving impressions of virtually every car I photograph within a couple of days of the drive, so everything is fresh in my memory. Occasionally, because Read more

1979 Honda Civic Wagon. Images courtesy Specialty Cars Limited. By the late 1970s, Japanese automaker Honda had hit its stride in the United States, earning a reputation for affordable, dependable and fuel-efficient cars. As with many other imports, Hondas were prone to tinworm in states where road sale was a Read more

Let’s take on a bit of a challenge today, shall we? Normally, we try to focus on the 1950s and 1960s for our carspotting photos, figuring that there’s much more diversity of automobiles from that period, but this photo of Broadway looking south from First in Denver – dated September Read more

After helping the Allies win World War II, the U.K.’s Bristol Aeroplane Company decided to branch out into the production of automobiles. Its first product, the 400 of 1947, was a sports car for the connoisseur, borrowing heavily from late 1930s BMWs, Bristol’s purchase of the rights to the designs Read more

Mid-Coast School of Technology students and teacher Dan Dishner look on as OHTM Ground Vehicle Conservator Warren Kincaid gives their restoration a run. Photo courtesy of Owls Head Transportation Museum. Recognizing that we’re all only the custodians of the vehicles we collect, and that someday they’ll be in someone else’s Read more

Photos by Teddy Pieper, courtesy Auctions America. Dale Bell and Charlie Glick might not have the same name recognition among auto historians as do Barney Oldfield and Harry A. Miller, but the duos do share something in common: Both conspired to build a car for competition, and both ended up Read more