Hemmings Auto Blog

Barney Oldfield and Henry Ford. Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company. In the modern age of racing, a handful of drivers have achieved “household name” status, including Mario Andretti, A.J. Foyt, Dan Gurney and Dale Earnhardt. At the dawn of the sport, however, bravado behind the wheel of an automobile made Read more

While researching the story on the Early Ford V-8 Foundation’s planned replica of the Ford Rotunda, we wondered how much history of the Rotunda to actually include in the story – after all, it had a pretty remarkable 28-year existence and was extensively documented from start to beginning. Then we Read more

Community potluck? Company picnic? Just another day in the park? We’re not quite sure what brought these folks together in this photo we came across over on Photos from the 1950s on Flickr, or where exactly the scene took place, but from the license plates we can at least pin Read more

The Plymouth Special Deluxe and its lower-cost brother, the Deluxe, helped to bridge the gap from wartime production to post-war prosperity for the Chrysler brand. Though perhaps underappreciated compared to other convertibles of the period, the Plymouth models have a certain timeless elegance about them. This 1949 Plymouth Special Deluxe Read more

Photos courtesy Early Ford V-8 Foundation. More than 50 years after the Rotunda, a Ford icon and one of the most-visited locations in the United States, burned to the ground, the Early Ford V-8 Foundation has proposed a plan to re-create the building as part of its museum complex. “It’s Read more

David and Adele Cohen’s Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS Figoni Coupe. Photos by Bob Gassen. David Cohen fell in love with a Figoni-bodied 1933 Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 GS coupe as a schoolboy in Johannesburg, South Africa. Decades later, Cohen and his wife, Adele, would acquire the car from the Read more

Photos courtesy of Audi Media Services. By the time Audi’s quattro coupe debuted in the United States in 1983, it had already racked up a fearsome reputation in competition, as well as a strong following among European sports car buyers. Combining a body styled by Giorgetto Giugiaro with a turbocharged Read more

This 1952 Chevrolet Styleline Deluxe Convertible for sale on Hemmings.com may not have the appeal of celebrity ownership, as the McQueen-owned 1951 Styleline that sold earlier this year did, but it has had the same owner for the last 48 years, was fully restored in 2004 and doesn’t appear to Read more

Speaking of Amos Northup, as we were last month, Arch Brown and Bud Juneau caught up with one of the designer’s better-known works, the 1937 Willys 37, for a driveReport in SIA #156, November 1996. It seems the example they found had been abused – not unheard-of at all for Read more

This 1977 Jeep Wagoneer for sale on Hemmings.com may not have the faux wood paneling, alloy wheels or deluxe leather upholstery of the later, more lavish and highly sought after Grand Wagoneers, but it is said to be a rust-free New Mexico truck, with low mileage (for its age) and Read more