Hemmings Auto Blog

* Before Iran’s 1979 revolution, the country was far far more open than today. How much more open? As Perry Shoar recently wrote for Curbside Classic, American Motors offered the Rambler American in Iran (as the Aria and the Shahin) from 1967 to 1974. * I found it hard to Read more

While Christopher Hoffman still has his first car, which today is rather well documented, my first car is long gone and rather poorly documented. Finding the only surviving photo of my first car the other day, however, brought back a flood of great memories. In late summer 1985, after months Read more

Peruvian immigrant George Porcari’s photos of Los Angeles in the late 1970s, including the 1979 shot of a strip mall parking lot we’ve included here, show that automobile-oriented city from perhaps the most apt vantage point of all – through the windshield of his car. After all, what is the Read more

Will we see the focus on originality and unrestored cars migrate over to the old truck world as well? Trucks were indeed made to get beat-up and dirty, and many an old farm truck or field truck out there wears its dings and mudsplatters as badges of honor. Then again, Read more

Wheatbelt Antique Auto in December 2008. Photo by Erik Boattail. After 26 years of selling used parts to Buick collectors, Wheatbelt Antique Auto is closing its doors forever on Saturday, March 1. A mobile crusher will set up shop on Wheatbelt’s Carrier, Oklahoma, property the following week, and in just Read more

Though it seems like more and more old junkyards are scrapping out nowadays, there’s still plenty around that would rather their older stuff stick around for a while, even if that means they end up growing beards of moss and slowly returning to earth, as is what appears to be Read more

Ralph Lauren’s 1958 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa (not the car sold). Photo by SFoskett. One of two factory prototypes of the Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, chassis 0704 saw race action at the hands of legendary drivers such as Phil Hill and Peter Collins, posting wins for Scuderia Ferrari in Buenos Read more

1987 Honda CRX Si. Photo by Jeff Koch. Back in the 1980s, Honda automobiles were some of the most clever, innovative and fun-to-drive mainstream cars on the road, and the company built a huge fan base with enthusiast models like the Prelude and CRX. While their vehicles are still well-built Read more

From reader Jim Benjaminson comes these two photos of his hometown of Cavalier, North Dakota. As he notes, “They both may have been taken at the same time but the latest cars I can find in the one photo of are 1955/56 vintage while the swept-wing Dodge definitely makes the Read more

This 1989 Avanti for sale on Hemmings.com would have been constructed by the Avanti Automotive Corporation, an entity that lasted only from 1989 through 1991. If that’s the bad news, here’s the good news: A mere 158 examples were constructed in 1989, and all were underpinned by the robust Chevrolet Read more