Hemmings Auto Blog

We know you didn’t get enough 2CV cross action from the brief video we posted last week, which is why we’re posting this somewhat longer video, put together by 2CV Television, apparently a YouTube channel dedicated entirely to Citroën’s people’s car. Skip ahead to the 0:30 mark to get right Read more

While researching another post, we came across this scan of some Caterpillar publication, circa 1957, on the Ford Truck Enthusiasts forum and thought it’d make for an excellent carspotting image. But first, where was it taken? The Tazewell Savings and Loan sign in the distance is our biggest clue. We Read more

There are Driveable Dreams, and there are show-quality cars, and then there are cars somewhere in between, like this sunroof-equipped 1960 Ford Thunderbird for sale on Hemmings.com. While it needs nothing major – it runs, drives, and looks to be in decent shape overall – it still has a few Read more

While David Markin may not be as familiar to car enthusiasts as Lee Iacocca or Bob Lutz, the former Michigan resident once ran an automaker relied upon daily by millions of urban-dwelling Americans: As the one-time CEO and owner of Checker Motors Corporation, Markin guided the iconic taxi cab manufacturer Read more

Photo courtesy Volkswagen. Auto racing need not be a spectator sport, or at least so goes the thinking behind the Road Racing 101 seminar that the Saratoga Automobile Museum and Lime Rock Park will jointly present. The professor is Greg Rickes, longtime track announcer at Lime Rock, who will explain Read more

Craig Breedlove, with the original Spirit of America. Photo courtesy NHRA Museum. For those coming of age in the 1960s or 1970s, the name Craig Breedlove is indelibly linked to the quest to be the fastest driver on land. Immortalized in song by the Beach Boys for his very first Read more

In our carspotting series, we’ve seen plenty of photos by Charles O’Rear for the Documerica project, and while looking for more, we came across this small set of photos he took in June 1973 on the dock on Terminal Island outside Los Angeles, as rows upon rows of Mazdas and Read more

Continuing with the theme of highway openings in the Seventies for our street scenes from Vermont, this time we’re bringing it home for the opening of the Route 7 interchange just north of town with photos we found on the Vermont Landscape Change Program. Above, a photo looking south toward Read more

Sometimes we pick cars for the Hemmings Find of the Day because they’re outrageous in some respect. Sometimes we pick cars because they’re well presented. Sometimes we pick them just because they have eye appeal. This 1959 Oldsmobile 98 convertible for sale on Hemmings.com, which appears ready to hit the Read more

If the camaraderie and competition of the Great Race aren’t enough to convince you to participate, here’s another reason to consider entering: The Coker Group, parent to Coker Tire, will hand a check for $50,000 to the overall winner of this year’s event. Open to automobiles manufactured prior to 1970, Read more