Hemmings Auto Blog

Date: circa 1950s Location: Newark, New York Source: John Zornow What do you see here?

From the seller’s description: 1967 MORRIS MINI COOPER S, MK1 One of a kind and Winner of the Personal Choice Award for MK1, 2016! This car has been in my family for over 43 years. It was built in England (I have the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust). Built and Read more

Photo by Mark Usciak, courtesy AACA Museum. As more facts and documents regarding the terminated merger negotiations between the Antique Automobile Club of America and the AACA Museum come to light, representatives from both organizations have expressed dismay at the situation as well as willingness to return to the negotiating Read more

We were south of Chicago on I-80, in triple-digit temperatures and bumper-to-bumper traffic, when my fuel-injected 1977 Volkswagen Scirocco sputtered, coughed, and then died in the center lane. The woman driving the big rig behind us rebuffed my request for a push to the shoulder, or at least assistance in Read more

Photo courtesy Beaulieu. It’s unimaginable that the annual Hershey swap meet would take place anywhere but the formerly mud-splattered central Pennsylvania grounds that it calls home, but the British equivalent, the Beaulieu Autojumble, has announced that it will for the first time conduct a swap meet somewhere other than at Read more

Date: December 1958 Location: Fremont Street, Las Vegas Source: Vintage Las Vegas What do you see here?

From the seller’s description: 1975 Delta 88 Convertible 455 cuin Frame-on restoration of straight, rust-free, no-hit car. Factory 455 cuin, a/c, power windows, power seats. Factory wire wheel covers & 4 new white wall radials. Rebuilt 455 done by professional engine rebuild machine shop, includes block boiled & trued, new Read more

Tatra T600 Tatraplan. Photo by Jean-Pol Grandmont. With plans already in the works for an expansion of the existing Tatra truck museum to include Tatra cars, the Czech truckmaker and onetime carbuilder recently indicated that it may get back into the automotive manufacturing business not with an entirely new car Read more

Chris Shires pictured in front of the Holland Historical Trust Museum. Photo courtesy of the Holland Sentinel, 2013. In advance of the retirement of long-time Director Michael Spezia on February 15, 2017, the Gilmore Car Museum, near Kalamazoo, Michigan, announces the appointment of Chris Shires to the position of Executive Read more

Photo by Scott Crawford. Almost a decade ago, we started up the Hemmings Nation pool on Flickr for our readers to share their favorite car photos, and sometime in recent weeks we had our 100,000th image submitted to the pool. To commemorate that milestone, we thought we’d select our favorite Read more