Hemmings Auto Blog

Inspired by our mention of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang last month, our pal Gene Herman went through his collection of automobilia and scanned for us a 1967 Profile Publications article detailing the history of Count Louis Vorow Zborowski and the three aero-engined cars he built in the early 1920s called Read more

We introduced you earlier to Ron Pollock of Niles, Ohio, through his book on Sharon Speedway, and later, his image of the only Tucker 48 ever entered in a NASCAR Grand National race, at Canfield Speedway in Ohio. Ron has now authored his third book, “Small Cars, Brave Hearts,” a Read more

Digging through unused photos from this past year yielded not only the 1963 Walter we saw yesterday, but also this Model AA transit bus that made a quick stop here at Hemmings back in September on the way to a Model A show in New Hampshire. I’d actually seen it Read more

That’s right, kids. You’ve all been good boys and girls this year, so we’re giving away complimentary copies of the digital edition of the January issue of Hemmings Motor News. Never checked out our digital edition before? Now’s the perfect time to do so. With the digital edition, you can Read more

After a few years in this hobby, you realize DeLoreans are like Amphicars, in that every auction and every American car collection requires one or the other – or both – along with a cardboard cutout of Marilyn Monroe/James Dean/Elvis Presley, a Wurlitzer jukebox, and a pedal car of some Read more

As winter grips us ever tighter in its chilly grasp, now’s a good time to rummage through photos from the previous year and pluck out anything we might have overlooked. For example, back in September, I went over to Ballston Spa, New York, to see the ATHS truck show at Read more

All right, so the headline mixes expressions that were separated by a decade or so in realtime.  That’s OK, because we’ve got some real generational melding in the case of this book. Way out in coyote country, Wyoming resident Justin Kudolla has revived the old Trend Books pocket-stuffers with his Read more

(Image via CarType) Old car, new registration: now that I’ve moved to my new state, my red Dart GT ragtop now proudly wears license plates that read “Fratzog.” Those of us who know old cars know that a fratzog is a made-up name for the three arrowheads that form a Read more

My earliest wagon memories (personally speaking) actually go all the way back to my friend’s 1973 Pontiac Grand Safari. Devoid of real fake wood siding – for those who care not to be technical – it featured Valencia Gold paint with two rich, brown vinyl bench seats; memory fails to Read more

Billy Corgan had a Mustang? Yes, Billy Corgan appears to have had a Mustang. And Volo currently has it for sale on Hemmings.com for $38,998. Hey, it’s not like you can get a lock of hair from the guy now. From the seller’s description (parsed into non-Caps Lock): Smashing Pumpkins Read more