Hemmings Auto Blog

Yesterday’s Crosley-bodied snowmobile showed us what can be done with Crosley sheetmetal, and today we see what can be done with a Crosley chassis. Butch Williams over at Service Motors recently circulated these couple photos of a unique custom Crosley rebodied in Cadillac clothes, similar to (but more voluptuous than) Read more

We like to use this e-space to present worthwhile books to the Hemmings Nation every so often. This is one such case. Gordon Eliot White is one of the most authoritative people around on classic American racing history. His latest work is Leader Card Racers, on the famed team founded Read more

What, you thought I was talking about this year’s Super Bowl? No, I’m talking about Len Dawson, the MVP of Super Bowl IV, who took his Kansas City Chiefs to a 23-7 win over the Minnesota Vikings and, for his efforts, won a new 1970 Dodge Challenger. Liz Schmitt dug Read more

George R. Bentel’s resume as a crook is already well established. But his reputation as a visionary coachbuilder? Not so much. We encountered Mr. Bentel last week as the Mercer dealer who sold Fred J. Fujioka the two race cars which the latter planned to take to Tokyo to wow Read more

How did a GAZ ultimately make its way to Kentucky? How did a Bulgarian engineer come up with the parts to restore it? Should I sell my left or right kidney to come up with the quick cash for it? These are the questions you should be asking yourself when Read more

So in reading up on Crosley history, we come to find out that one of Powel Crosley’s efforts to win World War II for the Allieds, along with motorcycles, three-wheelers and the Crosley Pup (and, oh yeah, the proximity fuse), was an experimental snowmobile. This is not that snowmobile. Instead, Read more

I got to thinking the other day about Pontiac, and what a shame it was that they had tossed out so many wonderful model names in their decision to go all alphanumeric, just like the premium German brands they were emulating. Think about it: Bonneville! Le Mans! Tempest! Catalina! Why Read more

As Andrew Whyte relates the story of Jaguar styling in SIA #53, June 1981, the luxury aspect of the company’s products dates all the way back to its days when it went by the company name Swallow and it built upscale bodies for Austins. Whyte takes the story of Jaguar Read more

Gotta clear out the bookmarks this week. That means you get a double shot of Four-Links today. Which makes Eight-Links. But I always insert an extra one, so that means Ten-Links. Dig? * I have many favorite blogs, and when two of them link to the same thing independently, I Read more

* The greatest thing about land-speed racing, especially in the 1950s, was that there were no formulas. It’s you, your imagination, and some sort of engine versus the wind. Alan Richards decided to go as lightweight as possible, with as little rolling resistance as possible, and thus came up with Read more