Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
We’re just getting back to Ice Station Zebra Bennington following a pleasant interlude in the eastern Caribbean aboard the Hemmings Cruise, with about 400 of our Hemmings Nation friends doing the yo-ho-ho’ing. We were aboard Royal Caribbean’s staggeringly huge Oasis of the Seas (1,187 feet long, more than 225,000 deadweight Read more
When we announced the return of the Great Race for 2011 late last year, many of you wanted to know whether it would wind its way through your town, so we wanted to update everybody with the finalized route for the 2011 Great Race, presented by Coker Tire and sponsored Read more
Hemmings Motor News subscribers will soon be receiving their April 2011 issues, and on page 40, they’ll find the “Antique Ads” story detailing Volvo’s humorous, eye-catching and ultimately successful attempt to sell station wagons by promoting their speed and sex appeal, in addition to the typical wagon push of family-friendly practicality. From 1986 through 1990, Volvo Read more
First, the good news: M2‘s new 3-inch 1968 Mercury Cougar looks fine. The body is spot on, though the gigantic hideaway headlamps, grille, taillamps and bumpers lend a more agreeable exaggeration than do the wheels and tires, which manage to make the look wheel openings look too small, although they Read more
We nearly deleted the press release from RM’s Auction America about a Futurliner at the May 12-15 Auburn auction, thinking it was a display. But not only is it actually going to cross the block at the auction, we didn’t even recognize it as one of the nine known GM Read more
David LaChance made my day recently when, digging through the SIA archive files, he came across these color photos of the Brooks Stevens-designed, Reutter-built, one-of-three Willys Jeep FC-150 minivans. We had previously shown these photos in black and white four years ago, so it’s far past time we post them Read more
The upcoming Pagani Huayra ultracar has a lot of people saying this is The One, the single car they would own above all others, if they could have any one car. Their Lottery Car, as one friend put it. I don’t blame them; it’s as striking a vehicle as we Read more
We haven’t posted a music video in a while. While Mal Fuller is requesting more Fu Manchu and John Robins would like to see some Katy Perry, let’s go with The Specials driving around London in “Ghost Town.” Without looking the song up on Wikipedia, who can tell us what Read more
In case you haven’t noticed, I get a little weak in the knees whenever I see a 1960s GM truck product come through the Hemmings.com classifieds, and this 1964 GMC 1502 (the seller claims 1500, but that appears to be the designation for two-wheel-drive 3/4-tons in 1964) is no exception. Read more
Khaki, I believe, is the perfect color for a Land Rover, and this 1973 Land Rover Series III Model 88 appears to wear it well. Get yourself a matching set of khaki riding trousers and a pith helmet, and you’re all set. From the seller’s description: Good driver with American Read more