Hemmings Auto Blog

Marmons were never light cars, despite Howard Marmon’s affinity for aluminum, but after riding along with Arch Brown as he took the wheel of this 1922 Marmon Model 34 for SIA #190, August 2002, we can see that they were absolute bears to drive. Not to say that they didn’t Read more

Given the pop-top and the camper fittings on the side, one would figure this 1971 Dodge B200 Tradesman for sale on Hemmings.com would feature more interior amenities – at least a sink, an electric converter, and some cabinets, maybe even a mini-fridge – but the lack of such equipment just Read more

* Quite a few readers forwarded us the link to the above photo of San Francisco, which recently appeared on Shorpy, for possible use in our carspotting series, but since then, the story about the photo has grown interesting, as PetaPixel pointed out this week: The photo was taken within Read more

Photos courtesy Jaguar. Dentist James Hull made headlines in the United Kingdom earlier this year when he put up for sale his 543-car collection as a whole with an asking price somewhere in the neighborhood of $170 million. For a while there, it seemed as if nobody had taken the Read more

McCall, Idaho, doesn’t have a Main Street per se, as suggested by Pie Shops on Flickr and about ten dozen people hawking this old postcard online (a little sleuthing tells us that it depicts East Lake Street, looking west), but from the postcard we can see that it did have Read more

Photos courtesy BMW Classic. Typically, a collector car gets its debut after its restoration, with a fresh polish on its new paint, plenty of shine on its chrome, and its provenance recorded in minute detail. However, the BMW 507 that BMW Classic recently put on display at the BMW Museum Read more

1952 Lazzarino Sports Prototipo. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. At first glance, particularly painted in a shade of red very similar to rosso corsa, the sleek sports prototype racer with the faux wire wheels looks very much like a Ferrari. Its construction, however, took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Read more

Photos by the author. I’ve just returned from the Pacific Northwest–Puyallup, Washington, specifically–and the annual MAFCA convention. Despite only the briefest of stays (I was on-site just Monday and Tuesday of the week-long event), I was able to get nearly an entire calendars’ worth of shots … for 2016. As Read more

Photos by the author. I’ve just returned from the Pacific Northwest–Puyallup, Washington, specifically–and the annual MAFCA convention. Despite only the briefest of stays (I was on-site just Monday and Tuesday of the week-long event), I was able to get nearly an entire calendar’s worth of shots … for 2016. As Read more

Rocker arms and valve springs require different groups of tough friends. Still image from video. The automobile has grown exponentially in complexity since 1938, but one thing still rings true: Steel is the basic building block of its construction. As this Jam Handy production demonstrates, steel’s “Tough Friends” can help Read more