Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Photo courtesy Bonhams The Austin-Healey 100S at the center of the crash that sent Pierre Levegh and his Mercedes-Benz 300SLR flying into the crowd in the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans sold for $1,327,051, including buyer’s premium, at the Bonhams December Sale, held Thursday at Mercedes-Benz World, Brooklands, U.K. Read more
With the theme of bridges for this week’s street scenes posts, we simply can’t overlook what is possibly the most famous bridge of all, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. Finding some good vintage photos of traffic on the Golden Gate took some searching, but we did turn up these two Read more
After the Clark Avenue Bridge and the George Washington Bridge street scenes, I figured old shots of bridges would make for perfect street scenes. They are designed to carry traffic, right? Well, it appears most people who photograph bridges like to shoot the bridge itself, not the traffic on it. Read more
Carspotters, you’ll have to forgive the impish impulse that caused me to believe this shot of the Clark Avenue Bridge in Cleveland would make for a good street scene. Like the recent parking lot scenes from Washington, D.C., and Cincinnati, Ohio, this shot was taken as part of the EPA’s Read more
From the cars we used to drive past in Tujunga department of our previous southern California outpost comes this 1972 Datsun 240Z. The seller apparently procured this four-speed car from a Los Angeles driveway, and it is now for sale in original condition for $7000. According to the seller: The Read more
If it seems like plenty of mid-1960s GM Camper Special pickups have come up for sale recently, that’s because we’ve posted every one we’ve seen, including this 1965 Chevrolet C10 Custom Camper for sale on Hemmings.com. After all, how can you say no to those painted dog-dish hubcaps, that nifty Read more
Every car has a story, it’s just that some of those stories are forgotten as the cars pass through new owners. Fortunately, the story of this 1949 Ford Custom for sale on Hemmings.com remains with the car, adding another dimension to its personality. From the seller’s description: Meet Maggie! Maggie Read more
Safe travels as you head over the river and through the woods this Thanksgiving. We’re going to take the day off to spend with our families, so no posts today. In the meantime, though, check out our new video section if you’re looking to kill a little time while the Read more
For our carspotting venture today, we head back to the UCLA Library’s archives for this shot of the Volts-Wagon tooling around downtown during a feasibility study in May 1967. As you may recall, we’ve seen this truck once before – it’s an experimental electric truck built by the Battronic Truck Read more
If you want provenance, the 1953 Chuck Tatum Special for sale on Hemmings.com comes with bucketloads of it. Not only did it race successfully against Allards and other top-level sports cars using all-American parts and engineering, thus fulfilling the builder’s goal, but it also made noteworthy appearances in magazines and Read more