Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Ronnie Kaplan talks to driver John Martin, circa 1969. Photo courtesy The Trans- Am Javelin Registry. In 1967, automaker AMC found itself with both a desire to go racing and a new car, the Javelin, which fit within the definitions of the SCCA’s fledgling Trans-Am series. The man tasked with Read more
Bought at auction last year to turn into a restomod, this 1964 Chrysler 300-K for sale on Hemmings.com proved too nice to cut up, what with the dual-quad Short Ram 413 under the hood, just about every option one could throw at it, original interior, trophy-winning paint, and complete documentation. Read more
Photos courtesy Ames Automotive Enterprises. Curiosity drew spectators in droves to last year’s Lambrecht Chevrolet auction in Pierce, Nebraska, but it also attracted plenty of buyers looking for low-mileage cars and trucks, some of them never titled. One of those buyers was New Hampshire collector Steve Ames, who came away Read more
The former BMW plant on Moosacher Strasse in Munich. Photos courtesy BMW AG. BMW’s original focus was the construction of aircraft engines, and demand for the company’s products during the First World War led to the construction in 1918 of a new, state-of-the-art facility in Munich’s Milbershofen district. BMW would Read more
1986 Pontiac Grand Prix 2+2. Photos courtesy of GM Media Archives. By the mid-1980s, GM was growing tired of conceding high-speed oval races to the aerodynamically superior Ford Thunderbird. In response, both Chevrolet and Pontiac went back to the drawing board, independently, to produce a G-body coupe with improved high-speed Read more
Though “timeless” is an adjective often overused in relation to classic cars, it is an apt description of the automobiles crafted by the Morgan Motor Company. Should you desire a brand new Morgan Plus 4, you’d need to reside outside of the United States because the classic British roadster is Read more
When comparing two heated rivals such as Chevrolet and Ford, it’s always best to find cars that match each other as closely as possible in terms of equipment, body style, and any other variables, else face the wrath of partisans who would claim an unfair comparison and hint at bias Read more
The seller of this 1921 Ford Model T speedster for sale on Hemmings.com claims the car was built to resemble an early 1930s dirt track racer and was crafted from an authentic Model T Ford chassis, engine and transmission. To enhance performance, the 1921 Model T block has been bored Read more
* As we mentioned earlier this week, Galpin Ford sold Hank Smolinski two Ford Pintos for use in converting to flying cars. One crashed, ending the project, but the other – which never became a flying car – turned up in 2009 in Southern California still wearing its Galpin paint Read more
Electric Mayhem bus. Photo courtesy Muppet Wiki. As noted last month, Ken Kesey’s Furthur could be considered one of the most influential buses for inspiring a million hippies to turn their Volkswagen Type 2s into rolling psychedelic painting canvases. For that matter, it very well may have set the whole Read more