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Hemmings Motor News readers and advertisers have been its lifeblood for more than half a century – in fact, for nearly 60 years – so in 2014, when we celebrate our 60th anniversary with a retrospective issue, we’d like to include our readers’ HMN-related stories. Whether it’s a great deal Read more
Continuing to imagine how cars that were never sold to the public would have been advertised, I have turned my attentions to the original concept car, Harley Earl’s Buick Y-Job. Created in 1938, the Y-Job wowed audiences with its sleek styling and cutting-edge technology, almost single-handedly creating the idea of Read more
If you will, please, ignore the men in spacesuits in front of the cars. They’re just promoting the Robert A. Heinlein-written 1950 film “Destination Moon” in 1951, presumably for an overseas release. But where? That’s where the cars in the background – and the background itself – should come into Read more
Hudson Commodore models have an undeniable presence about them, especially the third-generation cars built from 1948-1952. Even in stock form, they look custom, as if a builder spent countless hours trying to get every detail right without making the car an over-the-top mess. As with most classic cars, it helps Read more
Photos courtesy Worldwide Auctioneers. Until the 1930s, the international racing community hardly considered the Bonneville Salt Flats a suitable location for high-speed record setting. Montlhery in France, the Pendine Sands in Wales, and Daytona Beach in the United States tended to host most speed-seekers. Largely through the efforts of one Read more
George Poteet’s award-winning GPT Special Torino. Images courtesy of Goodguys. It’s been a good year for George Poteet and his Troy Trepanier-built 1969 Ford Torino Talladega, the “GPT Special.” In July, the impeccably prepared pro-tourer took top honors as the 2013 Optima Batteries Street Machine of the Year at the Read more
John Fitch at the Carrera Panamericana Mexico, 2002. Photo courtesy Daimler Media Archives. Generally speaking, professional race car drivers tend to be interesting people. Well traveled, (often) well educated and usually well read, racers at the highest level can tell stories to entertain even the most jaded listeners. If wealth Read more
Formula 1 racing at the Montjuic circuit, 1971. Still image taken from video below. The 1971 Spanish Grand Prix, held at the Montjuic Circuit in Barcelona, Spain, isn’t memorable for its wheel-to-wheel racing action, or (thankfully) for the tragic death of an F1 driver. As F1 races go, it wasn’t Read more
Given that this photo reportedly shows the traffic jam that resulted on the grand opening weekend of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, we can fairly accurately date it to November 1964. As to where exactly the photo was taken, we’re going to presume the photographer was on the Brooklyn side of the Read more
Okay, so not much of this 1964 Chevrolet Chevy II for sale on Hemmings.com actually left the factory as a Bowtie compact, but it’s not like whoever buys this will have to wrangle with their local DMV over how to title it. Then again, how cool would it be if Read more