Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Believe it or not, there was a time when every light truck built didn’t have four-wheel drive. In the days following World War II, General Motors didn’t even offer a factory built four-wheel-drive light truck. Instead GM relied on a small vendor called NAPCO or Northwestern Auto Parts Company to Read more
Photo by Jeff Koch. As a fellow Cadillac enthusiast told Marc Lassen when he first bought an olive drab-painted 1918 Cadillac and suspected it had served with the American effort during World War I, “Until you prove it, you just have a neat green car.” Nearly a decade of research Read more
Jim Nicoll’s wrecked dragster slides down the track at the 1970 U.S. Nationals. Still image from video. Finishes don’t get any more dramatic than the 1970 NHRA U.S. Nationals, which saw Don “The Snake” Prudhomme beat Jim Nicoll by 0.03 seconds, followed by an explosion in Nicoll’s car that caused Read more
1911 Harley-Davidson Model 7-A. Photo by Dan Duckworth, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Mecum’s Harrisburg motorcycle auction is part of the three-day collector car sale taking place from July 24-27 at the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Expo Center. Harley-Davidsons from the Mike Quinn Collection comprise a large portion of the bikes to be offered Read more
Photo by John Lloyd. Thanks to a fortunate blend of circumstances, I’m once again on the hunt for a project car to park in the garage. Though still in the very early stages of the quest, I’d forgotten how much of a Christmas-morning-like thrill it was to track down the Read more
Finding examples of Chevy’s economy car turned muscle machine from the 1968-’72 era on offer is never difficult, though the Nova’s popularity has meant that even the model that was once the budget buy of Chevy’s performance lineup is no longer cheap. This 1970 Chevrolet Nova SS 396 for sale Read more
From firsthand experience I know that it doesn’t even take road construction to back up the Henry Hudson Parkway like this, so I can just imagine what closing off the parkway at 79th Street – or at any intersection, for that matter – would do to traffic and to drivers’ Read more
As owners will remember, there was nothing luxurious about the FJ40 series Toyota Land Cruiser. Built for function over form or comfort, these utilitarian off-road vehicles were noisy and punishing to drive on road and possessed a thirst for gasoline most often associated with muscle cars. Those flaws aside, FJ40s Read more
A few of the vehicles in the Kustom King inventory. Photos courtesy Kustom King unless otherwise noted. Murray King’s cabinet making business took him from one coast of Canada to the other, and rather than return to Spruce Grove, Alberta, with empty trailers, King began filling them up with interesting Read more
Frank and Olgivanna Lloyd Wright in the 1937 A.C. 16/80 at Taliesin West. Photos courtesy Arizona Concours d’Elegance. In 1948, architect Frank Lloyd Wright fell in love with a 1937 A.C. 16/80 Two-Seat Sport Competition Roadster, reportedly seen in passing parked on a Chicago street. A deal was struck to Read more