Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
I never had heroes growing up. In this business, it’s served me in good stead: I’ve watched as my coworkers, my friends, who did hold people they read about in magazine in a certain esteem over years of distant keeping tabs and hero worship, have slowly come to the realization Read more
He was so hooked that he wouldn’t run this bodystyle Charger in NASCAR, ever, using the ‘74-bodied car through ‘77. Gave it the hook, more like.
You know it’s summer in Vermont when the motorcycles start ripping by the Hemmings offices on their way to Lake George or Rhinebeck or Laconia or simply out for a ride. Looking through the photos of the Landscape Change Program at the University of Vermont, we see some things haven’t Read more
For those of you who can’t make it to today’s New England Concours d’Elegance at Stratton Mountain, Vermont, we looked for a car from one of the concours featured classes for today’s HFOD and came across this 1950 Bentley Mark VI that’s coming up for auction at RM’s Meadow Brook Read more
Is it high time for the third-gen Camaro to be considered collectible? Of course, the first of ‘em have already passed the 25-year threshold, but thanks to people like TA, the mullet stigma continues. As with every other car that’s become collectible, it’ll be the unique versions and special editions, Read more
It’s no Fu Manchu, but when it comes to cars in music videos, ZZ Top made a few of the more memorable. Of course, the Eliminator also appears in Legs, Sharp Dressed Man and Sleeping Bag (and this advert for Afterburner), and CadZZilla appeared in quite a few vids too.
Since the Fräulein in the Messerschmitt photo, David Greenlees has continued sending us several photos which are at the same time remarkable and unremarkable. Remarkable for the cars in the photos: the Buick Y-Job, the GM LeSabre, the Cadillac Cyclone and another Messerschmitt. Unremarkable because there’s probably little new we Read more
Volvo’s gregarious unofficial head of brand relations, Irv Gordon, is celebrating his 70th birthday today. Irv is famous for not only his welcoming smile and willingness to talk Volvo with all who inquire, but for being the Guinness Book of World Records-holder of the title of the most miles driven by a single Read more
Completely forgetting that the MLB All-Star game was on, I jetted out to the garage to get the ball rolling – so to speak – on the ‘56 Roadmaster. After removing the rest of the grates, I was finally able to get a pavement view of the floorboards, rockers and Read more
As I mentioned when I posted the photo of the Jeep assembly line last week, Chrysler’s media site doesn’t have nearly as many vintage photos (“heritage photos,” as Chrysler calls them) as Ford’s, but there’s still some interesting nuggets in there. Of course, with the new Fiat 500 coming to Read more