Hemmings Auto Blog

When I first brought out Project HMX after its winter slumber, I noted some brake issues – they felt soft and would lock up when I really jumped on them. But under normal braking, they seemed passable. Maybe the brake fluid in the lines had just absorbed some moisture while Read more

Photos courtesy Coys Longtime blog readers will no doubt recognize the Vespa-with-a-cannon variant, which mounted a 57mm cannoncino under the seat and through the leg shield. We’d always believed they were for transporting purposes only, but according to Coys, which will run a 1959 example through its Monaco auction next Read more

What self-respecting custom car shop doesn’t have a customized shop truck to serve as a rolling billboard? The tradition goes back decades, and in the case of the Alexander brothers of Detroit – known for such customs as the Deora, the Adonis and the Silver Sapphire – even their shop Read more

While nothing beats an original Meyers Manx, plenty of options exist for the dune buggy connoisseur, including this Meyers Manxster 2+2 for sale on Hemmings.com, Bruce Meyers’s more recent attempt at a kit car. The owner’s made some interesting custom touches, including the surfboard-esque hinged top, and on the whole Read more

There will be no easy restoration with this 1958 Plymouth Fury for sale on Hemmings.com. The seller certainly didn’t hold back with photos of the rust and other deterioration that has afflicted the car, but that can be a good thing – at least you know what you’re up against Read more

From Google’s Project Re:Brief, Volvo’s first U.S. television commercial, conceived by Amil Gargano and his team.

We just got back from a rocking week in the Queen City, covering the action during Food Lion AutoFair weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway, plus more. Part of the week was the big show presented last Saturday by the AACA Hornets Nest Region. We’ll have coverage in Hemmings Motor News, Read more

Carroll Shelby participates in a Facebook live chat with Mustang fans in November 2011 during the Los Angeles Auto Show. Photo courtesy Ford Carroll Shelby has apparently been hospitalized over the past several months but recently issued a release suggesting that rumors surrounding the severity of his condition have been Read more

A bittersweet event this evening: It will be the last photo shoot that my 2001 Dodge Grand Caravan will ever take me to. Anyone who’s had their car photographed by me in the last six years or so has, more than likely, seen me trundle up in this. To my Read more

You knew I’d be right back to posting carspotting scenes from PhotOhio.org ASAP, right? Today’s parking lot scene comes to us courtesy that photo archive and shows the (now defunct) Northland Mall parking lot, looking northeast toward Morse Road, sometime in the 1960s. Given that the mall opened in 1964 Read more