Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
* When C.J. Titterington bought his 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Z06, it was just a beat-up race car, but he stuck with it over the years, restoring and refining it into the black beauty it is today. Rick Tavel at CorvetteBlogger.com has the tale. * In Argentina, the ubiquitous Ford Falcon Read more
One of several proposed exterior designs for the Petersen Museum. Image courtesy of the Petersen Museum. After selling a number of items from its collection and planning to sell more at an upcoming auction, representatives from the Petersen Automotive Museum have met with representatives from the office of California Attorney Read more
As the Mopar Blog pointed out this week, the entirety of the 1971 made-for-TV (and later, theatrically released) film “Duel” is now on YouTube. Fun fact: The 149PCE California blue plate that Mann’s Valiant wears was incorrect for the early 1970s – California wouldn’t issue plates with the PCE suffix Read more
According to the caption for this John H. White photo for the Documerica project, taken in 1973, the Monroe Street commuter parking lot at Lake Shore Drive had enough parking spaces for 2,700 cars and would later be expanded to 3,600, so what you see here is only a fraction Read more
Henry Ford didn’t quite go through the entire alphabet before he got to the Model T, but he came pretty close, and while some of those pre-T Fords represented an entirely different automotive philosophy than the T (big, expensive cars powered by six-cylinder engines), the S came pretty close to Read more
Photos courtesy Ford Motor Company. Born July 30, 1863, Henry Ford had an incredibly profound effect on industry and society that reverberates even today. More than just an automaker, he was an innovative industrialist who changed the course of world history simply by putting it on wheels. So with the Read more
1937 Delage D8 120 SS Aerodynamic Coupe. Photos courtesy of Keeneland Concours / imdave.com Pre-war French cars seem to have an uncanny knack for blending equal parts sculpture and engineering, which is one of the reasons they’re so often adorned with blue ribbons at concours d’elegance events. A 1937 Delage Read more
No shade? No grit guard? Best to just donate a few dollars and wash the car yourself. For the vast majority of car owners, care of their car’s finish amounts to little more than the occasional trip to the local drive-through car wash. True enthusiasts, however, see this as a Read more
Record-setting Mercedes-Benz W196 00006/54. Photo courtesy Bonhams. While many observers correctly predicted that Juan Manuel Fangio’s 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 would sell for a significant sum of money earlier this month at the Bonhams Goodwood auction, none could have foreseen the ultimate $29.65 million hammer price, which easily set the record Read more
Jim & Chester’s Garage posted this scenic sea of classics in a field somewhere sometime in the early 1970s. Normally a little googling turns up where and/or when mystery photos were taken, but we weren’t able to turn up any details on this one. Obviously it was parking for some Read more