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Photo courtesy Todd Dziadosz. Senior Editor Jim Donnelly (right) was co-recipient of the annual Jim Hunter Memorial Award, a lifetime achievement honor for print journalists, at this past weekend’s 43rd annual Eastern Motorsport Press Association conference and convention in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. The award is named for the late Read more
As we’ve seen previously, Andy, aka HarborIndiana, has a thing for photochopping Packards that might have been, and his most recent three are some of the most compelling yet. Two of them go along with what appears to be Andy’s master plan for saving Packard, circa the mid-1950s. Calling on Read more
Ongoing since the mid-1930s, the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous – a.k.a. Fur Rondy – takes place in February of each year and for many years included the Fur Rondy Grand Prix, perhaps the only city street auto race to use snowbanks as safety berms. Presumably the sign strung across Fourth Street Read more
We have little trouble believing the assertion that this 1966 Buick Sport Wagon for sale on Hemmings.com has spent much of its life in California and Nevada, what with its working air conditioning (with all those windows, A/C is just short of necessary for this car) and overall decent shape. Read more
1935 Auburn 851 boattail speedster. Photos courtesy Bonhams. Whether wearing bodywork designed by Alan Leamy or Gordon Buehrig, whether powered by a V-12 or supercharged straight-eight, boattail Auburns have proven some of the most desirable American collector cars out there, and as illustrated by a pair of boattails headed to Read more
Larry Moss. Photos courtesy Concours d’Elegance of America. Back when the Concours d’Elegance of America was known as the Meadow Brook Concours, Larry Moss occupied the role of event chairman for the 1999 and 2000 events. From 2007 through 2010, Moss served as chairman of the car selection committee, and Read more
James Hunt in the Hesketh 308. Photo credit cheshyre. In today’s sponsor-driven, polished and impeccably tailored world of Formula One racing, there would be no room for a character like James Simon Wallis Hunt. Described as “larger than life” by those who knew him, Hunt played by his own rules, Read more
1961 VW Beetle print ad, touting the car’s winter superiority. Image courtesy of Alden Jewell. A blanket of white has twice descended upon the Hemmings offices this year, and all signs point to it being a long, cold and frosty winter. On the drive home last night, traveling Bennington’s unplowed Read more
With our Vermont winter comes plenty of daydreaming about warmer weather and warmer climes, so let’s check out the beach near Galveston, Texas, as seen in this July 1973 Documerica photo by Blair Pittman, for today’s carspotting exercise. Fortunately, the sunny summer day brought out plenty of bathers and thus Read more
1973 Volkswagen Super Beetle Cabriolet. Photo courtesy Volkswagen. For years, Volkswagen owners who were also Antique Automobile Club of America (AACA) members could exhibit their prized possessions in the AACA’s standard production classes, meaning that a 1965 VW Beetle would be competing against cars like a 1965 Chevrolet Corvair or Read more