Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
1953 Oldsmobile 98 Fiesta convertible. Oldsmobile photos by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Auctions. Gathering one of each of GM’s triumvirate of show-car-derived limited-production 1953 convertibles – the Cadillac Eldorado, Buick Skylark, and Oldsmobile Fiesta – is a fairly popular pursuit among hardcore car collectors, but it usually takes quite a Read more
Ross Roberts with a 1991 Ford F-150 Flareside. Photos courtesy Ford Motor Company. It’s not as though Detroit didn’t try to increase the mass appeal of pickups and SUVs before Ross Roberts came along. It’s just that nobody seems to have had more success at putting trucks in almost every Read more
Ford Taurus LX. Photo courtesy Alden Jewell. Ask an automotive enthusiast to name the most important cars in Ford Motor Company history, and products like the Model T and Model A will surely make the list. The Mustang will be there as well, but one car that likely won’t be Read more
After conversation drifted toward the Warshawsky catalogs in Kurt’s piece on Oscar Koveleski’s AutoWorld the other day, I recalled that I had a copy of a 1974 Warshawsky catalog on my desk, waiting for just this moment to entertain with all sorts of accessories and parts. As one would expect Read more
Pretty much every time an older car converted from six-volt to 12-volt electrics comes up around here, plenty of people argue that such a conversion is totally unnecessary and that the six-volt systems work just fine. Those who make such an argument should find solace in this 1947 Pontiac Streamliner Read more
Parking a piece of Volkswagen history. Photos courtesy Volkswagen AG. Introduced to the world in 1950, the Volkswagen microbus has enjoyed a decades-long cult following the world over, a testament to both its versatility and robust (yet simple) design. Now, the last Type 2 bus ever assembled, a blue-and-white Kombi Read more
1962 Imperial by Asahi. Photos courtesy Bonhams. When it comes to collectible toys, rarity, condition, and the presence of original packaging are generally the three biggest factors affecting value. Combine a rare model, appraised in “very good” condition, with its original packaging showing little more than scuffs to the printed Read more
Ferdinand Porsche’s first race vehicle, the electric P1. Photos courtesy Porsche AG. Though never lost, perhaps one of the most significant vehicles in Porsche history has remained out of the public eye for more than a century, but as the company announced this week, that will change when the 1898 Read more
It’s the eternal dilemma for performance machine owners: Go all-out and get a car with style and flair that matches its underhood potential, or go with something more subdued and let the engine do all the talking? Stoplight drags terror or boulevard bruiser? It’s a dichotomy that Jeff Koch explores Read more
Ah, the wild majesty of, well, we’re not quite sure what these Yellowstone National Park visitors were viewing. Probably not bears. Whatever it might have been, it apparently wasn’t as interesting to photographer J. Schmidt as the cars the visitors used to get in and around the park. So while Read more