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It gets less than three miles per gallon and can be operated only on the straightest and widest of roads, but it’s also a sizable piece of World War II history. Built by Pacific Car and Foundry, this M26 Pacific Armored Tank Transporter for sale on Hemmings.com was constructed to Read more
Gordon Buehrig’s 1948 Tasco. Photo by Peter Harholdt. What does the future look like? Perhaps no consumer product has endeavored to answer this question in quite the same way as the concept car, which has traditionally existed to give consumers an often-hazy glimpse into both the future of transportation and Read more
1955 De Soto Firedome. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Not every Hemi-powered Mopar of the past pushes auction bidding into purple haze territory, as we saw this past weekend when a 1955 De Soto Firedome, one of a number of inexpensive cars to cross the block at Mecum’s Houston auction, sold Read more
Photos by the author. You just never know when or where you will come across a cool old toy for your collection, which is why it’s imperative that you always keep your eyes open for such hidden deals. Years ago, when my family moved from Brooklyn to Oyster Bay, Long Read more
Many people assume that entry into the old car hobby is some arcane process, done with secret handshakes when we’re all knee-high to a grasshopper, but those sorts of assumptions tend to make the hobby intimidating to outsiders and are just plain wrong: We all come by our interests in Read more
As a daily driver, this 1963 Pontiac Bonneville ambulance for sale on Hemmings.com has been fitted with a few upgrades as concessions to driveability, but it’s not like it’s ever going to serve in its original capacity again, though all of the details that help define it as an old Read more
Photo by Randy Heinitz. Ask a dozen Americans what Route 66 means to them, and it’s logical to expect a dozen different responses. Deeply rooted in American popular culture via music, film, literature and television, Route 66 has come to represent everything from hope to despair to nostalgia among Americans, Read more
On my desk is an old tin box, an orange Westinghouse Mazda Lamp car kit that I keep paperclips in. A couple weeks ago, our editor-in-chief, Terry McGean, picked it up, and turning it over in his hands, wondered aloud if there were any connection between that Mazda and the Read more
Shelby G.T. 500 KR. Photo by Eric English. No shortage of attention is given to the mechanical heroes created under the guidance of Carroll Shelby during the heyday of his Shelby American operation and its collaborations with Ford Motor Company. Yet, despite the scrutiny applied to these machines years on, Read more
1973 Ford Econoline Custom 100. Photos courtesy R. Gilligan Auctions. Of the various lots from the Larry Brown estate sale that took place last weekend, none got more attention than Brown’s 1969 Shelby G.T. 500, a 9,000-mile original that – like the rest of the vehicles in the estate sale Read more