Hemmings Auto Blog

The restored Von Dutch bus. Photos courtesy of Steve Kafka. It was perhaps the most sought-after derelict bus in Southern California, a 1953 GM TGH-3102 sinking to the ground and shot through with bullet holes. The bus wasn’t particularly rare in and of itself, nor did it run a particularly Read more

The Best-in-Show-winning 1929 Stutz Model M Supercharged Coupe. Photos by Rob Kaufman of Kaufman Photography. Of five Stutz Model M chassis bodied by London, England, coachbuilder Lancefield, only one was known to be supercharged. Coincidentally, that 1929 Stutz Model M Supercharged Coupe, originally constructed for the Woolworth brothers (of retail Read more

Photos courtesy International Spy Museum. Even some of the most knowledgeable automotive enthusiasts will admit ignorance when it comes to East Germany’s most famous automobile, the Trabant; despite the fact that more than 3 million of them were built between 1962 and 1991, very few of them have left the Read more

Art Arfons and the Green Monster. Still image from video below. Say the name Craig Breedlove and most with a passion for speed will be quick to point out that he’s a multiple-time land speed record holder, immortalized in the Beach Boys’ song, Spirit of America. Say the name Art Read more

What this blog needs is more bears. Seriously, why are so many cars named after big cats (Cougar, Cheetah, Tiger) and other wildlife (Cobra, Mangusta, Impala, Falcon), but none come to mind that have bear-related names. Ursus? Grizzly? Bruin? C’mon, these are all awesome names. Anyway. Best way to get Read more

We’re guessing this 1960 Chevrolet Bel Air four-door hardtop for sale on Hemmings.com hasn’t resided in New Hampshire its entire life. A largely original car (and I don’t think anybody would give the owner(s) of it guff for replacing the brake components to make it more driveable), it’s remarkable not Read more

Photography by Matt Litwin, Terry McGean, and Terry Shea. After putting the vote to the readership, the winner of the Hemmings Muscle Machines Muscle Machine of the Year has been named. Don Antilla’s 1966 Ford Fairlane 427 emerged from a ballot containing 13 candidates to claim the victory. Readers were Read more

Giorgetto Giugiaro poses with the Volkswagen Golf in the early 1970s. Photo courtesy Italdesign. Though it may be difficult to draw many parallels between the De Tomaso Mangusta, the original Volkswagen Golf, the rotary-engined Suzuki RE5 motorcycle, the first Lotus Esprit and the 1987 Eagle Premier sedan, these vehicles, along Read more

Photos courtesy Chrysler Group LLC. For those born after the Second World War, it’s hard to envision a time without the go-anywhere, do-almost-anything Jeep. Created by a War Department need for a four-wheel-drive light reconnaissance vehicle, the Jeep won the hearts of those it served in combat, and then proved Read more

Edsel Ford in 1938. Photo courtesy Library of Congress. While Detroit and the world celebrated the 150th anniversary of Henry Ford’s birth this year, we’ve seen no mention of today’s 120th anniversary of the birth of the man perhaps most responsible for ensuring the continued existence of Henry Ford’s Ford Read more