Hemmings Auto Blog

We’ll return to the street scenes from the latter half of the Twentieth Century shortly, but it never hurts to keep our carspotting skills sharp by venturing into other decades, which is why we’re taking a look at this parking lot scene shot by David Myers for the Farm Security Read more

Rarely do you see somebody put this much work into restoring a Studebaker pickup of any era, but this 1951 Studebaker 2R5 for sale on Hemmings.com benefited from a meticulous refresh that included a couple upgrades, some subtle, some not so much. From the seller’s description: I purchased this stunning Read more

Yes, one would think that, this being a military Jeep, it would be an M38A1, but this 1958 Jeep CJ-5 for sale on Hemmings.com does indeed appear to be a civilian Jeep in military duds. Perhaps somebody with more knowledge of military and naval Jeeps can elaborate, but we can Read more

Every General Lee jump from the first six seasons of “Dukes of Hazzard.” That is all. Source: RideLust

Leaving the country again for today’s street scene, we travel to Elten, on the border of Germany and the Netherlands, where this shot (which we came across on the Nationaal Archief’s Flickr stream) was taken in March 1964. What do you see here?

One can hardly doubt the green car credentials for this 1959 BMW 600 for sale on Hemmings.com: It nearly blends right into the grassy lawn it was photographed on. Har har. Joking aside, it probably gets better mileage than most any new car on the road – even with the Read more

…the 1973 film “Fear is the Key,” with an epic 13-minute car chase scored by Roy Budd. Of course, it also nabs the award for worst car chase dialog ever.

Of the many aftermarket manufacturers that offered speed equipment for the Ford Model T four-cylinder engine, Roof is one of the better known and longest lasting, remaining in business through to the post-war years. This Roof OHV Model T cylinder head for sale on Hemmings.com appears to be typical of Read more

Returning to the Western North Carolina Heritage online photo archive for today’s street scene, we see traffic backed up on I-240 in Asheville, North Carolina, waiting to enter the Beaucatcher Tunnel. The information attached to the photo claims that it was taken in the 1960s, and if so, it would Read more

We’re sure this photo by Frank Aleksandrowicz, taken for the EPA’s Documerica project in Cleveland in June of 1973, directly depicted typical rush hour traffic rather than the exodus to the suburbs, as Aleksandrowicz captioned it. That said, it was likely the exodus to the suburbs that caused the traffic Read more