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1970 Dodge Hemi Coronet R/T. Photo by Teddy Pieper, courtesy Mecum Auctions. In 1970, Dodge built 14 mid-size Coronet R/Ts with the 425-hp, 426-cu.in. Hemi V-8, including 13 hardtops and a single convertible. That makes any original Street Hemi-equipped 1970 Coronet R/T a rare and desirable car, and last weekend Read more
1939 Bugatti Type 57C, bodied by Voll & Rohrbeck. Photos courtesy Concours d’Elegance of America. Of the 96 Bugatti Type 57Cs constructed, only one convertible was bodied by German coachbuilder Voll & Rohrbeck. One of the final Bugattis constructed prior to the onset of World War II, chassis 57819 (carrying Read more
Bryan Thompson’s 2003 Última Edición VW Beetle has appeared in the pages of Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car. Photo by author. Tuesday night. Sun’s down, feet are up, and the remote control is in hand. Weeks ago, we made a point to record Motor City Masters, TruTV’s Chevrolet-underwritten reality-competition show pitting Read more
1963 Triumph Sport Six. Triumph’s ad men were right when they wrote “Detroit has never built a compact like this”. And they didn’t. But Triumph did. Unfortunately the Sports 6 wasn’t that popular here, unlike the success it enjoyed in England. The ad’s opening paragraph read: “Many features of the Read more
It’s summer time. Are you sitting on a beach reading a book and frying like a lobster yet? If so, good. If not, live vicariously through this photo that Jim and Chester’s Garage recently posted, depicting Daytona Beach in prime vacation weather (which, of course, isn’t necessarily summer, but let’s Read more
What if Howard Keck hadn’t pulled the plug on the development of this Travers/Coons-built 1955 Indy car for sale on Hemmings.com before the 1955 running of the Indianapolis 500? What if the Leo Goossen-designed V-8 meant for the car had run the way he intended it? Would Vukovich have crashed Read more
Seized cars to be sold at auction. Photos courtesy A.J. Willner Auctions. Owners can auction off cars for any number of reasons: to turn a profit on an investment, to raise funds for another vehicle purchase, or, perhaps, simply because the vehicle can no longer be driven in the desired Read more
Vintage Volvos from the Indian Trail Rally in Guatemala. Photos courtesy Guatemala Tourism Institute. It’s no secret that Volvo owners like to drive, but a group of Dutch vintage Volvo owners is in the midst of a trip that would give even mileage king Irv Gordon second thoughts. Dubbed the Read more
Bud Crayne rounded a curve at fifty and faced into the setting sun. For the next ten miles the highway ran straight and level across open farm land. Ninety-nine out of a hundred drivers rounding that curve and coming on the flat immediately increased their speed. Bud held at fifty. Read more
In the mid-1970s, fiberglass sports car bodies for Volkswagen Beetles were all the rage, but shadetree mechanics soon learned the downsides of building an inexpensive car on your own. By the end of the decade, VW-based kit cars had begun to lose their appeal, but that didn’t stop American Fibre Read more