Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
The Maserati brothers outside of Alfieri Maserati’s first workshop, 1913. Photos courtesy Maserati. On December 1, 1914, brothers Alfieri, Ettore and Ernesto Maserati formed a new business in Bologna, Italy, called the “Società Anonima Officine Alfieri Maserati,” or the “Anonymous Company Workshops of Alfieri Maserati.” From these modest beginnings, the Read more
1932 Peerless V-16 prototype. Photo by the author. As much as we auto enthusiasts hyperfocus and sometimes glorify the carmakers that brought us our favorite four-wheeled finery, at the end of the day, they’re simply businesses doing what they can to make a buck. Sure, car guys oftentimes took the Read more
While General Motors, Ford, and to a certain extent Chrysler seem monumentally large in American automotive history, we’re only seeing a part of a global whole when looking at those companies’ roles in their home markets, a fact that becomes painfully obvious the more time we spend looking at the Read more
Apparently from the same road trip that took Flickr member commart to Niagara Falls in 1958 comes this photo of a ride aboard the Lake Champlain ferry Valcour, which, according to Lake Champlain Ferries, remains in regular service today, shuttling as many as 50 cars back and forth between Burlington, Read more
Rochester mechanical fuel-injection units are undeniably cool, but finding one to put on your Chevrolet small-block V-8 can sometimes turn into a frustrating experience of tracking down the right pieces to complete and rebuilt it. This 1957 Corvette fuelie unit for sale on Hemmings.com, however, appears to come with everything Read more
The Dick Skipworth Ecurie Ecosse Collection. Photos courtesy Bonhams. More than half of the total sales at this past weekend’s Bonhams auction in London came from one source: Dick Skipworth’s collection of cars (and one iconic transporter) campaigned by Ecurie Ecosse, the famed Scottish racing team. No surprise, then, that Read more
Phil Hill behind the wheel of a Ferrari 156. Photo courtesy the Petersen Museum. From the early years of the sport, Formula One drivers have generally been renowned for their larger-than-life, type-A personalities. For many of the sport’s greatest drivers, the need to win has surpassed all else, and humility Read more
Henry Ford drives the 20 millionth car built, a 1931 Model A, off the assembly line. Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company. Henry Ford’s Model T revolutionized transportation in America by making the automobile accessible to nearly all, creating a need for a product that hadn’t previously existed. For nearly two Read more
From ForwardLook.eu comes today’s postcard photo of Claude Short’s used car lot at Santa Monica Boulevard and 12th Street in Santa Monica, California, taken sometime late in the 1950s if not early in the 1960s. As we see from the image, Short had a number of franchises and seemed to Read more
From the photos, this 1963 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Spyder for sale on Hemmings.com looks to be in pretty decent shape, but the seller cautions – in great detail – that the paint and body work need some attention and that it could use some additional work to present well at Read more