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‘Tis the season. That is, ’tis the season for awful B-grade (at best) horror flicks hazily recalled from staying up way too late watching basic cable. And if you think we’re talking “Christine” or “Maximum Overdrive” or that James Brolin flick “The Car,” you haven’t been watching Hemmings Sunday Cinema Read more
Super Performance 406-powered 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 XL for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Built in the Los Angeles and stayed in CA 40+ years until it was purchased by a gentleman in MI. It remained im MI for about ten years before I purchased it and brought Read more
What’s the likelihood of running across your first car? If it’s something as durable and as distinctive as Steve Rall’s 1949 Packard, probably not that low. The Lincoln Journal-Star tells the story of Rall and his Packard and the journeys each took to their recent reunion. * Over on the Read more
Photos via PhotOhio.org. In late 1985, probably more people talked about the De Lorean DMC-12 than at any other time in the car’s history. Its namesake had the year before beat the cocaine trafficking charges against him, the press followed his every move, and there was that one movie that Read more
1973 Ford Maverick with the optional 250-cu.in. inline six for sale. From the seller’s description: 1973 Ford Maverick in excellent original condition, and in perfect driving condition. I have purchased the car from a Dealer in Indiana, who bought it from the original owner in Nevada. The dealer never drove Read more
Screen grabs from ClassicsAndExotics.com. From homes, to boats, to garage space, the “sharing economy” is opening opportunities for renters and rentees in a variety of markets. Add classic and exotic cars to the list, as Classics&Exotics Inc., based in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, aims to pair car owners with pre-qualified drivers, Read more
Photos courtesy Gavin in the UK. Continuing our effort to document the old cars of Cuba as they are now, before the country embraces modernization and before the cars themselves break down one last time, we have a collection of photos sent in by Gavin Upstill, known to our commenting Read more
Photos by Daniel Strohl. Editor’s note: This piece includes excerpts from a story that appeared in the December 2012 issue of Hemmings Motor News. In the mid-1960s, Chevrolet’s full-size offerings were the brand’s mainstay, selling over 1.57 million examples in 1964 alone. A redesign for 1965 was a big roll Read more
Photo by Steve Reyes. Though it’s been 40 years since “Jungle Jim” Liberman died, the impression he left on the sport of drag racing – particularly among funny car fans – through his incessant touring, his stagecraft, and his attention-grabbing cars remains today, which likely accounts for Liberman’s 1973 Vega Read more
Photos by Bruno Costers. Two years after shifting its focus to attract younger visitors, the world’s largest Ford museum – the Den Hartogh in the Netherlands – has failed to attract a new executive director and has announced that it will close in another month or so. According to a Read more