Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Photo courtesy International Motor Racing Research Center at Watkins Glen. Among the trophies next to their tux-clad recipient in the photo above are the Borg-Warner Trophy, emblematic of victory and the Indianapolis 500; and the Harley Earl Trophy, another permanent award that recognizes Daytona 500 winners. The comparatively smaller cup Read more
An early model Subaru BRAT. Image courtesy Alden Jewell. According to chaos theory, there’s no way of predicting the outcome one event will have on another. A butterfly flaps its wings in Barcelona, for example, and a new weather pattern forms that will bring rain to Chicago. Or the country Read more
Photos courtesy Sal Santoro and Bob Walton. It will surprise no one that Hemmings has fully embraced the concept of National Car Collector Appreciation Day since it was first recognized in 2010. For the years since its inception, we’ve held a cruise night on that date, deviating from our usual Read more
A look at the modern-day street view of the corner of Girod and Tchoupitoulas streets in New Orleans, as seen in this December 1948 photo we came across on the Historic New Orleans Collection confirms that the Gulf service station on the far left of the image had use of Read more
Shortly after this George Barris-customized Bugazzi – itself a coachbuilt version of a 1972 Lincoln – sold at an RM auction in 2009 for $19,800, it then popped up for sale for $59,900. The last nearly five years have been relatively Bugazzi free, but now we see the 1972 Bugazzi Read more
Photos courtesy Sheridan Auctions. When Bill Mitchell scoured the country in the early 1990s to collect examples of every car his father, Don, had a hand in, he had a sizable task ahead of him. After all, Don Mitchell was behind Ionia Manufacturing and Mitchell-Bentley and built numerous woodies, station Read more
Georgia Marketing and Promotions, known to scale model fans everywhere as GMP, stopped producing its highly detailed automobiles in 2011. Now, thanks to a new joint venture between Acme Diecast, GMP’s parent, and fellow die-cast manufacturer Greenlight Collectibles, the GMP brand is poised to restart production in the coming months. Read more
When the Camaro came out in 1967, some concepts were released at the same time to accompany the new model at the auto shows. The Waikiki Woodie concept and the Cherokee were the more popular versions, but often lost in the shuffle was the Caribe, which asks the question, show Read more
A Chevrolet engineer tests brake system components. Still image from video. Hydraulic brakes have been a staple of automotive design almost since their 1921 debut on the Duesenberg Model A, but that’s not to say that all automakers were quick to embrace such cutting-edge technology. As this Jam Handy production Read more
A Chevrolet engineer tests brake system components. Still image from video. Hydraulic brakes have been a staple of automotive design almost since their 1921 debut on the Duesenberg Model A, but that’s not to say that all automakers were quick to embrace such cutting-edge technology. As this Jam Handy production Read more