Hemmings Auto Blog

We admit to not knowing a thing about Hunter S. Thompson’s cars, so we don’t know if the 1959 Rambler Custom he’s using as a makeshift office in the 1960s at the Plumas County Fair was his or not. Those fold-down seats seem rather well suited to the life of Read more

So, wait, you sign up for the Marine Corps and you get your own private beach? At least, that was the case at Camp Agudleton, south of Los Angeles, as we see from this photo Charles O’Rear took for the Documerica project in May 1975. We also see that the Marines Read more

So, wait, you sign up for the Marine Corps and you get your own private beach? At least, that was the case at Camp Agudleton Pendleton, south of Los Angeles, as we see from this photo Charles O’Rear took for the Documerica project in May 1975. We also see that the Read more

Some things never go out of style, and if there is an automotive equivalent of the classic tweed sport coat, it’s the Mercedes-Benz W113 series SL convertibles. These “pagoda roof” models have been climbing in value in recent years, as more and more buyers discover their charms and their reliability. Read more

Photo by FLariviere, courtesy Shutterstock. Less than a year after it approved the sale of E15 – a mixture of 15 percent ethanol with 85 percent gasoline – the EPA has begun to suggest doubling that percentage despite concerns about the existing levels of ethanol in fuel. As reported by Read more

A good dial-type pressure gauge can be purchased for under $50. In the days before cars came equipped with a Tire Pressure Monitoring System (TPMS), correct tire pressure was often the most widely ignored item on a car’s maintenance checklist. Worse, when it was adjusted, it was frequently checked when Read more

While not the exact car that Doug Bolt of Orlando, Florida, saw as a high school shop class student, his 440-powered 1967 Plymouth GTX is about as close as he could get to it and has been restored to factory specs. Videographer Don Ashley caught up with Doug and his Read more

Photos courtesy Gilmore Car Museum. It began with the rebuilding and restoration of a 1931 Willys-Knight Touring car, and now is expanding to include other equally interesting collector cars. It’s the Gilmore Garage Works, an after-school enrichment program that takes place at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners, Michigan. Read more

We previously traveled with ElectroSpark to Niagara Falls, probably the most intensely touristy place north of the border, and now we’ll balance that out with a couple ElectroSpark photos of one of the most intensely touristy places south of the border – Avenida Revolucion in Tijuana. These 1959 photos of Read more

The reported original condition of this 1957 Ford Country Sedan for sale on Hemmings.com can certainly be explained by the car’s Western origins; what we find hard to explain, however, is why it accumulated less than 50,000 miles over the years – station wagons, even nicer ones such as this, Read more