Hemmings Auto Blog

Much like ArtFink’s observation that there’s a Ford Falcon lurking somewhere in just about every street scene from the 1960s, I’ll posit that there’s a Volkswagen Beetle parked outside just about every service station in these 1960s street scenes. I don’t think that’s because they were in such need of Read more

Though second-generation Oldsmobile 98s (representing the 1948 – 1953 model years) aren’t exactly rare, finding one with (most of) its original paint and less than 27,000 miles on the clock doesn’t happen everyday. The owners of this 1953 Oldsmobile 98 for sale on Hemmings.com have apparently racked up just 26,600 Read more

Photo courtesy GM Media. It built bombers in World War II, Kaisers afterward, and the Corvair in the Sixties. It served both Ford and General Motors, and it remained in operation for seven decades. Yet the Willow Run assembly plant near Ypsilanti, Michigan, faces demolition if the current owner of Read more

Photo by Matt Litwin. The first segment of a two-part display of Detroit muscle opened this past Saturday at the Buick Gallery in the Sloan Museum. Located on the Flint Cultural Center Campus in Flint, Michigan, there will be two separate “Dream Machines” exhibits: the first focusing on muscle cars Read more

Renault R5 Turb0. All images courtesy of Renault Classic. While many enthusiasts associate the Volkswagen Golf GTI with the birth of the hot hatchback craze (overlooking, of course, the Mini Cooper and Cooper S models), the European launch of the Renault 5 Alpine (briefly) preceded the 1976 launch of the Read more

On April 29, 1959, the 50 millionth Ford – a white Ford Galaxie four-door with gold trim – was built in Dearborn.

Man, I thought some of my projects took forever. The restification on this 1956 Volkswagen Beetle for sale on Hemmings.com has been ongoing since the mid-1960s. The seller claims it’s because the guy who started it was meticulous about his work, and from the photos, we’d have to concur. So Read more

Mustangs have invited comparisons with all sorts of cars, if only because all sorts of cars tried to copy the runaway success of the pony car or competed in the same category and for the same youth market: Camaro, Challenger, Barracuda, Corvair, etc. Comparing the first-generation Mustang to the first-generation Read more

On April 28, 1953, Kaiser-Frazer officially bought Willys-Overland in a deal that had originally been announced in March. The deal was valued at a whopping $63,381,175 and catapulted the new firm into being the world’s fourth largest auto company overnight. Kaiser and Willys operations were merged under the name Willys Read more

Though this 1957 Dodge Power Wagon with a Farrar Fire Truck Body for sale on Hemmings.com may not be the first vehicle that comes to mind when someone says “collector car,” Power Wagons of all shapes, sizes and specifications have an undeniable appeal. Used by both the military and municipalities Read more