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Most mid-1960s Mercurys we’ve seen have been of the more family-oriented four-door bodystyles, but this 1965 Mercury Monterey for sale on Hemmings.com pairs the more formal, Lincoln-esque front end with a two-door post bodystyle for a study in contrasts made all the more striking by the lack of certain trim Read more

Image courtesy coconv Just a quick note to let you know that, in response to several requests for this feature, we’ve added comment notifications so you can get automatic alerts when somebody comments on a post in which you’ve already commented. Just check the box under the comments field that Read more

It could just be coincidence, but as of late we’ve seen far too many modified Jeepsters. In theory, everybody’s free to do as they please with their car – it’s a free country, after all – but we’ve never seen any reason to mess with Brooks Stevens’s quirky little genre-buster. Read more

First-generation AMXs always make for a relative bargain when shopping for a muscle car, especially when found in rough but serviceable condition, such as this 1968 AMC AMX for sale on Hemmings.com. Still sporting its original 390 and three-speed manual transmission, it appears to need just a cosmetic refresh or Read more

Props to the builder of this 1989 Honda Goldwing-based airplane-bodied, reverse trike for sale on Hemmings.com for the tiny propeller up front. From the seller’s description: made into a airplane car. has a mustang frount end new tire, great on gas two place. airplane trike, 1989 honda 1500 with reverse Read more

Returning to the William Brubaker collection courtesy the University of Illinois at Chicago, we find this pleasant little street scene near the intersection of West Chicago and Damen avenues in Chicago. It looks like all of the buildings in the shot are still standing today, though whether that’s from any Read more

Longtime blog readers will recall that I spent my formative years in and around Columbus, Ohio, so I was delighted to come across PhotOhio.org, the Grandview Heights Public Library’s online photo archive, which has plenty of Columbus-area historical photos, including a few that’ll work for our street scene series, starting Read more

In the world of collector cars, it always seems as though there’s a conflict between having a car that presents well at shows and having a car that you can drive, but as we see from this 1964 Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk for sale on Hemmings.com, which has a number Read more

Another great vintage dealership postcard from Alden Jewell, and while we haven’t been able to discover much about Import Auto in Long Beach, California, that Alden hasn’t already provided – the dealership, circa 1964, was located at 1460 Long Beach Boulevard, which is today the location of Amigo’s Transmission and Read more

Swapping a crossram intake manifold setup to your early 1960s Mopar engine might look like a straightforward affair, but as we see from this 1960-1961 Chrysler crossram manifold setup for sale on Hemmings.com, there are all sorts of associated parts that can easily trip somebody up going into the swap. Read more