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Walter P. Chrysler Museum. Image courtesy FCA. Those hoping to visit the Walter P. Chrysler Museum, located on the automaker’s Auburn Hills campus, have a very narrow window to do so. Late Thursday, the automaker announced that December 18, 2016, would be the last date the Michigan museum is open Read more
Date: circa 1960 Location: probably Custer Street, Custer, South Dakota Source: via The Old Motor and Jim and Chester’s Garage What do you see here?
Restored 1956 International Metro delivery van. From the seller’s description: Original California van that was 99 percent rust free at start of restoration in 2012 and completed in 2016. Rare automatic transmission. Van was found sitting in a warehouse for 35 years in Santa Ana California where I purchased it Read more
The flag drops and the hammer’s down at The Race of Gentlemen on Pismo Beach. Photo by Jeff Koch. It rained at Woodstock in 1969. More than 400,000 people showed up and made the best of it despite the mud, and it went down as a pivotal event in music Read more
Tom Cotter’s Cunningham C-3 coupe, featued in the upcoming exhibit, at the 2016 Grand Ascent hillclimb. Photo courtesy of Tom Cotter. Say the word “hybrid” in conversation, and most will envision a modern fuel-efficient automobile powered by both gasoline and electricity. The word has more than a singular definition, however, Read more
Usually, but not always, there’s a theme that holds each installment of the $5,000 challenge together. It may be cars that need assembly, or unusual finds, or cars from a particular decade, or it may even be cars that span an unusually broad stretch of time. This time, however, there Read more
Photos by Daniel Strohl. Editor’s note: This piece includes excerpts from a story that appeared in the March 2014 issue of Hemmings Motor News. Technically speaking, the Plymouth Barracuda was the first “pony car” to market, beating the Ford Mustang to dealer showrooms by about two weeks. Despite this narrowest Read more
Date: dunno Location: dunno Source: Stiffspeed on Tumblr Besides the super-size train, what do you see here?
From the seller’s description: Old world hand crafted luxury cars are somewhat a thing of the past, but fortunately there are good examples still left to enjoy. This 1989 Bentley Mulsanne S, a total of which 909 were built over a 4 year period, is a fantastic car to use Read more
Hemmings archive photo. Organizers of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance have postponed a class dedicated to the centennial of Lincoln that they had originally scheduled for next year, citing as a reason the number of cars that have already participated in Lincoln classes in recent years. “We decided it would Read more