Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
At a big auction festival like Auburn, looking for a truck usually requires a major sort through the semi-customized and hot-rodded pickups that sometimes dominate the offerings. Doing so can yield a real prize, like this, which we found at the Auctions America sale conducted by RM Auctions. This, friends, Read more
What would you do with two Amphicars? The same Michigan dealer has two of the seafaring automobiles (or is that road-going watercraft?) for sale on Hemmings.com right now, both of them 1964 770 models, one in red and the other in white. According to the descriptions for the two Amphicars, Read more
Even the most hardened, “car-as-appliance” person can’t resist the siren call of an exotic Ferrari. And those who attend the Shriners Hospitals For Children Capitol Concours d’Elegance this Sunday on the Capitol Mall in Sacramento, California, will be able to enjoy a ride that benefits sick children. Generous members of Read more
Coker's own racing entry, a 1932 Ford pickup A large contingent of VRCA rally cars, including the Hemmings 1932 Ford Speedster are expected to participate in Coker Tire’s rally race this week, The Coker Tire Challenge. The event starts Thursday and the timed rally unfolding over the next three days through Read more
Most of us under the age of 45 will remember Gary Numan from his one and only Stateside hit, Cars; eschewing guitars entirely for the sound of cold synthesizers, Numan’s paranoid, dystopian-future lyrics struck a chord with the British public at large as the ’80s hoved into view. He kicked Read more
Most road trips are taken for no other reason or goal than to see this vast country of ours, but Joanne and Brando Pistorius’s recent summer road trip in their 1930 Packard had quite a bit more of a cause: to raise awareness for rotary clubs and for the Kids Read more
Described by Barons as a "fascinating rolling restoration project," this 1958 Aston Martin DB2/4 MKIII sold at the auction house's September 7 British Heritage auction. Photo courtesy Barons A 1958 Aston Martin DB 2/4 MKIII originally registered to David Brown Industries and hidden under a tarp for three decades has Read more
Back when urban delivery trucks used electric motors to power them around town rather than gasoline engines, Walker was one of the stalwarts of the niche with box trucks like this 1909 Walker Model 15 headed to RM’s Hershey auction. Looking more like a railroad car untethered from the train, Read more
There have been a few instances of countries anxious to repatriate cars that originated there, but is there any movement at all to repatriate American cars? If so, here’s your chance to bring a 1967 Dodge Dart back to the United States from Malmö, Sweden. From the seller’s description: 1967 Read more
I’m not trying to make a political statement here, only note the fact that America’s ongoing wars have been considerably up front in the news of late, due mainly to the end, as it’s being called, of combat operations in Iraq. I just happened to be at the huge car Read more