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Photos courtesy Jim Benjaminson. [Editor’s Note: Reader Jim Benjaminson thought we’d be interested in the story of a particular 1925 Case Model X and its ties to the man responsible for Case’s carmaking efforts. We were, and thought we’d let him tell the story in full here.] When G. B. Read more

People are valuing original cars more and more nowadays because they show in minute detail how certain vehicles left the factory. This 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix with the LJ luxury package for sale on Hemmings.com, however, could prove far more instrumental in showing all of us how to properly keep Read more

AMC’s 1977 Concept 80 AM Van. Photos courtesy The Bortz Collection. When brand loyalists gather in Kenosha, Wisconsin, for this year’s American Motors Owners Association homecoming, a visit to the Kenosha History Center will certainly be in order, as the museum will be displaying AMC’s 1977 Concept 80 AM Van, Read more

This 1950 Chevrolet Styleline Special is about as plain and no frills as it gets. Appearing in the classifieds of the April 1978 issue of Hemmings Motor News, this Special was the entry-level series of the 1950 Chevrolets and featured less chrome and brightwork than the Deluxe line. Monotone paint Read more

1971 Opel GT. Images courtesy ProductionCars.com. By the late 1960s, Opel had been selling its branded cars in the United States for a decade, amassing a modest following with its frugal compact cars. Sporty wasn’t an adjective that owners would use to describe styling, but that changed with the 1968 Read more

1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta, chassis 3851 GT. Photo courtesy Bonhams. Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinettas, as highly sought after as they may be, tend not to sell at public auction nowadays, instead trading hands privately in more relaxed and confidential settings. But next month, one of the longest-held – if Read more

Most packed parking lot scenes we run aren’t high-resolution enough to accurately display detail more than a few cars deep, but today’s carspotting scene, which we came across on Calisphere and which depicts the Citrus Community College’s parking lot (facing west from the Hayden Memorial Library), affords a pretty clear Read more

It looks like it was lifted from a six-year-old’s drawing of a genericar, but this 1981 Grumman Kurbwatt for sale on Hemmings.com – one of a few dozen such electric mail delivery vans that the USPS tried out for several years in the 1980s – was reportedly designed to last Read more

“Indian 4,” by Drew Struzan. Image courtesy Forest Lawn. Yes, that Forest Lawn. So we’ll start out by answering an obvious question: Why is a motorcycle-themed art exhibition taking place at a location that’s one of the country’s best-known cemeteries, where a huge number of Hollywood celebrities are interred? The Read more

Tab Books published mainly digest-size paperback-style books on a variety of subjects, including automotive ones. Some of their least known automotive titles included the DKW Guide and Hillman Minx Guide, and an unforgettable gem, Sports Clothes for Your Sports Car, all of which would be interesting to read today. Yet Read more