Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Frequent Hemmings Nation Flickr pool contributor coconv has been scanning some of his old slides, mostly of street scenes such as this one in Ouray, Colorado. It’s a little fuzzy, but the carspotters out there should have little trouble with most of the vehicles in the scene. What do you Read more
Now that we’re all back from the Mediterranean, let’s resume the street scene series, shall we? Today’s shot of the parking lot surrounding the construction of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair science pavilion’s arches comes from the Seattle Municipal Archives on Flickr. What do you see here?
The hard work’s done, it seems. While this 1965 Lancia Flaminia Zagato Super Sport for sale on Hemmings.com runs and drives, thanks to a recent mechanical refurbishment, it falls squarely into the driveable dream category, with fading paint and a complete yet rough interior. One could without much difficulty restore Read more
As I mentioned in the Boom Stick post, I wanted to further isolate the air intake from the hot underhood air with an enclosure of some sort. After spending some time looking for inspiration under the hoods of modern muscle cars with aftermarket cold air intake systems, I figured I Read more
It seems like the Corvair was always playing a game of catch-up over its decade of existence. Chevrolet introduced it to catch up to the demand for compacts initiated by the Volkswagen, and later added a turbocharged model to catch up to the demand for high-horsepower compacts initiated by the Read more
One of the toughest – if not the toughest – rallies in the world, the East African Safari Rally routinely hobbled a significant percentage of its entrants. We’re not sure of the origins of this video documenting the 1969 running of the rally that IEDEI found, but it contains some Read more
You need a vacation. A Hawaiian vacation. Dr. Dan’s orders. It just so happens that this 1928 Austin Seven for sale on Hemmings.com is located in Hawaii, and we’ll bet that if you bring along an extra suitcase and fold the Seven just right, you can take it home in Read more
Who needs an SUV? They almost never go off-road (parking on the lawn while hosing down the driveway doesn’t count), and they certainly don’t have the panache of the original suburban warriors’ chariots – station wagons such as this 1958 Plymouth Suburban for sale on Hemmings.com. Nicely refurbished, it’ll haul Read more
We’ve decided to dedicate the October issue of Hemmings Classic Car to the alternative-power cars of yesteryear, so we figured who best to talk to regarding electric cars, steam cars, and even turbine cars than a collector who owns one of just about every alternative-power cars out there: Jay Leno. Read more
In our newest Hemmings TV episode, we speak with William and Mary Lou Valentine, longtime regulars at our Musclepalooza events. In a sea of 500 incredibly interesting cars in the Lebanon Dragway parking lot this past May, these two gems stood out. Bill and Mary Lou are extremely friendly and Read more