Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Photo: Scott Williamson/Photodesign Studios © Courtesy of RM Auctions The collector car world, and indeed the world at large, will be paying attention to RM Auctions’ Automobiles of London auction event on October 27 for one primary reason: This is when the sole remaining documented 007 Aston Martin DB5 movie Read more
I know there’s plenty of old cars hanging out in the Five Boroughs, but Queens is probably one of the last places I’d expect to find this 1947 Packard Clipper in dire need of a little bit of buffing out. With its two-door fastback body style and eight-cylinder engine, this Read more
I’ve always loved the dip in the late 1950s/early 1960s Rambler station wagon roofline. Not sure what purpose it ever served, other than maybe to cut down on glass expenditures at the factory. One of the more recent Ramblers with that roofline to pass through the Hemmings.com classifieds is this Read more
The LM002, with all its angles and lumps and flat sides, always looked to me like a mid-1980s vision of a dystopian future, like a stage prop from one of that era’s sci-fi flicks. That’s why the red paint on this well-preserved 1988 Lamborghini LM002 for sale on Hemmings.com just Read more
You knew the Stray Cats would appear at some point in our Hemmings VJ playlist. Here they are doing “Look at That Cadillac.” (via)
As we make our way through August, Labor Day weekend is fast approaching, and for us, that means it’s almost time to return to Englishtown’s Raceway Park for Hemmings Muscle Machines magazine’s Musclepalooza XII. This will be the second time we’ve gone down to Jersey with our muscle car extravaganza, Read more
As the dust settles from another record weekend in Monterey, California, attention now turns to the upcoming 55th Annual Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival. Held in and around downtown Auburn, Indiana, just blocks from the ACD Auto Museum, a popular part of the festivities includes the two auctions. For the third Read more
Ingram Brothers Ford Motor Cars Garage and Sales Room, Interior View, Anaheim. Image via Calisphere. I know I’ve seen this passage quoted a couple times before – where exactly, I can’t recall right now – but I still find it worth repeating: Someone should write an erudite essay on the Read more
Ever since this year’s New England Concours d’Elegance, I’ve had a jonesing fora Corvan, and this 1963 Chevrolet Corvan for sale on Hemmings.com isn’t helping much to alleviate that jonesing. Thing is, other than drive it around during the summer, I’m not sure what I’d end up doing with it. Read more