Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Date: December 1958 Location: East Fourth Street, Marion, Indiana Source: Luis Cesar photo, via BigCheese327 on Tumblr What do you see here?
An original Aston Martin DB4 GT. Photos courtesy Aston Martin. In May of 1959, Aston Martin debuted a new DB4-derived GT prototype at Silverstone, and in the hands of Stirling Moss, the car captured a GT class win and set a lap record in the process. Five months later, the Read more
Story and photos by William Hall. The LeMay – America’s Car Museum’s “The Drive Home II,” a mid-winter road trip to the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, is once again revving-up the engines of the museum’s classic 1961 Chrysler 300G, 1966 Ford Mustang and 1957 Chevy Nomad, and Read more
After that road trip video featuring the Beast of Turin a couple weeks ago, Goodwood couldn’t just leave us hanging as to the fate of the Beast after it reached the event, thus a followup this week on the overnight thrash to repair the Fiat’s clutch. * Without the diesel Read more
From the seller’s description: 1972 Camaro Z28, from it’s current owner and restorer… Time for this lovely car to get into the hands of someone who will use it and show it. It is too nice to just sit in my garage, covered. It’s an eye catcher. Fully restored in Read more
Given that none of the Diamond T Doodlebugs built for Texaco are known to have survived (and the plans to drop a quad-turbo Detroit diesel in it), we’re going to presume that the project sketches that Legacy Classic Trucks posted to its Facebook page last weekend are for a scratchbuilt Read more
Work tables lined up next to the Corvair in the shop. Photos by author. Having decided to go all in with the Corvair, it seemed at first the restoration would be straightforward. Armed with proper parts, manuals and tools, I really did expect the car would go together in an Read more
Date: circa 1986 Location: State of Franklin Road, Johnson City, Tennessee Source: StateofFranklin.net What do you see here?
1966 Mercury Comet Caliente convertible for sale. From the seller’s description: 289 2V V8, Cruise-o-matic transmission, 3.00:1 rear-end, new power top with glass rear window and new bench-seat interior Purchased in 2014, Big Red came to us with the body work, paint, top and interior completed by the previous owner. Read more
Vanguard Roadster. Photos by Kurt Ernst and Jim O’Clair. Since bottoming out in 2010, the U.S. motorcycle market has begun a gradual climb back to pre-recession sales numbers, but 2015’s 500,000 sales (an approximate number) is still a far cry from 2005’s peak of nearly 1.1 million sales. That means Read more