Hemmings Auto Blog

In my recent post about potential E15 gasoline you had the opportunity to sound off about why you don’t like the stuff. In with those comments, there were also some interesting suggestions on how to address the issue. So now, I’m asking you two questions: Is there really a problem, Read more

Those with a current or ongoing desire to own a 1962 Fiat 600 are so advised to take a look at this California raised water-cooled successor to the air-cooled Fiat 500. The great frozen Northeast and accompanying tons of ice dissolving road salt have deleterious effects on any automobile more Read more

Two-cylinders. One 2-71 GMC roots blower. A single Hilborn fuel injector. One magneto. Some nitromethane, and a dynamometer. The resulting 257-horsepower engine shown here was created by taking an already halved Pontiac Tempest four-cylinder engine and halving it again. The cylinder head and block were sealed off by aluminum plates Read more

If I had a business renting out vehicles to movie studios, I could probably make a mint off of a car like this 1924 Flint touring – it’s exactly the kind of typical 1920s car that seems to populate every movie from that era. Throw in a few weddings every Read more

Welcome to the “Don’t Stop Believin’” edition of the Hemmings Find of the Day, in which we present a 1958 Volkswagen Beetle for sale on Hemmings.com. But wait! It’s no ordinary Beetle. According to the seller, it was once owned by Steve Perry of the rock group Journey. I wonder Read more

We stopped posting auto-related music videos a while back, didn’t we? Diskojoe picks up that ball with this one from Small Faces. He writes: Here’s a little thingie from a 60s Swedish show called My Generation, which features the Small Faces, the best Brit Mod band after the Who (ironically Read more

The vast majority of you seemed to appreciate the 1953 Studebaker Kart Hauler that was our Hemmings Find of the Day earlier this week, but a couple of you weren’t very keen on it. Customs aren’t for everybody, we understand, but the concept of a Studebaker coupe-turned-pickup is not without Read more

Pacer! In glorious Seventies brown! And this 1975 Pacer X looks to be in original condition! Quick, snap it up before Cars 2 makes these mirthmobiles trendy! From the seller’s description: Alloy Wheels. Tilt Wheel. Air Conditioning Original 8-Track Tape Deck Original Vinyl Seats and Carpet 1975 AMC Pacer “X” Read more

Friends of Hemmings Motor News, Dan Carlton and Howard Tanner of DeNooyer Performance and Redline Motorsports, keep racking up accolades with their tuned-up fifth generation Camaros. Most recently, the upstate New York Chevrolet dealer/performance tuner landed one of their cars on the cover of the GM Performance Parts Catalog and Read more

Diskojoe’s back with another auto-related MST3K in which the boys poke fun at “Last Clear Chance,” a less-than-grisly driver’s ed video with plenty of 1950s cars in color. That Idaho State Patrol Ford that appears throughout the video has a pretty snazzy paint scheme.