Hemmings Auto Blog

In recognition of Arizona auction week, let’s hang around in Scottsdale another day with a couple photos from the Scottsdale Historical Society, shared through the Arizona Memory Project. Fittingly, both photos show aspects of Scottsdale’s shopping history: Above, we see the Pima Plaza shopping area on First Avenue, notable for Read more

For Alfisti able to see the beauty beneath the patina, this 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider for sale on Hemmings.com represents an opportunity to restore a vintage Italian sports car to its former glory. Though the car has its flaws, the seller is up front about them, describing the vintage Read more

Photos by Jason Johnson, courtesy Furthur Down the Road. It seems as though Furthur hasn’t taken its last trip after all. Though the effort has been beset with fits and starts, the family of author Ken Kesey has long maintained a vision of seeing Kesey’s Furthur – the 1939 International Read more

The Best In Show 1937 Railton Limousine at the 2013 event. Photos courtesy Southwest Michigan Concours d’Elegance. For the past nine years, the Concours d’Elegance of Southwest Michigan has grown in size and scope, meaning that the task of organizing the annual event has become increasingly more difficult. As the Read more

Duesenberg revival brochure rendering, courtesy Nolan Pahud. It’s hard not to look at Virgil Exner’s 1966 Duesenberg revival, either in rendering form (above) or in real-life, and come away convinced that Exner – through the Duesenberg – singlehandedly initiated Detroit’s brougham epoch of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Yet, Read more

One might argue that Hemmings Muscle Machines is a more appropriate venue for us to feature Pontiac’s Firebird, the arrowhead division’s version of the Chevrolet Camaro, yet not every Firebird was an all-out performance machine, and the F-bodies certainly have their place in American automotive history. So for Hemmings Classic Read more

We couldn’t not repost this parking lot scene recently posted on Shorpy with little clue as to when/where it was taken. The Shorpy-ites managed to find a location – the O’Neil Bros. service station across the street was at 1301 L Street in Sacramento, so the parking lot is located Read more

Mercury built a total of 27,498 Comet Custom sedans for the 1963 model year, but most buyers didn’t check the option boxes for the 164-hp, 260-cu.in. V-8 coupled to a Merc-O-Matic automatic transmission. That makes this 1963 Mercury Comet Custom four-door sedan for sale on Hemmings.com something of a rare Read more

1964 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu SS convertible. Photos courtesy General Motors. It’s not often a Chevrolet gets overlooked. As the self-styled brand dedicated to all things big, popular, and American, Chevrolets tend to dominate our automotive consciousness. Yet in this year dedicated to all sorts of celebrations of the Mustang’s and Read more

The unrestored 1940 Harley-Davidson EL, sold by Bonhams. Photo courtesy Bonhams Auctions. When the green 1940 Harley-Davidson EL took center stage in Las Vegas last week, the crowd on hand helped fuel a bidding war that saw prices quickly escalate beyond six figures. When the sale concluded, the winning bidder Read more