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A number of the ads that Jeff Koch recently discussed in his story on collecting old car advertisements came from South Africa, which got us wondering what the streetscapes of that country looked like – were they similar to the United States, Europe, Australia, South America, or were they more Read more
Frank Hagerty. Images courtesy Hagerty Insurance. To Frank Hagerty, vintage wooden boats held a value far greater than the sum of their component parts. It was this belief that led the Michigan native and long-time insurance professional to co-found vintage car and boat insurer Hagerty Insurance with his wife Louise Read more
Plumber? Electrician? General handyman? Whatever the work that the original owner of this 1953 Dodge B4B for sale on Hemmings.com did, we likely would have hired him. Why? Given that working trucks typically fall apart from the abuse heaped on them over the years, it’s evident that whoever used this Read more
1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz. Photos courtesy Auctions America. Are tailfins on the rise again? Surely not on production cars, which haven’t featured the jet-age influences since the 1960s, but certainly so in the auction arena, and an example of the tailfinniest of 1950s cars – the 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Read more
The 1965 Ford Mustang, as displayed at the 1964 World’s Fair. Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company. On April 17, 1964, Ford introduced a new sporty four-seater that it hoped would prove popular among younger buyers who had previously written Ford off as a stodgy and conservative automaker. Called the Mustang, Read more
Photos courtesy Howard Arbiture. If you’ve spent any amount of time reading through our comments here on the Hemmings Daily, you’ll have seen by now that our readers have a stunning amount of expertise in a variety of fields generally of interest to those of us in the old car Read more
Photo by gab482. Car companies will do just about anything to move cars in that doldrums period that starts just after the new year and lasts until the onset of warmer weather. Witness the many and various spring specials, mid-year introductions, and other gimmicks over the decades. American Motors was Read more
Dyno Don Nicholson’s 1969 Boss 429 Mercury Cougar. Photos courtesy Carlisle Events. Officially, Ford never stuffed its Boss 429 V-8 between the fenders of a Mercury Cougar, but that’s not to say that none were built in this configuration. In fact, two cars destined for the drag strip ran the Read more
Photo courtesy Indianapolis Motor Speedway. If you grew up loving American-style open-wheel racing, you had to grow up deeply admiring Gary Bettenhausen, an absolute stud of a second-generation racing driver who was a virtual immortal in Sprint cars before he made an amazing, if troubled, transition to Indy cars. Bettenhausen’s Read more
Peter Revson at the German Grand Prix in 1973. Photo by Raimund Kommer. For those with a passion for motorsports, intent on a career as a racing driver, having a wealthy family is both a blessing and a curse. Peter Revson, born into the family that founded Revlon cosmetics, never Read more