Hemmings Auto Blog

* As we reported last year, a number of events have been scheduled to celebrate the centennial of the Lincoln Highway. One of those, which just wrapped up, was the Lincoln Highway Association’s celebration in Kearney, Nebraska, of which both The Old Motor and Cool McCool provided some coverage this Read more

Loading up the Bel Air for a family road trip. Still image from “How to Go Places” video. The road trip is an American institution, a time-honored tradition that endures from generation to generation. Though some vacationers prefer the convenience and expediency of air travel, especially for longer trips, many Read more

Still going through C. William Brubaker’s photos of Chicago and found this pair dated 1969 with a couple of radically different automotive populations. Above, a scene he took at Adams and Des Plaines streets, featuring about what one would expect for that time period; below, however, his photo of the Read more

Pair of 1967 Corvettes, which together sold for $185,000. Images courtesy Mecum Auctions. Seeing a small-block-powered Corvette take top sale at an auction filled with big-block-powered versions may seem odd at first, but it’s yet another indication of how valued unrestored and original cars have become in the collector car Read more

A cruise-in at Hemmings Motor News. With U.S. Senate Resolution 176, passed June 19, proclaiming the fourth annual Collector Car Appreciation Day, a number of classic car events will take place to celebrate our own little holiday next week, including a special Hemmings Motor News cruise-in. In 2010, U.S. Senate Read more

2012 Ford Mustang Boss 302. Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company. Aside from buying a house, purchasing a car is the most expensive transaction that most consumers will make over the course of a lifetime. Prices for the average new car are hovering in the $30,000 range, prices for (most) used Read more

The Wisconsin State Journal’s photo of State Street in Madison, Wisconsin, as seen from the state capitol (which we found via Roger Wilkerson’s blog) might be one of the most street scene-y street scenes we’ve yet featured. Plenty of traffic up and down the street, plenty of curbside parking, buses, Read more

Found in a California barn in 1968, then purchased and kept in another barn until restoration began in 2001, this 1929 Buick 46C Business Coupe for sale on Hemmings.com has spent the bulk of its eight-plus-decade life in storage. Originally purchased by a school teacher in Chico, California, the Buick Read more

[Editor’s Note: We spotted Tim Foster’s story on Johnny Crasharama, who’s keeping the Lucky Teter Hell Drivers throll show alive today, over on Tim’s Crosleykook blog and thought it was worth sharing here in its entirety. Have a happy and safe Fourth of July. We’ll return to our regular programming Read more

Once was a time when budding automotive designers assembled vast collections of brochures and other car photos, cut them up and gave the cars their own individual touches. Photoshop and other digital photo manipulation tools have made the process much less labor intensive, but the creativity’s still there, as we Read more