Hemmings Auto Blog

Okay, time for the annual, “What did you nice Hemmings Blog readers get your wonderful Hemmings Blog editor for Christmas” post. And… Hey, wait a minute! Nothing! Not even a lump of coal! Well, I’ll tell you what: How about you all chip in and get this 1965 Chevrolet pickup Read more

A couple years ago, we linked to the one-horse open sleigh that Bart Stephens (aka Speedrome) built from discarded and unusable Model T parts. Well, what’s a Christmas sleigh without Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer to lead it? So Bart went back to work last year on a Rudolph, made from Read more

‘Twas the night before Christmas; I quietly lay, And listened for hoofbeats, And Santa Claus’ sleigh. Then without any warning The jolly old fellow Slipped in through my doorway, And chuckled, “Why hello!” “How happens it, Santa, I heard no sleigh bell? I asked very softly–the while the rest snored. Read more

Things are gonna be a little quiet around here the next few days, so we’ll leave you with a traditional Upper Midwestern Christmas carol by Da Yoopers that I find hard to believe we’ve yet to post here. (IGA reference FTW!) Happy Holidays! (via)

Dana Brown has recently begun filming a new sequel to the classic On Any Sunday, which was directed by his father, Bruce Brown, in 1971. Dana has directed several low-budget documentaries about surfing and desert racing over the last 10 years, including Endless Summer Revisited in 2000, Step Into Liquid Read more

photo courtesy Tom Cotter For all its existence, the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance in Florida has not only been a warm winter migration point for wonderful cars, but has also demonstrated a consistent affection and respect for racing history. Makes sense, given that co-organizers Bill Warner and Tom Cotter both Read more

The pairing of the automobile and the narrow, teeming, crowded canyons of New York City is endlessly fascinating. The Standard Catalog lists 334 different manufacturers based in New York City (most of which, surely, built no more than one or two cars, if any), but beyond that, the Big Apple Read more

Ah, we meet again. We last spotted this 1940 Mercury custom by Rick Dore at RM’s Amelia Island auction earlier this year, where it appeared to have been painted a much lighter pearlescent blue-green; perhaps it’s just the lighting that accounts for the darker shade in these photos. Now it’s Read more

Lee Iacocca, left, with Don Frey and the 1965 Ford Mustang Though Henry Ford II – the Deuce – remained head honcho at Ford Motor Company throughout the 1960s and 1970s, serving as CEO and chairman from 1960 through 1979, the presidency of Ford went through a few different men’s Read more

* Over on Autoholics, the latest evolution of the CarDomain blog, FuryPaul recently posted photos of his trip to the Owls Head Transportation Museum, where he spotted this Model T modified for railroad track inspection. It’s the cowcatcher that we dig the most. * I thought Fidel owned an Oldsmobile? Read more