Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
You know all those filters for iPhone photos on Instagram? The ones that make photos that include modern cars and other details look anachronistically vintage? They all wish they could convey the warmth and vitality of photos like these two depicting downtown Provo, Utah (specifically East Center Street and North Read more
The Braje high-performance parts installed on the engine are a good giveaway that while this 1952 Crosley Super Sports for sale on Hemmings.com looks stock on the outside, it’s benefited from some upgrades during its restoration. Not too many – a “big-block” 59-cu.in. Homelite Bearcat engine and a Fiat four-speed Read more
The William C. Durant statue, revealed during Back to the Bricks in Flint, Michigan. Photo courtesy Steve Casner. For the past nine years, the Back to the Bricks car show has drawn car fans to Flint, Michigan, for five days of swap meets, car shows, parties and a “Rolling Cruise,” Read more
1988 Chevrolet Nova Twin Cam. Images courtesy GM Media Archives. In 1988, Chevrolet launched a new model variant that came to market with the brand’s first-ever four-valve-per-cylinder head, dual overhead camshafts, electronic fuel injection, a variable induction system to boost high-end performance and a stratospheric 7,500 RPM redline. As you’d Read more
Though the Hurst Oldsmobile debuted for the 1968 model year, the 1972 model, like this 1972 Hurst Oldsmobile for sale on Hemmings.com, is still historically significant. The model represented the first and only time that an Indianapolis 500 pace car was developed by an aftermarket supplier (Hurst Performance) instead of Read more
At first glance it looks like one of the many trucks converted from sedans and luxury cars that garages used during the Depression, but Ford actually built (make that Briggs built for Ford) a number of slab-sided cab-integral-with-bed pickups in 1931 that it called Deluxe Pickups. That number wasn’t all Read more
All too often, hunting down a classic car is an exercise in frustration. Cars billed as “clean” tend to be anything but in real life, and some sellers believe that a “recent restoration” is one performed during or just after the Nixon administration. Occasionally, a car catches your eye that Read more
* All this time we thought Mister Softees, the ubiquitous-during-summer neighborhood ice cream trucks, were placed on this earth to combat just the summer swelter, but as Daryl at Throwin’ Wrenches pointed out recently, the trucks were also tapped to play a role in our nation’s Civil Defense network during Read more
The stolen 1961 Volvo P1800, chassis number 2. Photos courtesy Mats Eriksson. Perhaps one of the most significant Volvo P1800s in the world, the first production P1800, has been stolen. Taken from a locked storage area in Stockholm, Sweden, sometime between August 21-22, the P1800 wears chassis number 2 and Read more
Quite appropriate that, at the biggest Hemmings cruise-in of the season last night, we encountered Ed Jacod of Gilsum, New Hampshire, and his 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SSS. Why the extra S? For one, it’s a four-door sedan, so by Ed’s thinking it’s a Super Sport Sedan. But it also seems Read more