Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
1933 American Austin pickup. Photos courtesy Bonhams. Last weekend’s Bonhams auction in Greenwich, Connecticut, produced the usual sales of cars in the six-figure range, but it also demonstrated that one need not spend big money to have big fun: A trio of Austin Seven models sold for between $1,100 and Read more
Image courtesy of the Bruce McLaren Trust. The name McLaren is forever etched into the annals of racing history, thanks in part to the company’s success in series like Can-Am (where its cars dominated, amassing 56 wins from 1966-1974) and Formula One (where the McLaren team has won eight constructor’s Read more
Toyota 2000GT. Photo by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Auctions. After reading about Brendan Edgerton’s quest to visit every remaining Tucker 48 automobile last week, we started to wonder what other similar gotta-see-them-all trips one could feasibly make. That is, which complete set of extant cars would you want to base Read more
Toyota 2000GT. Photo by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Auctions. After reading about Brendan Edgerton’s quest to visit every remaining Tucker 48 automobile last week, we started to wonder what other similar gotta-see-them-all trips one could feasibly make. That is, which complete set of extant cars would you want to base Read more
For those of you who’ve noted the lack of trucks in previous Texas-based carspotting posts, feast your eyes on this 1960s shot of the Allen and Bazoon Garage somewhere in Cleveland, Texas, courtesy the Portal to Texas History. Actually, the photo includes a good variety of vehicles, along with that Read more
With any production vehicle, there can only be one “first off the assembly line” and one “last off the assembly line,” and both instances can add considerably to a car’s value. But what about limited-production models not necessarily built on a production line, such as the tuned muscle cars built Read more
Photos courtesy VanDerBrink Auctions. Buying cars off MSO doesn’t happen all too often for cars more than a few years old. Most new car dealerships want to get those cars off the books and off the lot before the end of the model year and thus have little use for Read more
Photo courtesy AACA. After 10 years of entertaining old-car enthusiasts in Hershey, Pennsylvania, the AACA Museum has scheduled a little celebration. A full slate of events is on tap for the June 22 anniversary event: A car show will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; the museum will Read more
Subaru XT Turbo. All images courtesy of Subaru of America. By the early 1980s, Japanese automaker Subaru had established a reputation for building economical and practical cars that could plow through (nearly) the worst weather that Mother Nature could dish out. Popular in states where winter was a begrudgingly accepted Read more
When it comes to decent used cars, finding one in the sub-$5,000 price bracket can prove challenging. Finding a hand-built luxury coupe, powered by bulletproof 3.8-liter V-6 mated to a stout four-speed automatic transmission and wrapped in stylish sheetmetal should prove impossible, but this 1990 Buick Reatta for sale on Read more