Richard Douglas with sons Lloyd (L), Asa (C) and Zeb (R). Photos by author. Richard Douglas is a big fan of our $5,000 Challenge series, as it drives home the message that one doesn’t need to be weal...
The 5.0 Mustang launched a performance subculture in the 1980s spawning magazines, specialty businesses, events, references in Vanilla Ice songs, etc. The Mustang was cheap, fast and begged to be mod...
Images via MotorCities National Heritage Area, Walter P. Reuther Library. Plans for what will be Detroit’s newest park call for plenty of trees and gardens, walkways and reflection pools, even a kaya...
More than 300 invited guests and members view 33 genuine Indy cars from 9 different decades – a full field under one roof – celebrating the 100th running of the 500. Photos by Don Homuth. Editor’s No...
Photos by the author What could be more apt than criss-crossing the country in a motor home from the same company that sent hundreds of Conestoga wagons down the Oregon Trail? Believe it or not, this...
1994 Jaguar XJ220. Photos by Karissa Hosek, courtesy Auctions America, unless otherwise noted. With a Nurburging Nordschliefe lap of 7:46.36 and a 213 MPH top speed, it was once the fastest productio...
Photos courtesy Bonhams. The choice of the van was intentional. The pseudononymous street artist Banksy has claimed many a run-in with the police and made authoritarianism a common motif in his artwo...
Photography by the author. My son recently found a vintage cassette called Cruisin’ Classics Volume II 70’s & 80’s, which was offered by Shell. Knowing that I’m always looking for automotive-related ...
Photos by author. Back in the late 1970s and early ’80s Motorbooks International published a line of small hardcover books called the Osprey AutoHistory series. These compact books were 7 1/2 x 8 1/2...
Photo by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Dick Saunders likely didn’t care a lick about labels like Full Classic or particulars like which class he’d park with on the show field. Rather, he p...
In the early 1970s, Chrysler had a significant share of the law enforcement market, thanks to offerings like the Plymouth Fury, the Dodge Polara, the Dodge Cornet and the Plymouth Belvedere/Satellite...
Oldsmobile’s 4-4-2 became a separate model on the all-new ’68 edition, rather than an option on the Cutlass. The base Sports Coupe carried a starting MSRP of $3,063, the hardtop Holiday Coupe started...
As appealing as full-size vintage wagons may be, their compact siblings are arguably a better choice for a weekend classic car. Big enough to haul the groceries, the dog, and a few passengers, they’r...
Photo via Roy Lunn Archives, Car Guy Chronicles. To different groups of car enthusiasts, Roy Lunn represents vastly different accomplishments. There are Ford’s GT40 wins at Le Mans, for which he’s pe...
Sportsmen Division veterans Bill & Carolyn Croker, in their 1936 Packard 120B Coupe, are welcomed to the day’s finish line in Rapid City, South Dakota. Six days in the books, three to go, and the rac...
Photos courtesy Reg Uren While Cobra Jet Torinos and Shelby Mustangs may get all the glory these days, the early Ford Falcons (alongside the Chevrolet Corvair and Chrysler’s Valiant) were also consid...
As part of the U.S. press introduction of the Triumph Herald in 1960, a factory Herald Build Team assembled a coupe from its components as the writers looked on. Mike Cook, who was a part of the team...
The MG EX224 prototype roadster. Photos courtesy Bonhams. MG’s beloved MGB roadster remained in production from 1962 through 1980, but in 1964, an ambitious plan was launched to replace both the MGB ...
Cousins Jody Knowles and Beth Gentry cross the Cheyenne, Wyoming, finish line in fourth place in their 1932 Ford Cabriolet. Photo by author. Stage 5 of the 2016 Hemmings Motor News Great Race present...
My 1966 Corvair Corsa convertible, fresh from the paint shop. The extreme rear camber is caused by the missing engine, and the car barely fit in the trailer. Photos by author. Editor’s note: Last Aug...
Offloading the Corvette SS at the National Corvette Museum. Photo courtesy the National Corvette Museum. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is roughly 230 miles from the National Corvette Museum in Bowl...
1998 and 1999 Grand Champion Rex Gardner and grandson Kolton Hastert cross the finish line in Evanston in their 1962 Chevy Nova. Photo by author. Stage 4 of the Great Race came to a close at the hist...
The McLaren M8D at speed. Photo courtesy McLaren Automotive Limited. McLaren might be a small company as compared to the giants of the auto industry, but when it comes to success on the track, few ca...
Jonathan Klinger & Davin Reckow arrive in Elko, Nevada, in their 1917 “Green Dragon” Peerless at the end of stage three. Photo by author. Stage Two: Old Sacramento, California to Reno, Nevada Stage T...
If ever there was an era of false advertising claims, the 1950s had to be it. It seemed as if you could have said – and claimed – anything about the thingamajig you made and market it as such. Not on...