Hemmings Auto Blog

Photos courtesy Theodore Bruce. One would expect a classic car auction in Australia – particularly one scheduled to coincide with what is supposed to be Australia’s premier collector car weekend – to feature more than a couple of Holdens or other exclusive-to-Oz cars. Then again, of the two Holdens crossing Read more

Photos by Ron Kimball. With boattail speedsters one of the highlights of the recent Ironstone Concours d’Elegance, it’s no surprise that one of the most iconic boattail designs – that of the Auburn speedster – took home the event’s Best of Show award. Owned by Paul Petrovich of Sacramento, California, Read more

As Ford historian Robert C. Kreipke points out in the prologue of his latest book, Faces of Henry Ford: A Pictorial History of Henry Ford, Ford “always promoted photography and believed ‘Seeing is believing.’” While divining out the root cause of Ford’s eventual success may be at times like tea Read more

Kurt’s profile of Jackie Stewart brought up some comments on The Flying Scot’s racing technique, and perhaps nowhere is that technique better explained than in these clips from Roman Polanski’s documentary on Stewart, Weekend of a Champion, which followed the driver around Monte Carlo during the weekend of the Grand Read more

We’re guessing Steve Phalen’s father was rather enamored with that Ferrari hogging the photo that he took at the road races sometime in the 1950s at Thompson, Connecticut, but if you can look past it for a moment, you’ll see there were plenty of other interesting cars in the parking Read more

How this unrestored and apparently all-original 1974 Toyota Publica for sale on Hemmings.com made it to the United States, the current seller doesn’t say, but it appears to be an extremely well-cared-for example, wholly unexpected for a car originally intended to serve as Japan’s most basic entry-level car and one Read more

The 1963 CERV II. Photos by Michael Furman, courtesy RM Auctions. In 1962, Zora Arkus-Duntov conceptualized a line of Corvettes that would be constructed entirely for racing, complete with a mid-engine layout, a monocoque chassis and a fuel-injected, aluminum alloy V-8 engine. Over the next two years, Duntov’s team assembled Read more

1957 Chrysler 300C. Photos by Dave Brooks Photography, courtesy Witherell’s. The focus of most automotive auctions is on complete and often fully restored vehicles, ranging in condition from category three (a driver that needs work) to category one (as new). That’s fine for some, but as has been recently proven, Read more

Jackie Stewart celebrates his victory in Belgium, 1973. Photos courtesy Ford Motor Company. During the nine seasons that three-time world champion Sir Jackie Stewart actively raced in Formula One, drivers who stayed in the sport for five or more seasons had a 67 percent chance of being killed in a Read more

The show’s title screen, which varied by episode. Still image from YouTube video. Blame it on America’s love for the automobile, or on Jack Kerouac’s influential novel On The Road, but in 1960 CBS Television felt the time was right to debut a new series starring the Chevrolet Corvette and Read more