Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Photos by the author. Note: I write up driving impressions of virtually every car I photograph, within a couple of days of the drive, so everything is fresh in my memory. Occasionally, because of the constraints of format (ie, buyers’ guide) the prepared text doesn’t run. Now, thanks to the Read more
Irene and Barry Jason in their 1966 Ford Mustang. Photos by Matt Litwin. In 30-plus years of Great Race history, nobody has run a perfect day, nobody has won the race in a postwar car, and nobody has won the race three years in a row. But husband-and-wife team Barry Read more
Okay, so this 1964 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz for sale on Hemmings.com is in pretty good shape, with just a few cosmetic blemishes on the bumpers. It’s been repainted, but the interior is original, and mechanically it’s sound. What makes it stand apart from most other mid-Sixties Eldorados out there, however, Read more
Last year, the Barrett-Jackson Cup debuted at Reno’s Hot August Nights celebration, paying $20,000 to the winner of the Ultimate Best in Show award. For 2014, the auction house has increased the payout to $30,000, and the grand prize winner will walk away with more than just cash and a Read more
Photo courtesy GM. [Editor’s Note: About 10 years ago, Jeff Koch wrote up a number of articles and driving impressions for then-new performance vehicles that, for some reason or another, never made it into the pages of Hemmings Muscle Machines, as intended. As those vehicles now march toward collectible status, Read more
What one would do with a six-wheeled 12-ton truck, we can only guess. There are only so many tanks that need transporting nowadays. Stump pulling would be child’s play. And not too many folks would challenge it in a truck tug-o-war. This 1943 Diamond T Model 980 (according to Crismon, Read more
For as many positive attributes as the tagline for this Arch Brown/Bud Juneau story on the 1964 Dodge Dart – which originally ran in SIA #188, March 2002 – promised, Brown sure gave quite a few negatives as well. After all, the owner of the restored Dart convertible that Juneau Read more
The second-generation Toyota MR2, launched here for the 1991 model year, was larger, more stylish and more powerful than the wedge-shaped car it replaced. For a reasonable sum, buyers could take home a 200hp turbocharged mid-engine rear-wheel-drive sport coupe that delivered reliability alongside handling. The tuner crowd took notice, and Read more
* This week, Clasp Garage took a look at the zebra-styled Mustang that George Barris built for Frank Sinatra – specifically for his movie “Marriage on the Rocks.” * One of the many vehicles that was sold at the Lee Hartung collection auction a couple years back, this 1962 Toyopet Read more
The Grundmann 1938 Type 1 prototype, the oldest known Volkswagen in existence. Vintage Volkswagen fans have found a kindred spirit in Missoula, Montana-based filmmaker Damon Ristau, whose Firewater Film Company was responsible for the incredible documentary film, The Bus. Since its April 2012 premiere at the Full Frame Documentary Film Read more