Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
The Hemmings Speedster on the 2014 Great Race. Since 2009, our fearless publisher, Jim Menneto, has piloted our 1932 Ford boattail speedster all over America’s highways and byways on The Great Race (and before that, he ran our 1934 humpback Dodge). While it’s more of a timed rally than an Read more…
Terry Shea risking life and limb to get the shot. Photos by Terry Shea and Kurt Ernst, unless otherwise noted. Don’t get us wrong – we love old cars, but part of covering what happens on four wheels (and two) requires that we drive the new stuff from time to Read more…
Date: circa 1980 Location: somewhere in San Francisco Source: Ralf K on the Hemmings Nation Flickr Pool What do you see here?
Jim Menneto drives the Hemmings Motor News 1932 Ford Speedster in the 2016 Great Race. Photo by Tommy Lee Byrd, courtesy The Great Race. Each year, America’s Automotive Trust (AAT) presents the Nicola Bulgari Award to a candidate chosen by the famed automobile collector himself, awarding the honor to someone Read more…
The Innocento logo on the Fiat Uno based Mille. Photo by author. An ambitious group of Italian entrepreneurs has awoken the Innocenti brand from a 20-year slumber. The project is the collective brainchild of three companies named Industrie Riunite, Euro Mobile International, and Finambiente Group, respectively. It’s also funded by Read more…
Still image from video below. Have you ever wanted to get the inside story regarding how the Camaro was designed and engineered? Now you can by watching this vintage film Camaro, The Car of Today, produced by Jam Handy for Chevrolet. Famed writer/artist Milton Caniff, creator of the Steve Canyon Read more…
Date: circa 1982 Location: around 16th and Blake, Denver, Colorado Source: Ran When Parked What do you see here?
Garage find 1960 Cadillac Sedan de Ville for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Abandoned in a garage since the early ’70s. This car is at a location that will be bulldozed in three weeks whether or not the car is moved, so help me save this old beauty. Read more…
1937 Talbot-Lago T150-C SS Goutte d’Eau. Photos by Fotohalle Unger, courtesy of RM Sotheby’s, unless otherwise noted. Of the 14 Talbot-Lago 150-C models bodied as “Goutte d’Eau” (teardrop, or drop of water) coupes by coachbuilder Figoni et Falaschi, just two were reported to have fully enclosed front fenders. The first Read more…
Peter Fontana’s Deuce coupe at The Race of Gentlemen. Images by the author. There probably has not been a time, at least in living memory, when the 1932 Ford was anything less than an icon of motoring. The “Deuce,” with its new V-8 engine and streamlined styling captured the public Read more…