Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Restoring a Tatra of any sort can be a daunting task, and we salute the restorer of this 1952 Tatra T600 for sale on Hemmings.com for taking on the task, even if he wasn’t able to finish it. He made plenty of headway, completing most of the bodywork and the Read more
QuickSilver, Alan Beers’s 1957 Chevrolet pickup, takes the top prize in Reno. Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. In addition to bragging rights in the world of street rodding, the Ultimate Best in Show award at Reno’s Hot August nights brings with it the Barrett-Jackson Cup and a cash payout of $30,000, the Read more
The Gilmore Car Museum was already among the most compelling auto museums in the world. It’s growing yet again with the Saturday, August 9, dedication of the Lincoln Motor Car Heritage Museum on the Gilmore’s sprawling grounds in Hickory Corners, Michigan, and the event should prove to be one of Read more
Photos courtesy Charlie Beesley. [Editor’s Note: Frequent Hemmings Daily contributor Michael Lamm recently heard from photo collector Charlie Beesley, who had been given access to an archive of photos of the little-known coachbuilding efforts of Pettingell Machine by photo collector and dealer Darrin Stouffer of Darrin’s Car Photos. Beesley and Read more
Photos by the author. In all, Ray Nadda of Allendale, Michigan, figures he’s had 97 or 98 different cars over the years – British cars, Italian cars, American cars, you name it – and he’s sold every single one of them. Every one of them, that is, except for the Read more
Photos by the author. In all, Ray Nadda of Allendale, Michigan, figures he’s had 97 or 98 different cars over the years – British cars, Italian cars, American cars, you name it – and he’s sold every single one of them. Every one of them, that is, except for the Read more
The caption for this photo we came across on Josh Nativio’s Flickrstream notes that it was taken looking east on South Street from the Erie Railroad station (then located at South and Main), though we see the photographer’s shadow in the lower left corner, and it looks like he was Read more
What was the world’s finest car in 1964? Those who thought they knew the answer – Rolls-Royce, just like always – found their presumptions challenged by Stuttgart’s new 2-3/4-ton flagship, the 600. Demand from the world’s VIPs was sufficient to keep the 600 in production until 1981, though just 2,677 Read more
Jim Sommers’s 1932 Essex-Terraplane Special Sedan. Photos courtesy The Paragon Agency. On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart disappeared somewhere over the Pacific Ocean, en route to an uninhabited patch of coral optimistically labeled as Howland Island. The disappearance of Earhart remains one of the world’s great mysteries, but now another Read more
1948 Chrysler Town & Country convertible. Photos courtesy Owls Head Transportation Museum. While most of the collector car world turns its attention to the mid-August auctions on California’s Monterey Peninsula, not every buyer is in the market for a $30 million Ferrari or a $2 million Shelby Cobra. For those Read more