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Images courtesy of Bob Stevens We were deeply saddened to learn of the sudden and unexpected passing of our friend, Bob Stevens, on New Year’s Day. Bob was widely known, and widely loved, in the old-car hobby from his 32 years at the helm of Cars & Parts magazine, among Read more
Born again: the Austin-Healey at the Greystone Concours d’Elegance in May 2013. All photos courtesy Garth Hammers. Garth Hammers can trace his passion for all things automotive back to a single car, a 1959 Austin-Healey 100-6, purchased by his father from a California consignment lot in 1973. Though Hammers was Read more
Crystal ball. Photo by Art es Anna. Now that 2013 is in the record books, it’s time to look forward to the upcoming year and what it holds in store. Predictions have become an expected component of automotive reporting, and while it’s relatively easy to forecast happenings in the new Read more
Our recent string of snowy carspotting scenes has been missing something. Sure, they’ve featured messy roads and snow-silhouetted cars, but what we really need is more snow. Enough snow to constitute a snowpocalypse. Snow up to your kneecaps. Plow-disabling snow. Something like what we see in these two photos of Read more
Here’s the big question for anybody considering this 1955 Imperial Newport for sale on Hemmings.com: Continue the previous owner’s restoration efforts, or leave it as-is? It’s a rust-free lifelong Florida car, and the paint doesn’t look that bad in these photos – we’re sure with some care it could serve Read more
A pair of Offenhauser engines at the Museum of American Speed. Photo by John Lloyd. The Offenhauser engine can trace its ancestry back to a Miller Marine engine developed in the late 1920s, primarily for racing hydroplanes. Even this design was inspired by another, namely the dual-overhead-camshaft, four-valve-per-cylinder design used Read more
Photo by Roy Query. Construction of the Lincoln Motor Car Heritage Museum, located on the grounds of the Gilmore Automotive Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan, is progressing on schedule for an August 2014 grand opening. With the building’s interior now in the interpretive planning stages, the museum is seeking a Read more
The Moller M200G in testing. Images courtesy of Moller International. The problem with automobiles is this: They require roads to operate on. Even trucks and jeeps have limits off road, which is why the idea of a flying car continues to have so much appeal. Though the Terrafugia Transition “roadable Read more
Photography by the author. I have a road. Well, it’s not mine – I’m hardly in a position to own my own street – but it remains so infrequently traveled that it certainly feels like mine. It’s in the open desert, a road that was meant to connect to a Read more
Photography by the author. I have a road. Well, it’s not mine – I’m hardly in a position to own my own street – but it remains so infrequently traveled that it certainly feels like mine. It’s in the open desert, a road that was meant to connect to a Read more