Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Neon Felix sign was erected over Felix Chevrolet in Los Angeles in 1957. Photo courtesy L.A. Places. By 1925, a cartoon cat had become more popular than his fellow silent film stars, and his expertise had been enlisted to convince audiences of consumers to buy Mazda lamps for use in Read more
Just in time for the Great Depression, Buick introduced the Marquette, a lower-cost line of cars built for one model year – 1930. Marquettes were offered through Buick dealers in six body styles, all perched on 114-inch wheelbase chassis and powered by reworked L-head six-cylinder Oldsmobile engines. GM spent $26 Read more
As Arch Brown related the story in SIA #182, March 2001, the Cadillac Sixty Special, which had no less than Bill Mitchell as a father, seemed constantly caught among the churn of models in Cadillac’s lineup, sometimes the more prestigious option, sometimes the less. And then in 1958, it seemed Read more
While the provenance of this 1970 Marcos GT 3 Litre for sale on Hemmings.com is spotty, particularly when it comes to the history of the work done on it (engine rebuild, reupholstered interior), it appears to be in perfectly driveable condition and it certainly will stand out at pretty much Read more
* For some reason, anniversary news was rampant this past week, so let’s round up some of the more interesting of the jubilations. To begin with, Monday marked the 75th anniversary of the introduction of the first Crosleys at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The Crosley Automobile Club included a couple Read more
It was the summer of 1975, and the Long Island Sports Car Association was holding another one of their popular time trials event at the famed Bridgehampton road racing circuit on Long Island’s east end. Having attended a time trial there earlier in the year when my friend raced his Read more
One final glimpse of Yellowstone from JR Douglass and Yellowstone’s excellent photo collection pages. This time, a shot of the Old Faithful Inn and the traffic headed toward Old Faithful itself from sometime in 1969. Similar to our previous looks at Yellowstone, we see plenty of campers, plenty of congestion Read more
If you’re among the GM muscle car enthusiasts who instinctively gravitate toward the 1968-1972 Chevelle SS or the Pontiac GTO, one turn behind the wheel of an Oldsmobile 4-4-2 of the same vintage might have you wondering if you’ve just been mindlessly following the herd. The 4-4-2 isn’t the fastest Read more
Photos by Daniel K. Henning, Everyday Productions. Emery Ward searched high and low for them all. One in Florida, one in Texas, plenty in the Midwest, some from as far as Wyoming. And for his efforts, he assembled what was probably the most complete collection of 1936 Ford body styles Read more
The Highland Park administration building at night. Photo by Jeff Sturges. All photos courtesy Woodward Avenue Action Association. Though a designated National Historic Landmark, Ford’s historic manufacturing plant in Highland Park, Michigan, today stands as a shell of its former glorious self, many of its buildings either razed or abandoned. Read more