From the seller’s description: 1953 Packard 300 convertible restored -“Lucy”- Mechanically excellent. This is the way you want to buy an old Packard: let the current owner sink serious $money$ and ti...
Photo by CleftClips. One would think the fluorescent orange signs would do the trick. Or perhaps the flashing LED lights mounted to those signs. But the Southern California Timing Association has dec...
Bud Moore at the Motor Trend 500, 1967. Images courtesy Ford Motorsports. Legendary crew chief, team owner, and 2011 inductee into the NASCAR Hall of Fame Walter Maynard “Bud” Moore Jr. has died. Moo...
Santa brought the writer a 1923 Ford touring car body, which has been dubbed “Tilly,” thanks to the original plan to use a pair of Tillotson down-draft carburetors on the engine. The Tillotsons are n...
Restored 1951 Henry J Deluxe for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Reaction to this 1951 Henry J Deluxe Coupe is usually curiosity and delight, given its unique appearance and styl...
Dick Landy’s 1965 Dodge Hemi Coronet AFX Dragster. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. The 12 B-bodies rolled out by Chrysler in late 1964 for Factory Experimental drag racing didn’t look quite right, es...
Mitsubishi’s Re-Model A, built by West Coast Customs. Photos courtesy Mitsubishi Motors. In 1917, the Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Company of Kobe, Japan, introduced its first automobile, the Model A limo...
1992 Nissan NX Coupe, sold here as the NX2000. Photos courtesy Nissan Corporation. When I moved back to civilization after two hateful and poorly spent years in South Bend, Indiana, I left a piece of...
From the seller’s description: 1981 Pontiac Turbo Trans Am 4.9L WS6 with T-Tops and 4 wheel disk brakes. 1981 was the final year of the second generation body style made famous in the “Smokey a new b...
Photo by JGBMLG. In the years after Fisher Body removed all Fleetwood body production from that company’s original home in Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, to Detroit, residents of the small town reportedly ...
From the seller’s description: 1991 Mercedes-Benz 190E 2.6, This is a very very original car, one owner, low documented mileage ,super clean car,never been driven in snow or winter,always garaged in ...
Photos graciously provided by rally photographer, Eugenio Robleda of One way Books. Supplemented by the author. For decades, Pedro Vargas has dreamed of bringing a true Mexican road rally to the Baja...
Dusty but not rusty 1974 AMC Gremlin for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: “Barn Find” 1974 AMC Gremlin. Believed to be 80 percent original Orange paint and tan interior, with unde...
Less common than they once were, concept cars have traditionally been developed by automakers to judge public reaction to possible new models or new technologies. Here, Mac’s Motor City Garage looks ...
Photos by Jeff Koch. It’s always been this way between fathers and sons. They long for quality time together, be it tossing a football back and forth, building a model railroad, or in this case, rest...
Photos by author. It used to be that if you decided that your motoring passion could only be assuaged by an Italian car, you went in one of two directions. Depending on the era, you might choose a re...
Photos by Richard Lentinello. Rarely do you see any prewar Chryslers at car shows today. Lots of Fords, of course, and some GM cars, a Nash or two, but not often any Chryslers. So, it was with great ...
Restoration photos courtesy of Eric Zaharchuk and James Peacock; current photos by Terry Shea. What if Muscle Car Era Version 1.0 had continued into the mid-to-late 1970s and, along with it, Dodge an...
Some thoughtful modifications make this 1965 Austin-Healey Sprite Mk III more fun in every way. Photos by author. The British Motor Corporation would have had to have been mad to have offered a car l...
Rare doesn’t always equate to valuable, as this 1963 Impala SS convertible with a straight-six engine proves. Photos by author. Yes, you read that correctly. This Impala SS convertible is powered by ...
1976 Oldsmobile 98 – could 18 mpg be possible, even without a tailwind? Photo by author. Installing overdrive transmissions into older cars is in vogue right now. And why not? After two decades on ou...
Date: circa 1990 Location: 195 North Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, California Source: Historic American Engineering Record, via Library of Congress What do you see here?