Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
1955 Aston Martin DBS3/111. Photo by Brian Henniker, courtesy Gooding & Company. Introduced as a factory racer in 1953, the Aston Martin DB3S delivered the competition victories its predecessor, the DB3, had not. By 1955, demand for customer versions of the DB3S had reached a crescendo, prompting Aston Martin to Read more
Football? Where’s the barbecues? The beer coolers? The big-screen TVs? The bare chests painted in team colors? The Penn State Special Collections photostream on Flickr calls this a tailgating party, but it looks like a dud. Maybe the tailgating’s just getting started – we do see a bunch of trunks Read more
Restyled for the 1950 model year with a new “bullet nose” and vertical taillamps, the Studebaker Champion was a sensible choice as a second vehicle for families living in the wilds of suburbia. As an entry-level car, few survived the ravages of being passed down to generations of first-time drivers, Read more
J Mays with a Shelby GT500. World-renowned automotive designer J Mays as been named Honorary Chairman and Keynote Speaker for this year’s Eighth annual Hemmings Motor News Concours d’Elegance. After earning a Bachelor of Science degree in transportation design in 1980 from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Read more
Photo courtesy LeMay – America’s Car Museum. LeMay – America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington, has presented its highest award to one of the best-known figures in the world of insuring collectible vehicles. McKeel Hagerty, president and chief executive officer of The Hagerty Group, LLC, received the Nicola Bulgari award Read more
Photo by Christy Robertson. Not a tie, not even one with an appropriately colorful automotive theme. And given the complexities of event scheduling, the timing was much closer to Easter than Father’s Day – but that’s not really the point. The other non-issue here is the car’s make and model Read more
Photo by Jeff Koch. Much time is spent lamenting the loss of once loved former rides by fans of factory muscle, as thoughts turn back to the days when the roads were well stocked with examples and terms like “rarity” and “matching numbers” were seldom uttered. Guys bought hot cars, Read more
Futbol? With the whole world going crazy for the World Cup, the above photo – depicting Mineirão stadium in Belo Horizonte, one of the many that will host this year’s matches, on its opening day in 1965 – has been making the rounds on Tumblr, including on The Oldie But Read more
The kibosh on custom vans usually comes after inspecting their interiors. Even if they’ve somehow been kept clean and in decent shape since the custom van heyday – and let’s be frank, not all of them were – then those interiors are just a few decades out of fashion and Read more
Ford’s 1962 Mustang I concept, on display at The Henry Ford. Photo by Michael Barera. Every year, The Henry Ford presents its Motor Muster, an annual celebration that honors cars, trucks (and even bicycles) built between 1933 and 1976. This year, in honor of its 50th birthday, The Henry Ford Read more