Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Dog-dish hubcaps and a lack of graphics alone don’t make for a good sleeper. Too many people think they can dress down their E-bodies and A-bodies, stick big chromed-out engines in them, and claim sleeper status with their cars. Those folks should take a good look at this 1965 Chevrolet Read more
Photo courtesy CAR Vocational Training Program. High school auto shop classes have dwindled in numbers nationwide, thanks to funding cuts. Vocational colleges that teach young adults to work on old cars cost money that many youth don’t have. But one California shop owner believes he’s found a way to provide Read more
1962 Greyhound Super Scenicruiser, built by MCI. Photo courtesy Alden Jewell. Whether or not you have affectionate memories of riding across the country with them or can only think of them as the “Dirty Dog,” there is simply no denying the effect Greyhound Bus Lines has had on the United Read more
Shutter speed 1/200, aperture F/14, focal length 200mm. A little fire from the exhaust can certainly add interest. This race car provided it at the same point—entering the Andretti hairpin at Laguna Seca—on each lap, so there was time to realize that and wait for the right moment to get Read more
Coming later in 2014 is a 1992 Mustang LX in CHP livery. Photos courtesy The Lamley Group. Matchbox has gotten a lot of flack from collectors in recent years; following a wave of realism half a decade back, the company switched direction and went with a heroic/action/adventure theme aimed at Read more
Here I thought every LUV truck had disappeared into a million rust flakes decades ago, even those residing outside the Rust Belt, but this 1978 Chevrolet LUV for sale on Hemmings.com proves me wrong. Not only does it appear to be rust-free, it also appears to be in roadworthy condition, Read more
Photos by Matt Litwin, except where noted. The very first Lincoln Continental prototype might have looked sharper than pretty much anything on the road at the time, but it was a leaky, quivering pile of junk. It took a second, more refined prototype to deliver those gorgeous sporting lines of Read more
1912 Harley-Davidson, once owned by Steve McQueen. Photos courtesy Mecum auctions. Things will be hopping in Monterey this weekend, with auctions and concours events and historic rides planned. Mecum Auctions will once again host a car and motorcycle sale during the festivities. Over 750 vehicles will be up for bids Read more
A pair of Fernandez et Darrin-bodied Hispano-Suizas, to be shown at the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. Photos courtesy Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. By the time you read this, several members of the Hemmings editorial staff (including yours truly, Matt Litwin and Jeff Koch) will be on a plane for Read more
English-written books on French automobiles are far and few between, and those on French racing cars even rarer. I don’t recall where I bought my copy of Blue Blood, by author Serge Bellu, although most probably it was back in the 1980s at the Albion Scott automotive book store on Read more