Hemmings Auto Blog

Does the iconic Deuce roadster need a boattail body to stand out from the crowd? Wouldn’t the mild hot rodding done to this 1932 Ford for sale on Hemmings.com have been enough? And whose work is this anyway? From the seller’s description: Very Rare 32 “BoatTail” roadster – all steel, Read more

Unlike most museums where the hoods of the cars on display are closed tight, the folks at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills, Michigan, have decided to let enthusiasts see up close the engines on the cars currently on display in their fantastic collection. All 33 vehicles will Read more

Looking far more modern than any Stutz I’ve seen – save for perhaps the revival Stutzes of the 1970s – this 1930 Stutz Model M (the rear of it, at least) appears to come tantalizingly close to the shapes and forms used on the Chrysler Thunderbolt and the myriad other Read more

Spent the morning recently with Scott White of Orient, Ohio, who has an incredible Terraplane pickup that I photographed. Scott also owns White Aero Ltd. and specializes in the restoration of fabric-bodied aircraft, especially Boeing-Stearman biplanes such as the above 1944 PT-13, built to both Army and Navy specs for Read more

Look at that line. Stretches almost out of sight down the street in Auburn, Indiana, where the annual parade of classics stream out of Eckhart Park and through town. Why run the photo? Just because. This parade goes on and on. Enjoy it.  I sure did.

Auto accident, c. 1919. Photo via the Library of Congress You probably saw the news items: Traffic deaths fall to a 59-year low! Only 33,808 people killed in 2009, compared to 33,186 in 1950*! A mere 1.13 fatalities per 100 million miles traveled! And only 2,217,000 injuries! The numbers, while Read more

Frank Kurtis built or was responsible for a wide variety of sports and racing cars, and it’s intriguing to see how they evolved over time, eventually into the final form represented by this 1962 Kurtis for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This 1962 Kurtis Aguila Roadster Convertible features Read more

Photo by KJ Anthony/TheVegasTourist.com Barrett-Jackson will run its second Annual Las Vegas Road Rally on Wednesday, Sept. 22, showcasing more than 100 hot rods, resto-mods, classics, new collectibles and muscle cars.  The rally will begin in the Gold Lot at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Convention Center Drive and Read more

Much like the Walker that we recently featured as a Hemmings Find of the Day, this 1929 Ford Model A popcorn truck holds all sorts of potential. Would you keep operating it as a popcorn/hot dog truck? Would you convert it into a bus? Maybe you could put all that Read more

Those who know me and those who’ve been reading me know that I’m far from being a purist. As long as there are people out there restoring cars and keeping a few around to show how the cars came from the factory, I don’t feel much of a need to Read more