Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
My request for old car photos from family albums continues to harvest great scenes of American life from throughout the past several decades. The latest batch comes from a variety of sources, starting with David Gofstein of Bridgeport, Connecticut, whose mother’s tootsies help frame the above shot of my moderately Read more
It’s not everyday you come across a 1970 Toronado GT for sale, especially not one that appears as nice and original as this one currently on Hemmings.com, for sale out of Jackson, Wyoming, with an asking price of $12,000. From the seller’s description: 1970 Oldsmobile Toronado, 68,000 miles, GT model, Read more
Back in early October, the annual Japanese Classic Car Show ran their annual event in Irvine, California. I’m told that it was a fabulous event, and these pics would seem to back this up. This year, I went on my own time … as a vendor, selling toy cars. I Read more
Couple real quick police blotter notes. The Tennessean has a story today on Chance Mayfield, whose 1965 Corvette was stolen in 1970 while he visited the Nashville honky-tonk bars. Chance is currently on his way to Arizona to pick up that Corvette, which was revealed as stolen during a routine Read more
Of all the old car-related locations we like to research, one of each type has entered our Inboxes in recent weeks, starting with the above Flying A Service station, sent in by James Kelly. He informs us it’s: A promotional photo of Jimmy Uyehara’s Flying A Service in Honolulu from Read more
In the mid-1920s, the air-cooled Franklin nearly adopted the look of the Duesenberg Model A, thanks in part to Franklin mega-dealer Ralph Hamlin. However, thanks to another man, J. Frank de Causse, the Franklin went along its own independent styling course from then on. Walter E. Gosden tells the tale Read more
* A couple interesting posts came up this week with vintage peeks inside the factories that produced some exotic cars. First, over at the Chicane, Harlo uncovered several photos from the Porsche factory, circa 1972. Second, David over at the Vintage Sports Car Review assembled photos from inside the Jaguar, Read more
One last TV/movie car reference for this week. Spotted this at Hershey earlier this year, Red Field, behind the stadium, sans price. How exactly did that Bridge Stunt Jump work?
After first coming across the Russo and Steele listing on Hemmings.com of this 1987 Modena Design Ferrari California Spyder, we thought we could add to what TA had already mentioned the other day regarding the Ferris Bueller replica Ferraris. Alas, as TA points out, the movie came out in 1986, Read more
Note: I write up driving impressions of virtually every car I photograph, within a couple of days of the drive, so everything is fresh in my memory. Occasionally, because of the constraints of format (ie, buyers’ guide) the prepared text doesn’t run. Now, thanks to the joys of the blogosphere, Read more