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1951 Packard Henney Nu-3-Way Hearse. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. While Truman-era Packards are not exactly an uncommon sight at auction, examples bodied by Henney and presented in as-found condition are few and far between. When Bonhams returns to the Simeone Automotive Museum for its Preserving the Automobile auction next month, Read more
1953 Victress S-1A. Photos courtesy Geoff Hacker. The American sports car market was in its absolute infancy in the early Fifties, but that doesn’t mean the desire to own a sleek, powerful open-air automobile didn’t exist. But with the demand for inexpensive, racy machines far outstripping the supply, a number Read more
When the 1935 Alfa Romeo 8C-35 sold recently for an Alfa world record of $9.4 million dollars, few realized just how historically significant this race car truly is. Not only did this incredible machine beat the highly advanced Mercedes Silver Arrows with team manager Enzo Ferrari at the helm, but Read more
We recently came across this ad for an aftermarket center headlamp for 1949 and 1950 Fords and thought it was relevant, given the discussion about center headlamps that turn in the recent Tatra post. A Detroit company called MESCO offered this example, but we’ve seen reference to a similar one Read more
Not too long ago, we went carspotting in a Montgomery Ward’s parking lot, so let’s go carspotting now outside Montgomery Ward’s competition, a Sears store at 2010 East Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa, Florida. According to William Bird, who uploaded this postcard image to Flickr, the card was postmarked 1959, so Read more
Even though many old sprint cars tend to look like they were all cut whole cloth from the same pattern after a while, they can actually vary greatly in the details. Take, for instance, this 1930 Hillegass sprint car for sale on Hemmings.com, which features subtle streamlining and other tweaks Read more
This unique 1963 Corvette was given to Harley Earl by General Motors. Photos by Sam Murtaugh, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Harley Earl retired from a long and glorious career at General Motors in 1958, and among his many contributions to the brand was a car that would become a performance icon: Read more
The next Easy Rider or On Any Sunday (or even the awful Grizzly Adams flick The Pink Angels) motorcycle cult movie could be one of the winners at the upcoming inaugural Motorcycle Film Festival in Brooklyn. The event features a bevy of new short, documentary, narrative and feature films related Read more
Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1929 Cord L-29 Cabriolet. Photo courtesy Frist Center for the Visual Arts. Today, front-wheel-drive cars make up the vast majority of new car offerings, but rear-drive cars still are the preferred method of transportation for enthusiast drivers and racers alike. That wasn’t always the case, and the Read more
We’ve heard time and again from our readers that we should make available the photographs that grace the pages of our magazines, either as computer wallpaper or as art they can hang on their walls. After all, we put a lot of effort into finding the subjects of those photos Read more