Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
One of the most unique American cars to cross an auction block this fall will do so not in Monterey but in Auburn, Indiana, where the custom 1941 Buick that Frank Kurtis built will go up for sale. Just before World War II, Kurtis found the Buick – a 1941 Read more
It was thought that technical innovation would help save Packard toward the end. Buying Studebaker back in 1954 didn’t exactly help turn around the fortunes of the grand old marque, so for the 1956 model year, the company invested in larger engines, pushbutton automatic transmissions and limited-slip differentials. It even Read more
For some reason, all the various GT40-lookalike kit cars seemed to go unbuilt at far higher rates than other VW-based kit cars, which makes this 1972 Fiberfab Avenger for sale on Hemmings.com – finished and running – all the more interesting. From the seller’s description: 1972 one-piece body on 1972 Read more
From our TruckCarTruck department comes this blank canvas 327-powered 1967 Chevrolet El Camino. The seller states the car runs and drives, and arrived in Connecticut from California. 1967 Chevrolet El Camino. 327 Automatic. Original California car. Very solid, runs & drives great. Little rust in quarter panels only. AC, power Read more
Just spotted this trailer on Go Away Garage for a possible forthcoming documentary on Bernadette and Michele Ledermann. Looks like it’ll be worth seeing when finished.
While we love the color street scenes that we’ve been seeing courtesy Greg Steinmayer, black-and-whites tell us quite a bit too, so for today’s street scene, let’s travel to December 14, 1946, at the intersection of Ninth Street (now Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street) and Central Avenue in St. Read more
Returning to the street scenes that Greg Steinmayer’s grandfather, Edward Satory, shot in the mid-1960s, we see another shot taken from an unidentified location in 1965. It’s difficult to make out the signage, but the Buick dealership appears to be Bob Armstrong Buick. Thanks to a list of Buick dealerships Read more
Thank providence we had the presence of mind to photograph this. Otherwise, you’d accuse us of making the whole thing up. You might do that anyway. We made the scene at lovely Summit Motorsports Park in Norwalk, Ohio, doing full coverage of the 20th annual Ames Performance Pontiac Nationals. It Read more
We first caught a glimpse of it at Amelia Island last year, when Terry Cook of Delahaye USA (as well as of Deco Rides and Lead East fame) showed off a scale model of the upcoming Bella Figura. Now, Delahaye USA, the company that Cook started in 2007, plans to Read more
While researching today’s post on the Satko family’s trip to Alaska, we came across the above image in Alaska’s Digital Archives, portraying a rail-riding Pontiac Chieftain four-door station wagon surrounded by men in black possible U.S. Fish and Wildlife employees. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, it to Read more