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1991 GMC Syclone pickup. Photo courtesy GM Media Archives. Meteorologists are predicting a cooler-than-average summer for the Northeast, but there’s a 100 percent chance of Syclones and Typhoons at this year’s August Carlisle Truck Nationals. GMC’s limited-production hot-rod pickup and SUV will take center stage in Building Y (and the Read more
Collecting, no matter what the subject may be, is an enjoyable pastime that can be lots of fun, extremely motivating and immensely rewarding. It can also be quite addicting. However, if you maintain your sanity and keep it as a fun pastime, instead of obsessing over acquiring every single object Read more
A 1915 Buick Model C-36 Roadster in chartreuse over black. Photo by Matthew Litwin. Almost as soon as I began building my 1931 Ford speedster, I began thinking about what color I would paint it. Color is important. Arguably, it’s the first aspect people register when they see something, even Read more
All these Vermont street scenes we’ve used over the years come to us from the University of Vermont’s Landscape Change Program, but what did the University of Vermont’s automotive landscape look like in days past? For a glimpse, we pulled these two photos of students taking in classes on the Read more
If it seems there’s an inordinate number of Aston Martins and other high-end sports and exotic cars that keep popping up in secluded, dusty hideaways, that’s because there is, and there’s a simple and logical reason why. Say your 15-year-old used car breaks down; is it worth the time and Read more
Cars and music have been indelibly linked for a century, and a new exhibit coming to the Northeast Classic Car Museum in Norwich, New York, illustrates this bond. The year-long exhibit, Car Tunes – A Celebration of Cars in Song, will feature everything from a 1932 Ford Little Deuce Coupe, Read more
Photos courtesy Bonhams. In the postwar years, surplus Jeeps typically found their ways to farms, ranches and undeveloped lands, tasked with taming treacherous terrain. Not too many made it to the esteemed lords of England, but one – wearing a special coachbuilt woodie station wagon body – did, and will Read more
1977 Aston Martin V8 during Gooding’s Scottsdale preview hours. Photo by Matt Litwin. Every January, Scottsdale, Arizona, bursts at its seams with collector car buyers, sellers and spectators, and in turn the pages we dedicate to auction coverage swell with Arizona auction action to provide coverage for the thousands more Read more
While this 1964 Dodge A100 panel van for sale on Hemmings.com remains in solid condition, it also shows the wear and tear that came from use as a work vehicle for decades, which leads to a dilemma: Should the van be restored to showroom condition, returning to it all the Read more
El Camino’s granddad? It doesn’t have a dedicated bodystyle, but the 1938 Chevrolet Master coupe-pickup that Arch Brown and Bud Juneau tracked down for SIA #183, May 2001, does incorporate a pickup bed by removing the trunklid and sliding it into the trunk area. Brown didn’t go so far as Read more