Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Gotta love the wide streets with no center dividers or markings or, apparently, any traffic controls in this postcard image taken not in some underdeveloped country, but in Douglas, Wyoming (specifically on Yellowstone Highway/West Center Street, looking east from the Second Street intersection), sometime in the late 1950s or possibly Read more
While Morgan has outdone itself with the introduction of a latter-day three-wheeler, one that would likely give little problems even on a cross-country road trip, there are still plenty of people who prefer the charm of the original ones, such as this 1928 Morgan Aero for sale on Hemmings.com, which Read more
The 1966 Hemi Under Glass recreation scrapes the course at the 2013 Goodwood Festival of Speed. Photo by Tim Scott, courtesy Mecum Auctions. From the mid-1960s until 1975, the Hemi Under Glass Plymouth Barracuda was one of the best known exhibition drag racers in the country. Piloted primarily by driver Read more
Photo courtesy Barrett-Jackson. The last 2014 model year Ford Shelby GT500 convertible netted $500,000 to benefit the Brain Injury Association of America last weekend at Barrett-Jackson’s Hot August Nights Auction. Ford donated the proceeds from the sale of the milestone car on behalf of one of BIAA’s biggest advocates, Page Read more
Ferdinand Porsche’s 1901 ‘Semper Vivus,’ the world’s first hybrid automobile. Photos courtesy Porsche AG. Ask a casual observer to name the first hybrid automobile, and the responses are likely to be either the Toyota Prius (initially launched in Japan in 1997) or the Honda Insight (launched globally by late 1999, Read more
Having lived in Western Pennsylvania for 10 years after moving from New Jersey, I learned that you if pick up a stone, close your eyes and throw it in any direction, it will probably ping off the roof of an antique shop. For me, exploring those stores is one of Read more
While at the flea market recently, reader Bryan Gadow found a 1975 postcard featuring the Farmers Market at the corner of Third and Fairfax in Los Angeles and thought we’d enjoy it. We do indeed. Plenty of readily identifiable cars in a good palette of colors, and a good variety Read more
I love that the seller of this 1974 Citroen HY for sale on Hemmings.com notes that the Heuliez horse van body was built with no concessions for aerodynamics – as if the slab-faced HY ever had a thing to do with streamlined shapes in the first place. Of course, the Read more
Big Willie Robinson’s Daytona, as it looked when acquired by Corey Owens. All photos courtesy Corey Owens. Big Willie Robinson was a larger-than-life figure in the southern California drag racing scene of the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. Best known as the founder of the International Brotherhood of Street Racers, Robinson Read more
Transportation was part of the DNA of Connersville, Indiana, long before the automobile was ever conceived. Beginning in the 1830s, it was a port along the Whitewater Canal, which ran 76 miles from the Ohio River to Hagerstown, Indiana, incorporating 56 locks along the way. From the 1860s forward, the Read more