Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
After coming across David Falconer’s shot looking down I-5 in Portland, Oregon, a couple weeks ago, we went through the rest of the photos he shot for the EPA’s Documerica project and found plenty illustrating the gas shortage in December 1973, including these two, deftly illustrating the infamous lines at Read more
We found this cool, and unintentionally funny, short clip on YouTube that involves the Laurel Springs Fire Department in southern New Jersey. It shows the members rolling up to the station in their private vehicles and getting the rigs on the street for a structure fire that was intentionally set Read more
We didn’t set out looking for an image to coincide with the news of Saab’s bankruptcy, but when we came across the above Swedish junkyard scene, posted by 731132 on the H.A.M.B.’s Vintage shots from days gone by thread, we figured it’d be an appropriate shot for our carspotters to Read more
Sometimes all you want is a small, simple vehicle. Something far from flashy and easily serviceable, something without a million gadgets to malfunction and miles of wiring to weigh it down. Something like this clean 1963 Ford Ranchero for sale on Hemmings.com, which would make for a great daily commuter. Read more
After the HFOD on the Rolls-grilled Ford station wagon the other day, one would think we’d seen enough of that sort of thing for a while, but then along came this 1979 Checker A12E for sale on Hemmings.com fitted not only with a Rolls-like grille, but also a six-cylinder turbodiesel Read more
More and more stock film footage of Los Angeles like the Bunker Hill footage we looked at back in September is appearing online nowadays, as we were reminded recently by Ryan over at the Jalopy Journal, who posted this clip of somebody traveling west down Hollywood Boulevard. Fortunately, the person Read more
In the early 1970s, East Boston residents were complaining that Logan Airport was grabbing too much land from them and not making the best use of it all. That sent photographer Michael Philip Manheim out to Logan in September 1973 to take some photos for the EPA’s Documerica project. We’re Read more
One of our advertisers, Champion Auto Sales in Arundel, Maine, sent over these photos of a unique and innovative way of celebrating the holidays – a hubcap tree! They’re placing it out front as we speak so you can see it in person if you’re anywhere close to them, but Read more
I know in the past I’ve made it a point not to post photos of wrecked cars, but this particular photo depicting a July 22, 1955, crash on the Pasadena Freeway, spotted over on the USC Digital Library photo archive, not only affords some great carspotting opportunities, but also tells Read more
We’ve been down Mexico way for a couple previous installments in our street scene series, and thanks to the Neat Stuff Blog, which recently posted an excellent collection of postcards from south of the border, we’ll head to Tijuana for today’s street scene. Like most postcards, it’s undated, so the Read more