Hemmings Auto Blog

In a sad way, it was amazing. Just 23 days after Carroll Shelby passed on, his co-driver in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1959, Roy Salvadori, has also died. The native Texan and Briton paired to take a works Aston-Martin DBR1 to first overall in the Sarthe classic, Read more

It is a crying shame that we have just one Unimog on the site right now, but this 1974 Mercedes-Benz Unimog for sale on Hemmings.com more than makes up for that fact, with a restoration and presentation that make it look like it would rival most vintage Mercedes-Benz automobiles. I Read more

How long will a good restoration last? Sure, the post-restoration automobile isn’t likely to be used and abused as a daily driver, so one would imagine that a restoration would keep for many more years than a new car remains in service. Yet everything ages and decays, and the quality Read more

Photo by edvvc Bloomberg reported today that a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO sold sometime in the last two weeks for a verified $35 million, and unlike most of these stories, there’s a buyer and a seller’s name associated with it. The buyer is reportedly telecoms billionaire Craig McCaw, who with Read more

Our search for a street scene that includes a squarebird for salguod took us to IMCDB, where we came across this screenshot from the 1975 film “Nashville,” directed by Robert Altman. No, we’ve never seen it either. As for the location, U.S. Routes 431 and 41 do indeed intersect in Read more

Cars are meant to be driven. Sure, there’s a million reasons not to drive some cars – most of those million reasons usually come with a portrait of George Washington and plenty of green ink – but owning a car that isn’t driven is like owning a book that you Read more

Top off those dashpots and oil those trunnions, it’s British Car Week once again. Held every year since 1997, British Car Week is intended as a way for enthusiasts to help spread awareness of British cars, and to help inspire the next generation of British car admirers. “If you’re a Read more

Memorial Day is, of course, a federal holiday reserved to commemorate America’s war dead, but it’s also a day to recognize American veterans. As car guys, we can think of no better way to do so than to feature a couple of military Jeeps as Hemmings Finds of the Day. Read more

Sure, it may not have the Crestwood’s woodgrain flanks or a big-block under the hood, but this 1973 Dodge Coronet nine-passenger station wagon for sale on Hemmings.com does have seating for nine passengers, and more important, it has a clean Southern body still wearing its original paint and fitted with Read more

If this 1959 Pontiac Bonneville Custom Safari station wagon for sale on Hemmings.com looks familiar, that’s because it just appeared on the cover of the July 2012 issue of Hemmings Motor News and within to illustrate our Buyer’s Guide on 1959 Bonnevilles. We would have likely been all over it Read more