Hemmings Auto Blog

Here’s what remains of what should be at least a moderately recognizable car, at least, it might be if there were more left. The new owner says the chassis (long gone) began its life in a car that ran at Le Mans in 1939, then it was raced at Indy Read more

Our recent posts on used car dealerships that specialize in custom and special interest cars jarred loose a few photos and memories from the collection of Bob Gurr. Faithful blog readers might remember Bob as the designer of the Australian Woodill Wildfire, but Bob is more widely known as a Read more

The whole automotive blogosphere seems to be holding its breath today, not sure whether to continue mourning for the death of Saab or to believe that Spyker’s 11th-hour offer is genuine. So we’re gonna exploit the situation by digging through the Hemmings.com classifieds to find the so-neatest Saab there, a Read more

A few months back, the inimitable Terry Larson helped me put together a story on his Jaguar C-type, XKC 017, but there was far more material, current and historical than we could ever use. One of the really great things about Terry is that he drives the bejeesus out of Read more

Apropos to the massive amounts of snowfall over the weekend along the East Coast, we bring you a few links today. First, to the circa 1926 photo of a Model T snowmobile above, which TA spotted among the National Postal Museum’s collection on Flickr. An unidentified rural letter carrier poses Read more

What’s amazing about automotive history is that in the first half of the 20th Century, when gazillions of backyard tinkerers thought they could be the next Henry Ford, there were automotive factories scattered all over the country, in just about every town that had an enterprising blacksmith. Thus, automotive history Read more

In October 1980, the first wave of muscle car madness was still several years away, but the memory of those cars remained fresh in the minds of enthusiasts, who bemoaned what had come out of Detroit the prior several years. Jerry Heasley was one of those enthusiasts and spent some Read more

* In our recent SIA Flashback on four-wheel-drive autos, there was a brief mention of the Ferguson four-wheel-drive Mustangs. Commenter rupewrecht uncovered a link to a German Mustang club’s website with more information, and Han Solex over at Hooniverse picked up on the meme a day later, with a couple Read more

The Hemmings Christmas party is this afternoon, but even while we’re makin’ festive, you can still browse through the Hemmings.com classifieds and dream. Dream, for example, of this 1947 Alfa Romeo 6C2500 currently for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Well known in the Alfa circles and listed in Read more

No, it’s not the preferred mode of travel – especially not since new cars like the Toyota Yaris, with foot-long Quizno’s pricing, came along – but seeing America from a Greyhound seat is part of the American … dare we say it, landscape. We like the way that Robert Gabrick Read more