Hemmings Auto Blog

Ready to drive around the world? And to do it on a budget? You probably won’t find a much better start than this ex-Australian 1980 Land Rover Series III FFR, which already has some of the outfitting (long-range fuel tanks, dual batteries) done for you. From the seller’s description: original Read more

Apologies to those of you looking forward to our weekly Four-Links this weekend; I simply ran out of time this week to curate a good selection of collector car-related links from around the Interwebs. Instead, I did come across the 1956 drive-in staple “Hot Rod Girl” in its entirety over Read more

Continuing today’s Cadillac theme with something a little fresher, I had an unexpected call yesterday from Hemmings’ good friend Axel Catton, saying he was on his way to Bennington to pick up his new Cadillac. Axel, a former press officer for BMW (where he helped launch the Z1), Audi and Read more

We got a letter the other day from Art Van Aken, the longtime car and truck historian who lives in Gilboa, New York. Art is well known for his books on truck history, most recently covering the Sterling of Milwaukee. This time, he sent along a family photo to share Read more

Earlier this week, B&M Automotive Group made the announcement that it had acquired Flowmaster Inc., and would be adding the exhaust company to its growing portfolio of performance aftermarket brands. Most performance fans know B&M as the company that established itself back in the ’50s as one of the pioneers Read more

Our friend Geoff Hacker seems to be the world’s biggest fan of the movie “Johnny Dark,” and one can see why in the above trailer, interlude from Brock Yates, and racing scene: It’s full of fiberglass cars and one-off specials from the early 1950s. Geoff says it’s never been released Read more

How many of us would love to stumble across a field of collectible cars like this? Each of them in ready-to-drive condition, no less? The picture came from a friend of mine who snapped it upon arrival at the AACA Hershey meet in 1969. At that time, the majority of Read more

We got some immediate and grateful response from readers to the recent story in Hemmings Muscle Machines, illustrated with the photography of Mike Sopko, on bygone drag racing at U.S. 30 Dragway outside Gary, Indiana. (HMM #90, March 2011). Hands down, the craziest car in that story was No Big Read more

Not just anybody can decide one day they’re going to go racing and show up at the 24 Hours of Le Mans ready to go. No, they need to have a number of things taken care of first, including a competition license and some racing experience. Yet in 1949, Brit Read more

Formula 1 fans were apprehensive a few years ago when plans for a biopic about World Champion Ayrton Senna was announced – it’s been a long time since the last great racing film and visions of Stallone’s Driven danced in our heads. Senna Director Asif Kapadia and screenwriter and executive Read more