1967 Ford GT40 Mk IV, chassis J-12. Photos by Mathieu Heurtault, copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company. Originally dubbed the J-Car, in reference to the FIA’s Appendix J regulations under which...
Photography by Richard Lentinello, and courtesy of the Morgan Motor Company. 2018 marks the half-century mark for British automaker Morgan’s traditionally most-powerful model, the eight-cylinder Plus...
You can’t beat the old Sears catalogs as reference material. Photos by the author. One of the neatest references for everyday-material culture of the past is a Sears, Roebuck and Company Catalog. Sea...
The car many of us think of when we picture a Mercedes-Benz Stroke 8: a yellow, diesel-powered 240D (of the W115 range). This one is a 1974 with the five-cylinder 3-liter engine. Photos courtesy of D...
The 1990 Acura NSX debuts at the 1989 Chicago Auto Show. Photo courtesy Honda Motor Company, Ltd.; ad photography courtesy the author’s collection. For decades, Japanese cars were about simple reliab...
Previously forbidden fruit for U.S. buyers: a 1986 Toyota BJ71 Land Cruiser . From the seller’s description: 1986 Toyota Land Cruiser BJ71 – rare car – never produced in the United States. Toyota 13B...
1967 Shelby 427 Cobra. Photos by Mathieu Heurtault, copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company, unless otherwise noted. In 1991, a South North Carolina sports car enthusiast parked five cars – inclu...
The continuation D-type engineering prototype. Photos courtesy Jaguar Land Rover. Introduced in 1954, Jaguar’s D-type was a revolutionary sports racer built with one primary goal in mind: victory in ...
Restored 1964 Ford Thunderbird convertible for sale. From the seller’s description: Got a little carried away with this one. Have over 40,000 into it and know I’ll take a licking. Everything was eith...
Kraftwerk’s Autobahn cover. Photo of author’s copy. Music and the automobile have always seemed to thrive together, back to the days when “In My Merry Oldsmobile” was a hit on the Tinpan Alley circui...
Photos courtesy FCA Media. Most histories depict Chrysler’s purchase of AMC as one done merely to gain the Jeep name and discard everything else, yet the former gained far more than a brand from the ...
The Race of Gentlemen is all about old cars and motorcycles in motion. Images by the Hemmings staff except as noted. The Race of Gentlemen is a dynamic event. Not only is it all about hopped-up cars ...
A pair of cruddy Vans and a vintage “Traction By Hurst” T-shirt graphic, along with a mocked-up rolled pan-slash-air scoop: a modern-day hot rod still life. All photos by the author, unless otherwise...
Senna, driving chassis 6 at Monaco in 1993. Photos courtesy Bonhams. On paper, 1993 looked to be a challenging year for the McLaren F1 team. Rival – and 1992 constructor’s champion – Williams-Renault...
Photos via Mitch Vickers. Typically, you buy the car first, then the license plate. In Australia, where number plates can be bought and sold separate from a car, one collector of Holden’s luxury mode...
From the seller’s description: This 1970 Lotus Europa S2 has a 1,565-cc 4-cylinder engine with 4-speed manual transmission, tires and Panasport wheels. Runs and drives very nicely. The beautiful hand...
The limited-production 2018 Land Rover Defender Works V8. Photos courtesy Jaguar Land Rover. In January 2016, the last Land Rover Defender ever built rolled off the production line at the automaker’s...
What is it that prompts automotive attraction? Why do some of us favor small cars over large cars, or station wagons over coupes, or four-doors over two? Is it genetics? Is it our experience early in...
Through the years, hundreds of coffee table books have honored the sporting marques of twentieth-century Great Britain. Until now, not one of those has brought together the roster of talent we find b...
More than two years after two of the five WyoTech campuses closed without warning, the non-profit running the remaining three has confirmed it will shutter them as well, in a process that an independ...
A Citroën SM pickup, towing a Citroën SM-suspension trailer, holding a Citroën SM Bonneville record holder. Photos courtesy Mullin Museum. The path to Bonneville’s 200 MPH Club typically doesn’t invo...
From the seller’s description: 1956 Ford Victoria, Altered wheel base, Gasser built in the 60’s. Alum. headed FE, tri power, Muther Humper hyd cam, Shelby T/10 4sd with gear venders elect overdrive, ...
This just sums up everything good about the Turlock Swap Meet: @clydeathan doing the boxer’s championship belt hoist with his 2nd-gen Firebird nose–a great score and evidence of a day well-spent. Pho...
From the seller’s description: I am selling my 1956 Ward LaFrance fully operational Fire Truck . All lights, sirens, bells, brake lights, running lights, pump, and gauges function. Tires are mint, th...
Photos by Joe Wiecha, courtesy Artcurial. They chased him off once, but Pinin Farina had spent the last several months working hard on an appropriately over-the-top response to the decision by the or...