Hemmings Auto Blog

While we’ve found some great cars to profile in Hemmings TV, one car we thought deserved a little camera time is right in our own collection, a 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle SS 396 convertible that Hemmings Muscle Machines readers have surely seen here and there in the pages of the magazine Read more

When do they start flipping cars and burning couches? According to the caption that went with this photo on the UCLA Library’s Digitial Collections site, these are UCLA students “rampaging” in November 1966 on the San Diego Freeway near Wilshire Boulevard after learning that USC was going to the Rose Read more

Incomplete restoration projects can often be more trouble than they’re worth, but this 1937 Fiat 500A for sale on Hemmings.com has its body and paint work completed and rolls, which gives it a leg up on other such half-done projects, particularly for those who prefer the mechanical aspect of restorations Read more

You know, as many everyday street scenes as we’ve shown, rarely have they featured emergency vehicles. Granted, an emergency by definition doesn’t count as an everyday matter, but one would still expect to see more fire trucks, ambulances, and police cars sharing the streets with four-door sedans and other daily Read more

A couple more C. William Brubaker shots of mid-Seventies Chicago today. Above, East Oak Street from North Michigan Avenue, and below, East Chicago Avenue between Wabash and Rush, both portions of the cityscape that haven’t changed all that much over the last few decades. What do you see here?

If you’re reading this blog today, we hope you’re doing so while gathered with family, friends, and loved ones. (Show grampa or the grandkids the photos in our street scene series!) We’ll return to our regular programming tomorrow, so in the meantime enjoy this selection of collector car-themed holiday photos Read more

From the same set of Boston Public Library photos that we featured the other day comes this overhead shot of what appears to be folks waiting to throw rice on a newly wedded couple. Either that or a pending mob hit. Whatever the case, what do you see here?

Yes, yes, it inspired the name of the band, but you’d have to be a hardcore fan to buy this 1948 Reo Speedwagon D19XA for sale on Hemmings.com for that reason alone. Instead, it’ll probably go to somebody who appreciates its rarity and the nature of pre-cupholder truckin’. From the Read more

Awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome. This wood-sided, Ford-nosed 1974 Volkswagen Beetle convertible for sale on Hemmings.com is, simply, awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome, awesome. From the seller’s description: Rare 1940 Ford front a rare option offered by JC Whitney in the 70′s. This was a Read more

It took some guessing, but we finally got an answer to where our last unknown street scene was taken, so let’s try this again and up the ante. As with the previous unknown street scene, this one comes from the Duke University Library’s photo archives, but this time we’re not Read more