Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
For 27 years – from 1928 until 1955 – Vincent Motorcycles focused its efforts on attempting to build the fastest motorcycles in the world. Though its Black Shadow and Black Lightening are perhaps better known, the Vincent Rapide served as the company’s primary model for nearly two decades. Finding an Read more
* Over at The Old Motor this week, coverage of the Techno-Classica Essen, claimed to be the largest indoor classic car show in the world. Pavel Novitski provided the snaps. * We’re digging Hemmings Daily contributor Ronnie Schreiber’s Encyclopedia of Obscure Concept and Show Cars over on The Truth About Read more
Texas Top Hands 1948 Flxible. Photo by an agent. It’s not all that uncommon to see disputes break out over the ownership of multi-million-dollar European exotics or rare race cars – vehicles likely to grace a concours field or take up residence in an art gallery. Yet down in Austin, Read more
From the Sunset Park-centric and apparently defunct blog Best View in Brooklyn comes this circa 1970 photo of Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn, looking north from 55th Street. The comments on the original post are great for learning about the history of the neighborhood and that specific street, not so much Read more
Sometimes, a vehicle is more than the sum of its parts. On a rational level, the thirsty, carbureted 360-cu.in. V-8 and truck-like body-on-frame construction of this 1991 Jeep Grand Cherokee for sale on Hemmings.com should limit its appeal, and the same could be said for styling that looked dated in Read more
One-of-one 1967 Shelby G.T. 500 convertible. Photos courtesy Concours d’Elegance of Texas. When it comes to exclusivity, it’s hard to argue with one of one built, and most exhibition events are happy to display a single example of such a vehicle. Not so with this year’s Concours d’Elegance of Texas, Read more
Photos courtesy Felix De Geyter. In theory, the grand marques of Auburn, Indiana – Auburn, Cord and Duesenberg – should have vanished entirely after their namesake builders failed, largely because of the Depression. A schoolteacher named Glenn Pray had other ideas. He acquired the august makes’ remaining stocks in 1960 Read more
If you’ve never raced, but hung around racers or read about their exploits, you might be wondering what all that heel-toe business is about. Essentially, it’s yet another trick racers use to get around the track just a little bit faster by matching the engine revs to the car’s speed Read more
1982: the Porsche 956 takes its first win at Le Mans. Images courtesy of Porsche Cars North America. No manufacturer has won the storied 24 Hours of Le Mans as many times as Porsche. Even after discounting class wins and focusing only on overall wins, the Stuttgart-based automaker has taken Read more
While we don’t know where or when this high school parking lot photo – courtesy Annualmobiles – was taken, we do appreciate the frequency of GM X-bodies in the photo, probably more than we’ve seen in any other photo in our carspotting series. Given the number of those cars and Read more