Hemmings Auto Blog

Are Winnebagos collectible? Old camp trailers certainly are, and there’s no denying the iconography of the Winnebago, so the elements are there. But judging from the $2,995 asking price of this 1972 Brave currently for sale on Hemmings.com, and the fact that the only place you see Winnebagos at collector Read more

If I think of V-4s at all, it’s in connection with Saab. But they didn’t originate it, not by a long shot. I’ve managed to trace it back a ways, but kind of run out of leads after a certain point. So this little puzzler is in two parts: First, Read more

Our friend Gene Herman has quite the memory, so when he spotted the Sentinel steam truck in a recent Four-Links, he immediately recalled his sighting of another Sentinel several years back, here on U.S. soil. Gene writes: Back in the early 90’s, one did not have to travel across the Read more

In case you have not heard by now, Russo & Steele has officially re-opened this morning with a revised auction docket for today and tomorrow. As Terry and I head back to our Vermont office, Jeff Koch will continue with coverage of Russo. We’ll have auction coverage from all five Read more

Unless you’re an absolute newbie to the old car hobby (in which case, welcome!), you’ve by now surely seen some sort of mention of the 1913 Bi-Autogo, the two-wheeled “automobile” that James Scripps-Booth built. But you probably haven’t read an account of the vehicle quite like the one that his Read more

If you’ve been keeping an eye on the weather out here in Scottsdale, Arizona, then you might have heard that yesterday (Friday) was a significantly better day than Thursday. The showers and thunderstorms that we forecast for the area seemed to miss the Scottsdale area until early evening just at Read more

*After digging up the patents and some extra information to go along with that Armstead Snow Motors video that always makes the car-guy rounds ever winter, we started keeping an eye out for more, perhaps evidence of the existence of one of these sleds, and we found it over at Read more

Remember, when Edsel Ford first conceptualized the Lincoln Continental, he intended for it to have a folding top. So in that sense, Phil Brown’s interpretation of the Continental is true to the original vision. He sent us these photos of his 1974 Mark IV.  Phil says he rescued this Mark Read more

Some blogs out there like to talk about the good ol’ days of racing. Some like to post photos and videos of historic races, attempting to take writer and reader alike back in time, with the racing experience filtered through multiple re-tellings. That’s okay, but Gary Grant’s The Garage Blog Read more

Can it be a Fortress of Solitude if it doesn’t have giant crystal formations and a statue of Jor-El? Well, that’s how the seller of this 10-car garage with country home currently for sale on Hemmings.com describes it: 10-Car Fortress of Solitude + Country Home for Her. GARAGE/WORKSHOP/rebuilt 4500 sq Read more