Hemmings Auto Blog

1941 Chrysler Town & Country Barrel Back wagon. All photos courtesy Dragone Auctions. Though Chrysler built far more first-generation Town & Country sedans, convertibles and two-door hardtops than it did station wagons, the Town & Country model name is perhaps more closely associated with the steel-roofed, wood-paneled wagons produced in Read more

Image credit: flickr user dok1. Now that winter has turned to spring, it’s time to take hobby cars out of storage and rotate wheels and tires, or perhaps time to swap from winter wheels and tires to a set of wheels shod with three-season tires. While the path of least Read more

Today, tire advertising is whimsical and fun for the entire family, often relying on cartoons and computer-generated woodland creatures to sell product. In the 1960s, however, selling tires was a far more serious affair, as this Jam Handy-produced General Tire advertisement clearly illustrates. In fact, its message is equal parts Read more

High school bands, dignitary speeches, ribbon cuttings, miles upon miles of cars: Interstate openings must have been a big deal in Vermont in the 1970s. We previously saw some Vermont Landscape Change photos of the opening of I-91 in 1972 in Barton, and today we see an even larger crowd Read more

As prices for more mainstream exotics have risen in recent years, enthusiasts have started to seek out alternatives, so as of late we’ve seen more interest in wedge-ey Seventies supercars such as this 1972 Maserati Indy for sale on Hemmings.com. Recently serviced – always a plus with an exotic – Read more

1944 Willys MB Jeep. All images courtesy of Bonhams Auctions. During World War II, Ford and Willys produced nearly 648,000 Jeeps as light utility vehicles. The bulk of these, some 361,339 units, were Willys MB models, like the 1944 Willys MB Jeep set to cross the block at the upcoming Read more

1962 Chevrolet Corvette. Photo by Richard Lentinello It may have come from humble beginnings 60 years ago, but Chevrolet’s Corvette has become both an American legend and a sports car icon since. Within those six decades, its prowess has quickly extended well beyond the streets, claiming motorsports accolades here and abroad, Read more

An Aerocar Series I prototype. Photo by Lotzman Katzman. The dream of flying cars has likely been with us since the first automotive traffic jam, but making the leap from concept to certification and beyond proved impossible for many budding inventors. Though today’s Terrafugia Transition may ultimately prove to be Read more

Both wicked and wicked awesome. We always seem to have at least one outlandish vehicle show up to our cruise nights here at Hemmings, and our first cruise night of the season last week didn’t disappoint. Jason Malm of Johnsonville, New York, showed up with this beast of a Deuce-n-a-half, Read more

Reader Dave Patterson spotted this Associated Press photo used to illustrate a recent Minnesota Public Radio story about the sharp rise of oil prices in 1973 (he was particularly impressed with the lawnmower guy’s plaid pants, as are we), and with a little digging we see that the photo was Read more