Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
In response to our recent carspotting photos of Wall Drug in Wall, South Dakota, John Lloyd posted his copy of the above photo of Wall Drug sometime in the 1970s, which leads us to believe that about once per decade the Hustead family climbs atop the row of tourist traps Read more
Postcard image via Jalopy Journal. While the effort to save a portion of the Willow Run assembly plant has come down to its final week, demolition crews have already torn down about half of the former Kaiser-Frazer and GM structure outside of Ypsilanti, Michigan, to make way for an autonomous Read more
1904 Ford Model AC. Photos courtesy of Bonhams Auctions. Finding one pre-Model T Ford automobile at auction can be a challenge because relatively few were constructed (by modern standards, anyway) and only a small percentage were preserved for posterity. Finding a pair of early 20th century Fords in the same Read more
Photos courtesy GM Media Archive. Legendary automotive designer Harley Earl had a compulsion to outdo his rivals. In 1938, his Buick Y-Job, often considered to be the first true concept car, set the tone for automotive design in the immediate prewar years. Following the conclusion of the Second World War, Read more
2013 Hemmings rally entering Saratoga Spa State Park. Photo by Matt Litwin. Recently the Hemmings Motor News Concours d’Elegance announced that we were breaking with tradition with regard to the Hemmings rally – the Friday afternoon kick-off event of the Concours weekend. For the past seven years, the rally has Read more
We were about to lament the suburbanization of the area around Lukhard’s Market and the Westbury Shopping Center in Richmond, Virginia, because it seems to have erased any hope of finding out where this May 1961 photo we came across on the Library of Virginia’s Flickr stream was taken. But Read more
1963 Chrysler New Yorker. Photos courtesy James G. Murphy Company. When Mopar collector Charles Kee died last December at age 84, he left behind plenty of unanswered questions: Did he really plan to start a museum? How many cars did he sell to a group of Swedish collectors? And what’s Read more
Bobby Rahal’s 1965 Shelby G.T. 350. Photo courtesy Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Bobby Rahal is no stranger to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. An Indy 500 winner as both a driver (in 1986) and a team owner (in 2004), Rahal is used to spending most of May at the track, and this Read more
Photo by the author. Most car lovers collect more than just cars. Parts, factory literature, books, magazines, models, toys and tools are usually among the most coveted non-automotive automotive items. But given the breadth of the collector car, muscle car, pony car, sports car, and classic car markets, there are Read more
I recently received a wonderful surprise gift from my sister’s friend Sarah, a London resident who visited New England last summer. After spending an evening in Bennington, she was well aware of my automotive interests, and she sent over two sets of special stamps from the Royal Mail Mint. This Read more