Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Isabellas constituted Borgward’s most popular and successful model in the U.S. The Isabella Coupe joined the line in 1957. [Editor’s Note: In advance of the recent Ironstone Concours d’Elegance, Michael Lamm sent us a few articles from the concours program, and while we were only able to use one before Read more
We’ve highlighted some of coconv’s automotive literature contributions to the Hemmings Nation Flickr pool in the past, but this one – an advertisement from Newhouse Automotive Industries of Los Angeles for its plaid and polka-dot Car-D-Cals – takes the cake. We’re used to seeing complete car wraps nowadays, but as Read more
Even though I lived in Roseburg for about a year more than a decade ago, I don’t recall a thing from the section of downtown (along SE Jackson Street) depicted in this postcard street scene we found on Ryan Khatam’s Flickr stream. The company I paid my rent to might Read more
When we first saw the ad for this 1973 1972 Ford LTD Country Squire station wagon for sale on Hemmings.com, we couldn’t believe our eyes either. As the description only left us wanting more, we wasted no time in calling the seller for additional information. Although he didn’t build this Read more
The 1963 Buick Riviera Silver Arrow I. Photos courtesy Sloan Museum. The Buick Riviera that hit the market on October 4, 1962, wasn’t quite the car that GM stylist Bill Mitchell had in mind when he penned a design for a personal luxury coupe, originally intended as a possible revival Read more
Lee Marvin’s former 1968 Shelby G.T. 500 KR. Image courtesy of Russo and Steele. The gravel-voiced, six-foot-plus Lee Marvin cut an imposing presence on both movie and television screens, so it stands to reason his daily driver would be no less brash. Financially flush from starring roles in films such Read more
Brian Redman and Steve McQueen. Photo courtesy Brian Redman. Name a competitive sports racing car of the late 1960s and early 1970s, and chances are good that Brian Redman drove it. His resume includes time behind the wheel of the Ford GT40, the Porsche 917 and 908, the Lola T70, Read more
Photo courtesy Crosley Automobile Club. Ours is not a sit-on-the-couch-and-stare-at-a-screen hobby. It’s a hobby for getting your hands dirty and building things, for thinking tactilely, and for having something to show for yourself once you’re done. So one of the best ways to get youth interested in old cars isn’t Read more
From the cover of the SCCA’s March 1961 Pomona race program (and via Jim and Chester’s Garage) comes this photo, presumably taken during the previous year’s race season and presumably at Pomona. If that’s the case, then looking up the numbers should make it fairly easy to identify some of Read more
The appeal of vintage station wagons never seems to dim, even among those of us who spent our childhood vacations in the back seat of a sedan instead. Wagons just serve up the right blend of form and function, and in many cases, like this 1955 Chevrolet Nomad for sale Read more