Hemmings Auto Blog

So much to take in here in this 1949 shot of a truck hauling a boiler and turning onto Congress Street (I’m guessing around Seventh Street) in Austin, Texas, courtesy the Portal to Texas History. There’s the signage, the service station, the truck itself and, oh yeah, the cars. The Read more

With some detailing, this 1956 Lincoln Premiere two-door hardtop for sale on Hemmings.com could be a trophy magnet. From the photos, it appears clean and complete – a good starting point for a showstopper, or a good car as is to cruise the boulevard. From the seller’s description: The lower Read more

Anti-stylish, rugged, work-hardened, the Travelall technically fell into the light-duty truck category, but that’s more a misnomer than anything. Take, for instance, this unrestored 345-equipped 1971 International Harvester Travelall for sale on Hemmings.com, a truck that’s more likely to swallow up a few sheets of plywood than hustle around a Read more

According to swi66, who posted this shot to the H.A.M.B.’s Vintage shots from days gone by thread, it was taken at the University of Minnesota. Beyond that, we don’t know much about the shot, except for what we can discern from the cars in it. When do you suppose it Read more

The description for this Washington State Digital Archives shot of Sixth Avenue and Virginia Street in Seattle, which we found over on Vintage Seattle, claims the shot was taken sometime around 1955. Based on the vehicles you see here, would you agree with that date?

As a mid-level brand, De Sotos were often well equipped, just as Bill O’Brien’s 1956 De Soto Fireflite Sportsman two-door hardtop was when new. With a 255hp four-barrel 330-cu.in. Hemi V-8 and a PowerFlite automatic transmission, the De Soto has power everywhere you look. Videographer Don Ashley caught up with Read more

Apparently that smokestack in the distance was just demolished last year, but we’re not so much concerned with it as we are with the cars in Bullhead City, Arizona, in the foreground of this 1972 shot by Charles O’Rear for the Documerica project. Looks like a medley sort. What do Read more

With the turn of the calendar to December, the holidays are suddenly upon us, with all the attendant shopping mall roulettes, big-screen TVs, and extended family get-togethers. But it’s not all bad – Stefan Marjoran has decided to reprise his Auto Art Advent series this year, with a new piece Read more

At first glance to an American, it’s just a plain-jane everyday Fifties four-door Plymouth with its steering wheel on the wrong side. But to a New Zealander, this 1952 Plymouth Cranbrook for sale on Hemmings.com is a car worthy of a bare-metal restoration and subsequent high level of maintenance. From Read more

It seems if you own a black 1930s German-built sedan, you can do pretty well renting it out to film production companies as a Nazi staff car. Or, at least, that’s the case with this 1936 Hanomag Rekord 15K for sale on Hemmings.com, which has appeared in half a dozen Read more