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1968 Yenko Super Camaro. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy of Mecum Auctions, unless otherwise noted. A Yenko Super Camaro 450 would be a welcome addition to any Chevrolet muscle car collection, but a four-owner car with 1,340 miles, constructed in the first 1968 batch of 20, has to sit near Read more
Studeolet. Photo by the author. Whether you are a fan of street rods or classic trucks, Springfield, Missouri, is the place to be over the last two weekends in May. Up first is the 31st annual NSRA Mid-America Street Rod Nationals Plus Meet. This will be the 20th year the Read more
The Vanden Plas Princess chassis was a very popular choice in coachbuilding during the 1960s in Britain. Along with fully built limousines, they were used under ambulances, hearses and other vehicles such as this caravan that was photographed in Lancashire, England. This Princess 4-litre caravan had 12,000 miles from new Read more
Photography 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 the story’s format, the prepared text doesn’t run. Now, thanks to the joys Read more
We’ve visited a surprising number of airports in our carspotting series so far – LAX (multiple times), CMH, MSP, SEA, BOS, DAL, DCA, JFK (a couple times), and BTV – but haven’t yet seen Chicago’s O’Hare, so let’s take a look at this circa 1960s postcard image that John Winder Read more
Gray and pink probably don’t always work well together, but on this 1956 Hudson Rambler for sale on Hemmings.com, separated out by spears upon spears of chrome and set off by white to form a tri-tone, well, if it doesn’t work here, it won’t work anywhere. Restored in its original Read more
1964 Aston Martin DB5. Photos courtesy Bonhams. Those curves, those lines, those… internal support structures? If, as they say, real beauty is on the inside, then does that make the 1964 Aston Martin DB5 that sold at this past weekend’s Bonhams auction the most beautiful Aston Martin of them all? Read more
Photo courtesy Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Sir Jack Brabham never forgot the virtues he acquired as a garage mechanic and a technician in the Royal Australian Air Force. He moved to England and joined the vanguard of “garagemen,” the tinkerers like Colin Chapman and Ken Tyrrell who transformed Formula 1 with Read more
Ivan Stewart in the office. Photo by Robert Kerian, used with permission. Off-road racing is, perhaps, motorsport’s hardest test of man and machine. Under the worst possible conditions of heat, dust and unforgiving terrain, drivers must balance the need for velocity with the need to preserve equipment. In the history Read more
A line of nearly completed Morgans awaits final assembly. All photos courtesy Jan M. Smith. Of all the world’s automakers, few have resisted change quite as much as Britain’s Morgan Motor Company. When Hemmings Motor News reader Jan M. Smith toured the automaker’s Pickersleigh Road factory in June 1975, his Read more