Mickey Himsl-built 1926 Ford Model T-based hot rod for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: The legendary “Moonshiner” was the result of a 4-year build by hot rod legend Mickey Himsl....
Curtiss-bodied 1927 Rolls-Royce for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Ordered by the Rockafellar family and delivered to New York without Body. Bought by Family friend Alan Beamis ...
Henry Ford, undoubtedly, helped to shape the automobile industry and the peoplescape of southeast Michigan with his offer of a $5 per day wage in 1914. It more than doubled the existing wages and led...
From the seller’s description: 1927 Ford Model T In a showroom with original, correct, straight standing, never waiver from the norm typical Model T or Model A there’s a statement to be heard from on...
Former movie set generator toter 1925 Fageol six-ton truck for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 6 ton truck with GE brand AC-DC converter. Used on movie sets in the 1920’s 30’s an...
Stripped to bare metal, the REO awaits final refinishing at Reflections Auto Restoration in Belchertown, Massachusetts. Photography by author. One cold Saturday this past February, I traveled to Belc...
1925 Bugatti Type 35A, chassis 4631. Photos courtesy Worldwide Auctioneers. Introduced in 1924, the Bugatti Type 35 was the French automaker’s most successful competition model, amassing more than 1,...
Wilcox Mill in Plymouth, Michigan. Photo by Dwight Burdette. Neither looks like they’d have much to do with automotive manufacturing or even the so-called arsenal of democracy, but a pair of building...
Homebuilt 1923 Ford Model T track roadster for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Custom built with several engineering enhancements in mind, this roadster is superior to any pre-fa...
Once again, a colorful autumn has descended on the Northeast. While some here dread the inevitable arrival of winter, with its frigid temperatures and potentially ample snow, others see opportunity i...
Photos courtesy Beaulieu National Motor Museum. Like many a children’s tale going back to the Brothers Grimm, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang might initially come across as airy, innocent, and fantastical — ...
Our recent story on the dubious legend of how Germany got its silver auto racing color got us looking for original source materials to see if we could establish timelines for not just Germany’s natio...
Rajo-headed 1923 Ford Model T for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Exterior A dual cockpit with mahogany framing and mahogany veneer panels make up the rear two thirds of this veh...
Hot-rodded 1926 Ford Model T coupe for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Car was beautifully built and shown on the East Coast for many years. Four brand new Coker wide whites on R...
Stoughton-bodied 1920 Chevrolet 14-passenger bus for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This vehicle mostly likely saw service in Pennsylvania ferrying passengers to and from the Fo...
Sixties-built 1929 Ford Model A hot rod for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Built between 1960-1965 for street and strip racing, from a rust free, genuine Henry Ford Tudor Sedan ...
Photos courtesy The Henry Ford. Floodwaters from the Mississippi River lapped up to the edges of the old Ford plant outside of New Orleans in the days after Hurricane Katrina and filled it with two f...
Testbed recreation 1929 Packard 626 speedster for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This is a faithful recreation of the Packard Motor Car Company’s factory rolling engineering tes...
Photo courtesy Doug Partington. Of all the reasons one might have for building a race car – besides, you know, to go fast and race – Australians Geoff and Roy Wikner perhaps had the most oblique: The...
Images courtesy Long Beach Autorama, Jim Lattin. Like many racers in pursuit of the land-speed record, Frank Lockhart had talent, nerves of steel, and boundless determination. Also like many racers i...
Cut-down 1927 Ford Model T lakes modified for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: One of a kind real Henry steel body (cut-down touring car) with custom valences over custom powder c...
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CPRR tunnels number 6 (foreground), 7, and 8, with the 1914 re-routing of the Lincoln Highway to their left. Photos by Trey Pitsenberger, except where noted. While the threat of having your fellow tr...
Photos courtesy The Henry Ford. One of Henry Ford’s odder inventions—and one that certainly challenges the notion he only ever wanted to build Model Ts into perpetuity—will get its moment in the spot...