Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Photos by Daniel Strohl. New Hampshire’s Mount Washington has long been the scene of automotive glory, ever since F.O. Stanley completed the first motorized ascent in 1899. In the years since, the Mount Washington Hillclimb, or “Climb to the Clouds” as it’s more commonly referred to, has been a semi-regular Read more
While it may be true that you can never have too many tools, some of the most useful tools you should have in your toolbox are not chromed or made with safety-grip handles. Some of these measuring tools are not cheap, but each performs at least one essential function that Read more
Linguists have already noted how the term “redneck” has gone through a reappropriation transition in recent years, becoming less of an epithet and more of a means of group participation through self-idenficiation. At the same time, we’ve seen a shift in the use of the word as an adjective, becoming Read more
From the M in the pre-European Union license plates (and the white and blue fusils von Bayern in the sign at top left), we can easily tell that this photo we found on TheSamba.com depicts a street in München sometime in the 1960s. Your job as carspotters is to tell Read more
By the dawn of the 1960s, the era of the massive automobile tailfin was, for the most part, over. The Chrysler Corporation had clearly missed this memo, as its Imperial models sported prodigious tailfins into the new decade. For proof, we offer up this 1961 Imperial Crown for sale on Read more
Current photos courtesy Crosley Automobile Club. While plenty of Crosley-based “fire trucks” lugged kids around amusement parks during the 1950s, none of them actually, you know, fought fires. Crosley did, however, build one tiny fire engine prototype in 1950, and that Farm-O-Road-based firefighter last month not only debuted its fresh Read more
Uwe Bahnsen. Photo courtesy UweBahnsen.net. Though the name Uwe Bahnsen may not be familiar to most enthusiasts on this side of the pond, his automotive designs for the Ford Motor Company are instantly recognizable on either side of the Atlantic. Bahnsen was the stylist behind such memorable vehicles as the Read more
1986 Corvette Indy Concept. Photos courtesy GM Media Archives. Generally speaking, concept cars exist to showcase designs and technologies under development by automakers, that may or may not be ready for release to the general public. Often, features or styling cues pioneered in concepts will trickle down to production cars, Read more
Cars are, in the end, products sold to the public for a profit; and that means the manufacturer needs to somehow advertise the car. Some of the most memorable images of vehicles are created through its ads, so I thought it would be fun to go through a bit of Read more
Where exactly this beach parking lot photo – which we found on the forums at CorvairCenter.com – was taken, we’re not entirely sure, but those appear to be black California license plates on a few of the cars, and Southern California does indeed have palm trees and beaches and big Read more