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If you tossed a Model T Ford and a 1930′s Indy roadster into a giant, industrial blender, out would likely come something like the 1926 Ford Thimble Drome Special, for sale on Hemmings.com: part hot rod, part race car and all rolling sculpture. The race car homage is unmistakable in Read more
Photos by John Hollansworth Jr., courtesy Mecum Auctions. When Chrysler built 55 each of its RO23 and WO23 lightweight Hemi-powered Plymouth Belvederes and Dodge Coronets in 1967, it gave plenty of amateur and semi-pro hotshoes across the country the opportunity to compete in Super Stock. Of course, plenty of the Read more
Typically, high-end auctions cluster around established concours d’elegance events. Take, for instance, Pebble Beach, or Amelia Island or the several other concours-auction combo weekends on the automotive calendar. Rarely do established auction events attract a full-fledged concours d’elegance, but such is the case with the recently announced Arizona Concours d’Elegance, Read more
One day, as a little boy walking around my local public library, I randomly pulled a big book down from a shelf and opened it. Spreading across two oversize pages was the profile of a great gray fighter plane, an F-15 Eagle. The book was filled with similarly richly colored, Read more
For my third – and probably final – installment of Pitching the Prototypes, I’ve taken on probably the greatest concept cars of all time, GM’s three Firebirds of the 1950s. These turbine-powered, titanium-skinned, radar-guided concepts were the ultimate idea of what the utopian future of transportation would be like. The Read more
About the only thing we can see left standing (at least on Google Street View) from this November 1954 photo of Howard Avenue and South Peters Street in New Orleans, which we came across on the Historic New Orleans Collection, is that Gulf Engineering Co. building, though the company and its Read more
Though early 1950s Chevrolet models may lack the appeal and collectibility of those produced later in the decade, unrestored cars are always worth a look. Take this 1954 Chevrolet Bel Air sedan for sale on Hemmings.com as an example: It’s reportedly racked up less than 43,000 miles in its nearly Read more
If you’ve ever been to one of our Musclepalooza events, you probably know Peter and Kathy Cambrola of Bristol, Rhode Island, from one of the several AMCs they’ve won awards with, including their 1970 Rebel Machine, 1971 Hornet SC/360, and 1966 Rambler station wagon. For one of their latest restorations, Read more
The Best of Show 1933 Delage D8S Roadster. Photo courtesy Milwaukee Masterpiece. Now in its ninth year, the Milwaukee Masterpiece celebrates that art of the automobile (and the motorcycle) while raising money to benefit Jewish Family Services. The Best of Show winner for 2013 should be familiar to anyone with Read more
Don Prudhomme at California’s Riverside Raceway in 1967. Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company’s Media Archives. One of the best-recognized names in drag racing, California’s Don Prudhomme was on top of the sport as a driver for over three decades, before transitioning into the role of team owner for an additional Read more