Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Seeing Dick Pelkey’s high-riding 1955 Chevrolet gasser at Musclepalooza on Memorial Day weekend conjured sepia-toned memories of the Badman model kit. As a kid, I thought the Badman would be the perfect automobile for all-around daily use: big-block Chevy, open headers, straight front axle, and “Adios Mother” painted across the Read more
And you would have to be with terrain that acts like a waterbed. YouTube seems chock full of videos like this, featuring all sorts of insane swamp buggies. From the sounds of things, they could be diesel-powered hydrostatic drive. And then there’s this thing. Anybody care to translate for us?
One of the things I miss about living on the Oakland-Emeryville border was proximity to Fantasy Junction. The proprietors were kind enough to let me wander in and marvel at a John Player Special, or become transfixed on a safety wire running through the head of a bolt on a Read more
While we’re on the topic of steam-powered vehicles today, let’s take a look at a recent post over at The Old Motor, in which David Greenlees dug up some information on a 200-mile race through Wisconsin – from Green Bay to Madison – between a pair of steam buggies that Read more
Whenever fuel prices rise, our inboxes get topped off with press releases breathlessly claiming gains in miles per gallon simply by strapping something to a car’s fuel line, injecting air or water into the engine, splitting hydrogen out of water to use as fuel, or pouring a bottle of additive Read more
You know, for an educational film that probably would have been shown in driver’s ed classes in the 1950s, “The Cool Hot Rod” certainly does seem to have been produced with plenty of input from actual hot rodders. Of course, it’s a Sid Davis film, so the moralizing is expected, Read more
You don’t need to drive a Mopar to attend the cruise-ins at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum this summer. This fantastic venue is opening its doors on six different nights for car lovers to cruise in and hang out. The fun runs from 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays, rain or Read more
While yesterday’s Valiant four-door can be regarded as a simple old car, this 1953 Packard Cavalier, also a four-door, merits consideration as something above and beyond – a true classic, if you will. From the seller’s description: 1953 Packard Cavalier 4 door sedan. It has the 327 cubic inch straight Read more
Most of the collector car world is focused on old cars that have some additional element to them – some degree of collectibility or flash or exoticness or muscle. Aside from our Driveable Dream features, not very often do we consider old cars that are simply old cars without those Read more
While looking around for a Dodge pickup TV commercial to go along with this morning’s Class of ’86 selection, we came across the above TV commercial for the 1971 Dodge Tradesman “Strongbox” cargo van featuring Don Knotts. Quality isn’t great, so we dug a little further and came up with Read more