Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Today’s carspotting photos come from the University of Nebraska Omaha’s Flickr page, which has provided some great images in the past. Unlike those photos, however, these August 1962 photos go off-campus, into downtown Omaha, full of traffic and congestion, perfect for our purposes. Above, we see parking along 17th Street, Read more
Even if this 1952 Nash Statesman for sale on Hemmings.com weren’t at one point Lucky Lee Lott’s personal car, and even if it weren’t stolen from Lott and hid away in a barn for decades as recounted below, it’s still a rather rare find, given that thrill show cars weren’t Read more
1969 Camaro ZL-1. Photos courtesy Collector Car Productions. In 1982, a Camaro collector purchased a 1969 body shell at a Georgia auction, adding it to holdings that already included 18 other 1969 Camaro models. The shell sat in the collection, essentially untouched, until 2005, when a decoding of the car’s Read more
Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum. Photo by James Donnelly. Generally speaking, touching the exhibits at most museums is strictly forbidden and, in some cases, the surest way to be shown the exit by security personnel. There’s good reason for this, as careless touching and handling of artifacts can produce irreparable, if Read more
All photos courtesy Roger Zimmerman. Though he grew up (and still lives) in Switzerland, Roger Zimmerman early on became fascinated with American cars, particularly Studebakers. He didn’t get to see too many of them as a youngster, however, so he contented himself with building scale models, sometimes using some fairly Read more
1980 Oldsmobile Omega. Photo courtesy OldCarBrochures.org. Look in the comments of Kurt’s recent Cadillac Cimarron story – or, for that matter, any of his Lost Cars of the 1980s stories – and you’ll find plenty of naysayers to decry a car as unworthy of a collector’s fancy to go along Read more
Long before Wal-Mart came up with the idea of combining a department store and a grocery store, J.M. Fields pioneered the concept up and down the East Coast, including Tampa, Florida, where this photo of a J.M. Fields store was taken in 1958. The location is now (or perhaps was) Read more
1971 Pontiac GTO Judge convertible. All photos courtesy RK Motors Collector Car Auctions. Of the 357 GTO Judges that Pontiac sold in 1971, only 17 came in droptop form, making a 1971 Judge convertible a desirable muscle car in and of itself. Clones abound nowadays, of course, but find a Read more
Photos courtesy Harley-Davidson. Ask a dozen people to describe motorcycle stunt legend Evel Knievel in a single word, and you’re likely to get a range of answers spanning the gap from “fearless” to “egomaniacal.” In his prime, Knievel himself likely would have fielded the question with a smirk and a Read more
Kjell Qvale. Photo courtesy Qvale Automotive Group. In a remarkable life that spanned 94 years, Kjell Qvale imported exotic cars, backed a race team, founded an automotive salon in a beautiful city and even built his own sports cars. His death over the past weekend in San Francisco marked the Read more