Hemmings Auto Blog

David Greenlees over at The Old Motor recently posted this photo of a pair of eight-wheeled trucks – one apparently a school bus, the other a stakeside – and wondered aloud who built them and why. I think we have an answer. When David mentioned that the photo was possibly Read more

For Hemmings Motor News I’m writing up a little piece on the Veeder Hub-Odometer, those devices you see on heavy truck wheel hubs that measure mileage. It turned out that Veeder originally started making them for bicycles in 1895, introduced a car line in 1901 and still makes them today, Read more

One of the more unusual sights at Musclepalooza XIII this past weekend…

It was all about the road and the grassy fields of summer, especially if you weren’t in the big leagues. When this country was a lot less equal, before Jackie Robinson and Branch Rickey changed sports forever, separate and unequal was the guiding principle of baseball. The Antique Automobile Club Read more

With the unofficial start of summer upon us today, diskojoe sent along this link to a quintessential summer pop song, Jan and Dean’s “Surf City,” in a video shot for the pilot of Jan and Dean’s show, “Surf Scene.” Happy Memorial Day everybody!

While the seller of this 1954 Chevrolet for sale on Hemmings.com describes it as a Bel Air, the side trim identifies it as a 210, something we only point out for the sake of accuracy. We imagine this Chevrolet – recently awakened from a nearly 40-year-long slumber – would make Read more

There’s just one problem with this 1947 Willys CJ-2A for sale on Hemmings.com: It’s not nearly dirty enough. From the seller’s description: 1947 Willys CJ2A, This jeep is a frame off restoration. Everything on this jeep is either new or rebuilt, Everything! An absolutely excellent running engine that was rebuilt Read more

As before, we’re posting cruise night photos to Twitter and Facebook, so you can find photos from last night’s cruise-in there. We didn’t pack the lot like we normally due, but we still had plenty of diehards, including one fella who came all the way from North Carolina, and another Read more

From our friend Bill Miles, who is currently on the road to South Bend, Indiana, heading to the ATHS convention there and blogging his adventure, comes this 1949 or 1950 Chevrolet DeLuxe Fleetline that he spotted on a roof along Pennsylvania Route 30. Can we blame it on the Miller Read more

We all know by now that this weekend’s running of the Indianapolis 500 marks the centennial of the event (but the 95th running overall, due to hiatuses during both world wars), but do we know much about that first event, besides the fact that Ray Harroun won in a Marmon Read more