Hemmings Auto Blog

We car guys can easily pinpoint the first automobile ever built, right? How about the first motorcycle? Bonhams will be auctioning what they describe as the first motorcycle built – an 1895 Hildebrand and Wolfmuller at the International Classic MotorCycle Show in Staffordshire in April. Interestingly, their pre-auction estimate is Read more

More sub-$10k two-doors, you say? Sure. How about this 1968 Pontiac Grand Prix, offered for $5,999 out of Appleton, Wisconsin? From the seller’s description: Solid car with power windows, hidden Headlights & air conditioning. Neat old car that runs good with Awesome interior. Body needs a little work but the Read more

It’s amazing what one can find in a box, especially when it has not been opened for three or more years. Over the weekend, I was on a mission to find some items that I needed to finally complete a project. Having a rough idea as to their exact location, Read more

Turning our attention back to Barrett-Jackson and Russo and Steele, not only are they competing this year on the huge-by-big Blastolene front, but they will also compete on the itty-by-bitty Crosley front. Some would argue that all Crosleys are clown cars of some sort, but Russo and Steele will offer Read more

Why, make it into a convertible, slice it in two, and start customizing it, that’s what! John de Bruin, who hails from just north of us in Mount Tabor, Vermont, is a serious DAF nut. He heads the DAF Club of America and is the one who brings up those Read more

After yesterday’s HFOD, I decided to go looking for an under-$10k two-door on Hemmings.com, just to prove to myself that they do exist, and quickly stumbled upon this one, a 1983 Chrysler Town and Country convertible that looks to be in great shape out in Palm Springs, California. From the Read more

While Barrett-Jackson and Russo and Steele may compete for the big headlines in Scottsdale every year, plenty of other auctions will offer quality cars in Arizona this year. Take, for instance, the 1937 Kurtis-built Tommy Lee speedster, to cross the block at Gooding. The spiritual predecessor of the 1939 Kurtis Read more

Them boys over at Hooniverse uncovered a stumper recently. Out at some abandoned mine in Arizona, they came across a V-8 engine still in its chassis that’s been repurposed to run an air compressor. Not unusual in itself, but they’ve had a devil of a time trying to identify the Read more

Rover was big on safety back in the 1960s. So big, in fact, that they ran full-page advertisements urging folks to buckle up, with the picture of the car secondary. (It might help to understand the photo if you remember that Cleopatra, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, had won Read more

There was a time when any 440-powered four-door would have been a parts car, regardless of the shape it was in. Nowadays? Cars like this 1966 Chrysler 300 are being sold as a whole, running, special-interest car. Are four-doors really becoming more desirable, or are regular folks just priced out Read more