Hemmings Auto Blog

As we’ve noted many times before, C. William Brubaker only intended to capture his city’s changing architectural landscape, in all its forms. He certainly wasn’t out to document Chicago’s automotive landscape (which he unintentionally did), nor was he necessarily out to create aesthetically pleasing photos, but we’d argue that he Read more

The Highland Park assembly line, 1913. All images courtesy Ford Motor Company. When Ford’s Highland Park, Michigan, assembly plant opened in 1910, it was a wonder of the industrial age. Initially covering some 60 acres, the plant gave Ford the room it needed to increase production of the Model T, Read more

1934 Dodge DRXX four-door sedan. Photo by Jeff Koch. During the 2013 Hemmings Motor News Concours d’Elegance it was announced that plans have already been formulated for the 8th annual extravaganza, the dates of which are slated for September 26 – 28, 2014, once again on the picturesque grounds of Read more

1987 Suzuki Samurai. Images courtesy Alden Jewell. In the mid-1980s, few new cars were available to under-funded buyers that fit the key criteria of “affordable” and “fun,” but the 1986 introduction of a quirky compact four-wheel-drive from Suzuki seemed to change that almost overnight. At a time when the least Read more

In 1989, Carroll Shelby returned to his rear-drive roots with a one-year only model based on the midsize Dodge Dakota pickup. That makes this 1989 Dodge Shelby Dakota for sale on Hemmings.com something of a rare find, as only 640 of the trucks were painted in white, while another 860 Read more

The sudden cancellation of the La Salle marque left behind a number of questions, and none of them puzzled SIA writer Arch Brown as much as the circumstances surrounding the 1941 Cadillac Series 63, the car that would likely have been the La Salle had the latter been allowed to Read more

The term “restomod” is not often associated with postwar Jaguar automobiles, which is one of the things that makes this 1946 Jaguar Mk. IV for sale on Hemmings.com unique. The sedan was restored over a two-year period ending in 2007, but in 2009 its owner decided that the original 1.8-liter Read more

* Transporter? Randy Lewis didn’t need no transporter when he bought his 1972 Datsun 510 sedan. Instead, the Phoenix native decided to drive his new-to-him and unrestored five-and-dime back home – from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania – and write an account of his road trip. (via) * Think Pontiac and Oldsmobile (maybe Read more

The Thrust2 at Bonneville. Still image from video below. On October 4, 1983, Richard Noble climbed into the cockpit of the Thrust2 land speed record car on a desolate stretch of dry lake bed in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. Firing up the Rolls-Royce Avon jet engine, Noble hit a maximum Read more

Did they conduct opening ceremonies for every stretch of highway in Vermont? If so, lucky us for all the carspotting opportunities. We ask because we’ve previously seen the Vermont Landscape Change program photos of the opening ceremony for the Barton-to-Derby section of Interstate 91, and now we see photos of Read more