Excerpts taken from world famous ‘Hemmings Auto Blog’
Map images courtesy of The Great Race. At the conclusion of the 2016 Hemmings Motor News Great Race presented by Hagerty, Great Race and Coker Tire Company owner Corky Coker announced that the 2017 event – the country’s premier time/distance vintage car rally – would travel along the historic Dixie Highway; Read more
First, second, and third-generation Mazda Miatas. Photo courtesy Mazda USA. It happened again today. After two days of harping by a reader on the Mazda Miata’s “blandness,” I felt compelled to chime in, speaking in defense of “the finest British roadster to ever come out of Hiroshima, Japan,” in the Read more
Mercury’s 1956 XM Turnpike Cruiser concept. Images courtesy The Old Car Manual Project. In April of 1954, John Najjar, then head of Lincoln’s pre-production studios, sketched a series of five futuristic concept cars. While none of Najjar’s original designs would make it to the clay model phase, one of his Read more
Date: July 1973 Location: Sunnyvale, California Source: found photo via myBelAir62 on Tumblr What do you see here?
1963 Morris Minor delivery van for sale. From the seller’s description: Wallace and Gromit, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit immortalized these more-than-cute English delivery vans, theirs being an Austin, of course, but remarkably similar in its architecture to this delightful survivor 1963 Morris Minor van. Found languishing in front of Read more
1968 Pontiac Firebird 400 Ram Air II. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Arriving late to the pony car party, four-plus months behind the Chevrolet Camaro and the Mercury Cougar, Pontiac’s Firebird faced the potential of an identity crisis. To ensure that the Firebird remained memorable to performance-oriented consumers, Pontiac offered five Read more
1964 Ford Thunderbird, once part of Ford’s Magic Skyway at the New York World’s Fair. Photo by Mark Usciak, courtesy AACA Museum. The 1964-’65 New York World’s Fair presented Ford with a unique opportunity to market its wares to visitors from across the country and around the world. Enlisting the Read more
We spotted this promotional car in the parking lot while waiting to go out on the wet beach during The Race of Gentleman West. This 201-cubic-inch flat-six 1938 Plymouth is the ambassador vehicle representing the Black Cat Hell Drivers. They are the only operating new-car automobile stunt tour in North Read more
Bentley’s most recent apprentice class included 36 students, 19 in manufacturing and 17 in other business areas such as engineering, sales and marketing, purchasing and human resources. Photos courtesy of Bentley Motors. With most automakers, a manufacturing apprenticeship program involves learning the skills necessary to produce the latest products as Read more
Date: circa 1960s Location: 10 Broad Street, Riverton, New Jersey Source: RivertonHistory.com via Rod Hengst What do you see here?