Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Date: August 1964 Location: Third Avenue and D Street, Anchorage, Alaska Source: Department of the Army, via National Archives What do you see here?
From the seller’s description: 1965 Triumph Vitesse Reliable daily driver, everything works 2-liter motor, 6 cyl, w/external oil cooler and spin on filter adapter, electronic ignition, electric fuel pump, frt disc brakes, rear drum, Stainless exhaust Top is about three years old and in good shape except for a spot Read more
Travel photos courtesy of Doug Fernandez. Other photography by the author. Two things we love to see here at Hemmings are folks who restore their own cars and folks who don’t mind putting miles on their cars. Often enough, if the restoration is of a high-enough caliber, those are often Read more
Photos courtesy Crosley Automobile Club. It’s much more complete than the bitsa that formed the basis of the first Crosley club youth project, but there’s still plenty of work to be done on the 1950 Crosley Hotshot that club members hope will interest another generation of enthusiasts to continue restoring Read more
1960 Edsel Ranger (top); 1961 De Soto two-door hardtop (bottom). Images by the author. Editor’s note: This or That enables us, in an idyllic world, to add a collectible vehicle into our dream garage on a weekly basis, but with a catch: We can only pick one vehicle from this pairing and Read more
Restored V-6-powered 1960 GMC Deluxe half-ton fleetside pickup for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Rare optioned Deluxe 1960 GMC Truck. Big back window model. Frame off restoration on truck with less than 100,000 original miles. Many NOS parts. Lots of chrome and stainless. New custom stainless steel dual Read more
Photos by Theo Civitello, courtesy RM Sotheby’s. British coachbuilder Lancefield is most often associated with automobiles from Rolls Royce and Bentley, but the firm is also known to have crafted bodies for five Stutz models. Two of these went to discount store titans the Woolworth brothers, and of this pair, Read more
Rick D’Louhy behind the wheel of The Californian. Photos courtesy Geoff Hacker. It would be hard to put a label on car collector Rick D’Louhy. With Geoff Hacker and a team of supporters, he was an automotive adventurer who found cars that many never knew were lost. As secretary and Read more
What’s this, a warm, romantic breeze from the other side of the Iron Curtain? Yes, indeed. Skoda’s sporty Felicia convertible was all about having fun and looking good. It was sold not only in its native Czechoslovakia, but in Western Europe, the U.K., and even in the U.S. Based on Read more
Date: circa 1944 Location: First Street, Hastings, Nebraska Source: Department of the Navy, via National Archives and Records Administration What do you see here?