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The DiDia 150, Andrew DiDia’s best known design. Photo by Alden Jewell. Andrew DiDia was a clothing designer by trade, but his artistic vision led him to create the DiDia 150, one of the wildest concept cars of the 20th century. Also known as the “Bobby Darin Dream Car,” the Read more

1964 Pontiac GTO. Photo by Dino Petrocelli. While we are certain that many events throughout the 2014 show season will celebrate the anniversary of the GTO, it should also come as no surprise that the GTO class for the 2014 Hemmings Motor News Concours d’Elegance has quickly been filled to Read more

Floridians sure loved their Publix Markets, apparently. This is the second time we’ve highlighted a photo of a full parking lot in front of a Publix in the 1950s, and we certainly haven’t come across any vintage Kroger or Safeway parking lot shots (but one Big Bear!). While we’ve seen Read more

This 1928 Ahrens-Fox N-S-4 fire engine for sale on Hemmings.com was originally ordered by the Biddeford, Maine, fire department in 1928. There’s no way of knowing how many lives or how much property this truck has helped to save over the years, and after decades of faithful service it’s been Read more

Alex Tremulis with a model of the Tucker. Photos courtesy Steve Tremulis. Though perhaps best known for his work on the Tucker, Alex Tremulis worked for as many as 20 different automobile companies throughout his decades-long career, promoting some fairly radical concepts in automotive design along the way. For those Read more

The ninth annual Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car Show, our annual celebration of some of the most exciting sports and GT cars from around the world, will return to Saratoga Springs, New York, on Saturday, August 2. Four special classes will be featured: Maserati (all years), in honor of the Read more

GM’s second, functional Mako Shark II concept. Photos courtesy GM Media Archives. In April 1965, a Bill Mitchell-designed concept hit the stage at the New York Auto Show. Though no one in attendance could know it at the time, this car, dubbed the Mako Shark II, would go on to Read more

Grattis 85-arsdag to Erik Carlsson, Swedish rally legend, world-famous Saab brand ambassador and Trollhattan’s most famous son! It was 60 years ago, in 1954, when Erik received his first Saab works rally car, a two-cylinder 92; his first of many victories came in the Midnight Sun Rally of 1956, driving Read more

We thought we had scoured the Vermont Landscape Change photo archive for Bennington-related photos, but we keep coming across new ones, like these two (above, poorly combined into one) from February 1972 showing the intersection of Hicks Avenue and Northside Drive and Barber Pontiac-Buick. Nowadays a CarQuest resides in the Read more

In 1968, a Ford Torino GT was used to pace the Indianapolis 500, prompting Ford dealers to order similar graphics-adorned cars to meet public demand for pace car replicas. This 1968 Ford Torino GT convertible for sale on Hemmings.com is not one of those tribute cars; according to Kevin Marti, this Read more