Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Willmar Car Club 2013 Old Man and his Old Car Cruise. Photo by Greg Gjerdingen. Winter may still have its grip on much of the United States, but now is the time to start planning car shows, cruise-ins and other automotive-themed events for the coming year. Father’s Day, June 15, Read more
How many editors does it take to restore a 1980 MGB? We’ll explore that question this weekend in a marathon work session that we hope will bring our charity restoration project to completion (or at least within sight of the finish line). Fortunately for us, we’ll have the help of talented Read more
Another look at the aftermath of Hurricane Camille from the Library of Virginia’s photo archive on Flickr, this time much further inland than Richmond, along Sycamore Avenue in the valley town of Buena Vista after the floodwaters receded. Below is another shot of the same area, looking the other way. Read more
It’s still fairly easy to have an older car that still looks like an older car but benefits from some hidden upgrades. Take, for instance, this 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 club sedan for sale on Hemmings.com. During its restoration, it received a few upgrades, including undercarpet and underhood sound deadening Read more
1948 Tatra 87. Photo by Kurt Ernst. Tatra may not enjoy the same familiarity as other automakers of the 20th century, but the Eastern European firm contributed many an engineering advance to the automobile world, some of them little recognized until decades after the fact. Next August, the Pebble Beach Read more
Pat and Don Garlits. Photo courtesy Donna Garlits. Don Garlits, the greatest drag racer that the straight-line motorsport has ever known, never operated completely alone. From countless Top Fuel triumphs, to crashes and breakage, to a clutch explosion that led him to reinvent the dragster, Big Daddy had his wife, Read more
A “small body” Citroen 11CV Traction Avant. Photo by Stahlkocher. At a passing glance, there’s little remarkable about the Citroen 7CV, or its later iterations, the 11CV and the 15CV. Known collectively as the Citroen Traction Avant (French for front-wheel drive) series, these automobiles were pleasantly styled for their day, Read more
Photos courtesy Shannon’s. Despite the Texas license plates on it, this eight-wheeled epitome of exuberant excess was neither created nor currently resides in the Everything Is Bigger state. Rather, this much-modified 1977 Cadillac Eldorado hails from Down Under, where it will cross the auction block later this month. According to Read more
Among the Library of Virginia’s photo collection on Flickr, we came across this one taken in August 1969, shortly after Hurricane Camille, which caused the flooding that caused the major backup on Interstate 69 95 as it passes through downtown Richmond. While traffic jams usually make for excellent carspotting, we Read more
While this five-speed-equipped 1985 Ford Mustang GT for sale on Hemmings.com isn’t entirely original (repainted hood, some exhaust work), it’s probably as original as any four-eyed Fox-body Mustang can be, showing less than 13,000 miles and still rolling on its original tires. It’s also remarkably clean, particularly for a Massachusetts Read more