Studebaker National Museum. Photo by Derek Jensen. In the spirit of the Smithsonian family of museums, Smithsonian Magazine has organized a day this weekend for museums to throw open their doors for ...
All photos are frame grabs from video below. Hey! You out there: Watch this one last video, then get off the couch, turn off this contraption and go make something of yourself. And comb your hair, wi...
Images are from the Hemmings Motor News brochure collection Everybody has to start somewhere. And although the Honda Motor Company ‘s first four-wheeled products were the brilliantly designed S(port)...
One final photo from the Bill Schlaudt collection, shared with us by Bill’s son Louis. Like the Chicago photos, this one dates to 1960, but it shows a much different scene in Kilgore, one full of oil...
Explain this: a 1980 Ford Fiesta for sale on Hemmings.com looking about as clean as the day it left the showroom. Alien abductee returned to earth? Wormhole highway? Giant Tupperware container? Or we...
Mississippi locomotive. Photos courtesy Bonhams. Each October, Bonhams conducts a sale in conjunction with the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum in Philadelphia. It’s an auction that exists solely...
Images courtesy Early Ford V-8 Foundation. With the Early Ford V-8 Foundation set to inherit about 60 vehicles from donors and members – and with enough space in the foundation’s museum for maybe fou...
Heidi Hetzer’s 1930 Hudson Great Eight “Hudo” at the Hemmings gas station. Photos by Crystal Conwill. Heidi Hetzer is already famous in her native Germany for her automotive exploits, and as reported...
Hot Rods Forever stamps. Above image courtesy USPS. Images below from author’s collection. If you’re car crazy like me then you’ll collect anything and everything that has an image of an old car on i...
Louis Schlaudt informs us that this photo of his father’s, taken in 1955, depicts the Western Hills Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas. Finding out exactly where the hotel stood is a little difficult – postc...
Like plenty of Crosleys that come up for sale these days, this 1951 Crosley Super Sports roadster for sale on Hemmings.com needs work. Unlike most of them, however, this one is no mere basket case, r...
The 1932 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 spider and 1934 Pierce-Arrow 840A share the stage at Radnor Hunt. Photos courtesy Radnor Hunt Concours d’Elegance. Each September, Radnor Hunt, a Malvern, Pennsylvania est...
The Aston Martin Works in Newport Pagnell, England. Photo courtesy Aston Martin. As vintage Aston Martin sports and racing cars continue to climb in value, verifying the heritage and history of signi...
Peter Brock. Photo by Curt Scott. Given his remarkable achievements in the automotive and racing world, Peter Brock is a man who should need little introduction to anyone passionate about automobiles...
Yes, the original electrical system on this 1953 Chevrolet 3800 utility truck for sale on Hemmings.com has been switched over to 12-volt. But the rest of the truck – including its signature feature, ...
Those six Shelby Cobra Daytonas that gathered at Goodwood’s Revival last weekend looked good on the track, as we can see from a couple videos Goodwood itself posted. * In the most recent episode of J...
The Toyota FJ40 series of Land Cruisers have long been renowned for their go-anywhere capabilities. Fueled by a wave of nostalgia, prices for restored examples briefly soared into the stratosphere la...
* It’s hard to find a new book about Detroit today that doesn’t dwell on the downfall of the city’s auto industry, but as a recent New York Times book review noted, David Maraniss’s “ Once in a Great...
Photos by author. I enjoy finding vintage tools because they can serve multiple purposes. In many instances, they look great as display pieces, but they can also be as useful (and sometimes cheaper y...
Yesterday’s carspotting photo wasn’t the only one Bill Schlaudt took in Chicago. Here we see two more, the first also taken from the steps of the Field Museum, though looking a little more to the nor...
Give GM credit for recognizing the threat posed by imported luxury sedans more than four decades ago — when Lexus and Infiniti weren’t even gleams in their makers’ eyes. The Seville, launched in May ...
Photos courtesy Bonhams. Overhead camshafts and hemispherical cylinder heads might have become commonplace engine attributes over the years, but rotary valves and integrated supercharging remain radi...
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Photo by Bob Heathcote. Citing both information gathered during its 90-day due diligence process and a claimed lack of cooperation from the Sports Car Racing Association of...
The AACA Museum is hosting its 6 th Annual Matchbox Collector’s show on September 27. Photo courtesy AACA Museum. Matchbox cars have been pleasing kids of all ages since they were introduced in the e...
The 2014 Muscle Machine of the Year – Tom Guarr’s 1970 AMC Rebel Machine. Photo by Barry Kluczyk. It wasn’t long after launching Hemmings Muscle Machines magazine that the staff decided to begin nami...