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Green vinyl upholstery on the bench seat? Check. CB radio? Check. A virtual forest of woodgrain vinyl? Check. Three-way tailgate, woodgrain vinyl rear air deflector, and dual facing rear seats? Check, check, and double check. This ultra-low-mileage 1971 Ford LTD Country Squire for sale on Hemmings.com could not get any Read more
George Barris with his most famous creation, the Batmobile. George Barris is a man who needs no introduction among automotive enthusiasts, as his name alone is the stuff of legend. Barris’s studio is forever linked to cars like the original Batmobile, the Munsters Koach and coffin-on-wheels Drag-U-La, and the “Asteroid” Read more
1960 DB4GT “Jet” Coupe. All images courtesy of Bonhams Auctions. Looking to show a Gran Turismo version of its DB4GT at the 1961 Geneva Motor Show, Aston Martin hired Italian design firm Bertone to create such a car from the last DB4GT chassis produced in the 1960s. The task was Read more
All photos by the author. Like most of my colleagues here in the Hemmings editorial department, I get the chance to get close to a lot of interesting cars every year. As much as possible, we like to get behind the wheel of the cars we photograph and feature in Read more
While American consumers dozed fitfully in their suburban homes at the close of the 1960s, the country was quietly being invaded by foreign cars. Dealers for brands like Datsun, Opel (which was really part of General Motors), Toyota and Volkswagen were popping up in cities from coast to coast, and Read more
I wouldn’t at all describe the October 1965 photo of Broadway looking south from right around 49th Street in New York City as low-key. There’s plenty of bustle, plenty of skyscrapers, plenty of bright lights. But compared to the modern-day view of the same stretch of the city, the view Read more
It’s probably a good thing that AMC’s Gen I V-8 engine never developed much of a reputation among hot rodders, otherwise we’d likely have seen far more Classics and Ambassadors parted out so their engines could go on to power something else, and we may very well not be seeing Read more
1967 Shelby G.T. 500 Super Snake. All photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. The one-of-one built 1967 Shelby G.T. 500 Super Snake may never have been, except for a conversation between Carroll Shelby and car sales executive (and former Shelby American employee) Don McCain. McCain suggested that there was room atop the Read more
1959 Ferrari 250 GT Series I Pinin Farina Cabriolet. Photo courtesy The Elegance at Hershey. Introduced at the Geneva Motor Show in 1957, the Ferrari 250 GT Series I was a true grand tourer, meant to span the gap between the Italian automaker’s racing cars and a full-on luxury touring Read more
Mixing fuel at the 1973 Winternationals. All images courtesy of Don Garlits. Donald Glenn Garlits, born in Tampa, Florida, in 1932, is as unlikely a hero as any sport has ever seen. In the postwar years, when the sport of drag racing was exploding in popularity throughout southern California and Read more