Hemmings Auto Blog

So this 1941 Lincoln Zephyr four-door sedan for sale on Hemmings.com isn’t restored to concours perfection. Does it need to be? It appears to bear all the hallmarks of an older restoration – so it’s by no means all-original – and according to the description it runs, drives, and has Read more

1968 Dodge Hemi Dart Lighweight. Photos by Justin Shaffer, courtesy Mecum Auctions. In the closing years of the 1960s, the Chrysler corporation offered a limited number of Hurst-built Plymouth Barracudas and Dodge Darts equipped with the 426-cu.in. Hemi V-8 engine, officially “for use in supervised acceleration trials,” an officious way Read more

1902 American Steam Fire Engine, manned by Blaze the Dalmatian. Photos courtesy of Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance. Following a growing trend among concours organizers of recognizing vehicular beauty in more than just Full Classics, luxury, and sports cars, the Palos Verdes Concours d’Elegance this year dedicated an entire class to Read more

Shirley Muldowney in 2003. All images courtesy of Shirley Muldowney. Even as a teenager, Shirley Muldowney was primarily interested in one thing: Driving a car through the quarter mile (or the eighth mile) faster than anyone else. For Muldowney, gender never played a role in the equation, although her fellow Read more

If our Hershey coverage this year proves a little thin compared to recent years, we apologize in advance, but we also have a fairly good excuse, and her name was Karen. Normally we try to avoid discussing weather in any event coverage, particularly Hershey coverage; after all, Hershey week – Read more

When it opened in October 1956, Southdale Center in Edina, Minnesota, became the country’s first all-enclosed shopping mall and was originally intended to serve as a community hub with more than just places to shop. It was rather big, too, which all means, of course, it was perfect for parking Read more

Will this 1958 Berkeley SE328 for sale on Hemmings.com ever see a racetrack again? On the one hand, the seller claims that he restored “to the racing format,” and it probably wouldn’t take too much work to fit a rollbar and anything else required for vintage racing. On the other Read more

1963 Lincoln Continental, used by President Kennedy on the morning of November 22, 1963. Photos courtesy RR Auctions. In the coming weeks, two Lincoln limousines, including one used by the John F. Kennedy administration and a second “tribute car” previously displayed by a French museum, will head to auction. Now Read more

1970 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 with the RS package. Photos courtesy Auctions America. Second-generation Camaros don’t generally command the same pricing enjoyed by first-generation models, but there are exceptions to the rule. Among the most desirable of these later Camaros is the 1970 Z/28, particularly well-equipped examples that also sport the Read more

1982 Honda CX500 Turbo. Image grab from YouTube video. The early 1980s saw a spike in the use of small-displacement turbocharged engines among automakers, thanks in part to their combination of performance and fuel economy. Even motorcycle manufacturers were not immune to the charms of forced induction, and for four Read more