Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Dig through old automotive classifieds, and you’re sure to find cars that you’ll kick yourself over. In the not-too-distant future, collectors will be nostalgic for the days when a clean final-year Pontiac Fiero GT could be had for less than five (or, perhaps, six) figures, as is the case with Read more
Highwheeler race at Hershey. Photo by the author. Old car tours generally require you to do nothing more than sit back and relax behind the wheel of your car and take in the scenery – no awards for setting record speeds or finishing first. Still, they tend to cover enough Read more
Ronnie Sox. Photo courtesy NHRA Motorsports Museum. Like many who eventually gravitate towards a career in motorsports, Ronnie Sox grew up around cars, raised in the shadow of the family’s Sox Sinclair service station. As soon as he was old enough to drive, Sox began competing in drag races sponsored Read more
Stuart Hilborn in his legendary 150 MPH streamliner. Photo courtesy Wally Parks NHRA Motorsport Museum. Most young hot rodders who know nothing about auto mechanics tend not to go anywhere fast, but Stuart Hilborn had a couple aces up his sleeve – a neighbor who ran at Indy and a Read more
On a recent vacation to San Francisco and the surrounding Bay area (photos coming soon), I happened upon a nice little antique bookstore that had a crate full of futuristic auto designs that appeared to date from the 1940s, almost entirely devoid of any signatures or identifying marks. They ranged Read more
From the Neat Stuff Blog’s collection of Los Angeles-centric postcards come these two night scenes from the 1950s that should put to the test all those claims of being able to identify a car from that era just by its headlights. Above, we see the intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Read more
This collection of Lancia Stratos parts for sale on Hemmings.com looks to include enough material to put somebody well on the road toward building a Stratos replica, maybe not legal for the street, but certainly good enough to race. Then again, we imagine the parts will more likely come in Read more
1954 Hudson Italia. Photos by Alejandro Rodriguez, courtesy Gooding and Company. In the 1950s, American automakers both large and small partnered with Italian design houses on concept cars and limited-production grand tourers. Chrysler, for example, turned to Ghia for concepts (and later, the Dodge-based Dual Ghia coupe and convertible), while Read more
The Handyman, Gordy Peters’s immaculate 1956 Chevy wagon. Photos courtesy AACA Museum. The Antique Automobile Club of America’s museum is, by its own description, “dedicated to the celebration, preservation and education of American motor vehicle history.” Given that stated mission, one expects to find carefully preserved Packards, Buicks, Cadillacs and Read more
1988 ASC/McLaren Mustang. Brochure images courtesy Lov2XLR8.no. Mercury’s Fox-platform Capri was always intended to be a more upscale version of its cousin, the Ford Mustang. Pitched to a more mature audience, the Capri downplayed its light-the-tires roots in favor of more refinement, but for much of the 1980s, one company Read more