Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
I was grateful this morning because it was nearly 20 degrees when I stepped outside, so I didn’t have to scrape the car off or steer with one hand while using the other to hold the door shut because the latch was frozen. The other night, I saw a TV Read more
Didja dig TA’s recent post on the annual C- and D-Type Tour? Then you’ll probably also dig one of the more recent cars to show up on Hemmings.com, an LR D-Type replica, built in 2006. From the seller’s description: The LR D-type chassis was developed some years ago benefiting from Read more
Since I’ve started asking for your family album photos that feature cars, I’ve promised to show some of my own family’s car photos, and I finally had the chance to dig through the family albums over Christmas weekend when Heather and I went to visit my folks. While doing so, Read more
the white and two-tone blue plates are still going away. get used to it New York, because they are coming anyway. The latest news from Albany is that the mandatory new license plate program is now a dead issue, however, the new plate design is not. Governor Paterson has indicated Read more
When we posted the photos of the former Packard dealership in Bridgeport, Connecticut, a couple weeks ago, we had no clue we’d end up finding a motherlode of Packard dealership information at PackardInfo.com, but that’s precisely what happened (thanks, Len!). With that inspiration, we not only went back to more Read more
Hemmings Sports and Exotic Car readers might recognize one of the latest vehicles to pop up for sale on Hemmings.com: the Hoyt Special, an F-Mod racer built on a custom tube frame using parts from a 1961 Volvo 544. It appeared in Lost and Found in the July 2009 issue Read more
It’s been another banner year for the Hemmings blog. We recently published our 3,000th post, traffic’s increasing, and we’re still having fun writing the posts and connecting with readers. And of course, we can’t help but be curious as to which posts contributed to this banner year, so we’re going Read more
And so begins a hilarious press release describing the “all-new” ‘83 Isuzu Impulse, back from the days when Isuzu built and sold its own passenger cars in this country, and conveniently skipping over the notion that the Impulse has T-Car (Chevette) guts. Good times, good times. Another one rescued from Read more
Can you tell we’re having an end-of-the-year inbox cleanout? I usually find room for the annual fall show at the antebellum mansion in Newport News, Virginia, but this year the news pages in the magazine were just too full. That didn’t stop Colin Romanick, the city employee and Sports & Read more