John Hill’s 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS 396. Photos by Jeff Koch. Like many of us, John Hill loves big-block Chevelles. But unlike many of us, he has discovered, purchased and restored to exacting stand...
Forbes this week ran an article discussing what happens when nobody wants your parents’ stuff, and though it doesn’t address collector cars, we know well that the old car hobby is a generational one,...
There are many reasons why automotive restoration projects don’t always succeed. Sometimes, the hobbyist finds himself over his (or her) head, and frustration overwhelms interest in finishing the car...
Moving the ’62 Corvette off the Skydome floor on February 9. Photos courtesy National Corvette Museum. In the three years since the February 12, 2014, sinkhole collapse of the Skydome floor at the Na...
Photo courtesy NHRA Motorsports Museum. While it only took three weeks for Chet Herbert and his crew to build the Beast IV, Herbert’s last and most successful streamliner, Dan Webb’s restoration of t...
Photo courtesy NHRA Motorsports Museum. While it only took three weeks for Chet Herbert and his crew to build the Beast IV, Herbert’s last and most successful streamliner, Dan Webb’s restoration of t...
Launched in 1970, Land Rover’s Range Rover SUV was designed with an ambitious goal in mind: to be as functional on-road as it was off-road. Early advertising referred to it as “a car for all reasons,...
“We should not teach them to be afraid,” Hermann Zapp said of the four kids he and his wife had while on a 17-year road trip around the world behind the wheel of a 1928 Graham-Paige. “We should teach...
The first Mercury Cougar. Still image from video below. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Lincoln-Mercury introducing the Cougar personal compact, and June’s edition of the Carlisle Ford Nation...
From the seller’s description: 1972 Chevy K5 Blazer 4X4 Black cherry merlot Blazer, Fresh paint, chrome, interior. Color looks black until in the sun, then can apprecate the cherry tone. Smooth runni...
Albert Guyot in the recently rediscovered Duesenberg 183 at the 1921 French Grand Prix. Public domain image. It was a most improbable victory, but in July 1921 Duesenberg became the first American au...
From the seller’s description: This is a 1972 Olds Cutlass Supreme with an original 4-bbl 350 V-8, factory four-speed M20 Muncie, air conditioning, power steering, power disc brakes, power windows, 1...
1963 Ford Thunderbird for sale. From the seller’s description: Are you looking for what is likely the best 1963 T-Bird in existence? This is a multiple award-winning and rust free Arizona car that ha...
Story and photos by Joe Essid. A year after buying my 1974 Buick, and half a year after getting it back on the road, the old Apollo wears not 50, but three shades of gray primer and still sports an i...
It’s said that a journey of 1,000 miles begins with the first step, and applying that same logic, a restoration of 1,000 parts begins with the removal of the first rusted fastener (or, perhaps, the s...
1932 BMW R11 motorcycle for sale. From the seller’s description: Since BMW first began to manufacture motorcycles after the Great War in 1924, their intent was to make a product that would sell for y...
Photo by Jannes Glas. While much of Route 66 remains in existence and in use, its decommissioning more than 30 years ago has left its fate largely to the various states through which the Mother Road ...
We found this 1957 Ford Ranchero in the auction listings for Mecum’s current Kissimmee sale: Jerry Miller of Jerry’s Classic Cars and Parts in Springdale, Arkansas, has been helping 1957-’59 Ford sta...
From the seller’s description: Unimog 421, 1969, convertible, short wheelbase, full equipment. New engine, OM616 / 2,4l, Large transmission (“H” / 26 speeds) with double clutch. Among other things, s...
The Ant Farm, the same art collective that installed the Cadillac Ranch, involved another Cadillac in their 1975 performance art piece, “Media Burn,” captured in the above photo by John Turner. Turne...
From the seller’s description: 1972 Camaro Z28, from it’s current owner and restorer… Time for this lovely car to get into the hands of someone who will use it and show it. It is too nice to just sit...
Work tables lined up next to the Corvair in the shop. Photos by author. Having decided to go all in with the Corvair, it seemed at first the restoration would be straightforward. Armed with proper pa...
1966 Mercury Comet Caliente convertible for sale. From the seller’s description: 289 2V V8, Cruise-o-matic transmission, 3.00:1 rear-end, new power top with glass rear window and new bench-seat inter...
Once again, ‘tis the season for short days, cold nights, and at least in the vicinity of Hemmings World Headquarters in Bennington, Vermont, snow. For those lucky enough to have heat in the workshop,...