Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
The idea was intriguing to enthusiasts at the time; a series of car books that profiled all the great collector cars, most of which were well known racing cars. Specially commissioned full-color illustrations were done for each car, showing it head-on front and rear, a side profile, and in the Read more
Now that we’ve had our three days of summer in Vermont, it’s time to start prepping once again for winter. Lay up the cordwood, seal up the windows and reinstall chains on the tires so we don’t get immobilized in a snowstorm as these unlucky folks did in January 1974 Read more
Considering that Powells were built on Plymouth chassis and mechanicals and were designed to be as simple to manufacture (and, presumably, rebuild) as possible, one would assume they’d be a cinch to restore, but we hardly ever see them done up as nice as this 1956 Powell pickup for sale Read more
[Editor’s Note: Hemmings Senior Editor Jim Donnelly has over the last several months been discussing collector cars and automotive history with Ron Ananian on Ron’s Saturday afternoon radio show on WOR-AM and contributing related articles to WOR’s website. For the benefit of our readers who aren’t in WOR’s signal range, Read more
Two things about this 1968 Ford Galaxie 500XL for sale on Hemmings.com that seem rather implausible on first glance: a) It’s an original car, save for typical wear items, and b) it’s an original car with 94,000 miles. It takes dedication to keep a car like this looking so good Read more
We lament the modern all-in-one shopping supercenter and strip mall and the efficiency with which they drain business from downtowns as if these were recent developments, but as we can see from this set of photos of the old Grant’s in Rutland, Vermont, dated 1970 and gathered from the Vermont Read more
While Charles Cushman could capture the hustle and bustle of a city, he more often seemed to prefer the quiet side streets away from the spotlight and closer to where people lived their everyday lives. We see two such shots in today’s carspotting exercise, starting with the street scene above, Read more
Left-hand-drive or right? Overhead-valve four or Twin Cam? Red or yellow? Two Lotus Europas recently showed up, almost back to back, on Hemmings.com, offering choice aplenty for fans of the marque’s low-cost mid-engine fiberglass flyer. We’ll look at the Twin Cam, the 1973 Lotus Europa, first. From the seller’s description: Read more
As a former dairy truck, one wouldn’t expect this 1955 GMC 100 for sale on Hemmings.com to have originally come in deluxe trim and with a V-8. Perhaps it originally served as a supervisor’s truck? Whatever the case, from the pictures it appears to be a finely restored pickup that Read more
If you’re at all into hot rods, you’ve likely either seen the photography or the Corvan of John Jackson of NotStock Photography. That’s because he’s racked up 170,000 miles on it over the last four years. That’s an impressive number of miles, but Jackson puts it into perspective in the Read more