Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Jack Chrisman. Photos courtesy Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. As is its common practice, the Michigan-based Motorsports Hall of Fame of America chose its 25th annual class of inductees from the broadest possible range of racing disciplines, from motocross to magazine publishing. Seven great names will be enshrined in Read more
1983 Ford Sierra XR4i. Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company. In the early 1980s, looking to spice up its product offerings in the United States (and to counter the growing success of the BMW 3 Series), the Ford Motor Company again turned to a product from its European catalog for help. Read more
Just about everything has been done to the iconic 1957 Chevrolet – it’s been restored, street rodded, lifted, lowered, shortened, stretched, Pro Touring’d, lowrider’d, and even replicated from scratch – so what’s left? We can take a hint from this 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air sport coupe for sale on Hemmings.com: Read more
Of all the companion cars of the 1920s and 1930s, perhaps the one that differed least from its parent car was the Blackhawk, built by Stutz. With the same bodies and chassis, the Blackhawk only offered smaller or lesser engines, for the most part, and remained rather high-priced for a Read more
Long before the custom van craze of the 1970s or the minivan craze of the 1980s, families purchased window vans when they needed more seating or cargo capacity than the station wagons of the day served up. Though Ford Econolines, Chevy Sportvans and Dodge Sportsman vans once populated campsites and Read more
* Quite coincidentally, after running that story on the Baja 1000 1969 Chevrolet C10 pickup yesterday, we came across Skip Cambre’s roundup of Baja-style American muscle cars, including the 1968 Oldsmobile Cutlass above, at the Concours d’Lemons blog. * Among the automotive advertisement images English Russia recently rounded up is Read more
Let this be a lesson to all you 2CV owners out there: Don’t get stuck at the end of a queue, always skip to the front. Now if that isn’t enough hot and heavy 2CV action, try this: 2CV cross!
For just one day each year the private classic car collection of Robert and Sandra Bahre is opened for public viewing. Located in Paris, Maine, this incredible collection includes a Tucker, several Duesenbergs, Packards and Stutzs, a very rare Thomas Flyer, a gorgeous Alfa Romeo 8C-2900B Touring Spider, and a Read more
Heading back to the Historic New Orleans Collection, we see another used car lot, this one Clay Dutton’s, on the corner of what was then Dryades Street and Howard Avenue. Dryades Street seems to still be around, but where it crosses Howard Avenue, it appears to now be O’Keefe Avenue, Read more
The original engine (and possibly the original rear axle) isn’t with this 1970 AMC Rebel Machine for sale on Hemmings.com, but it has the right engine code in the VIN, and it looks ready to show, with its in-yo-face red-white-and-blue stripes and correct Machine bits. From the seller’s description: An Read more