Whenever we see images of Mel Stultz and Bobby Green’s “Frozen Few” vintage-motorcycle ice racing, we are reminded of the Swedish Winter Grand Prix (and wonder why we don’t get invited to race old ho...
From Curbside Classic comes the interesting tail of an old-car owner who put his or her neighborhood vandals street artists to work preserving a ’61 Rambler American. Apparently the unidentified owne...
1963 Darlington 500. Joe Weatherly (#8) in his Mercury leads Darel Dierenger (#26) in his Mercury. Photo courtesy Ford Motorsports History. A livestreamed talk on NASCAR history at Watkins Glen will ...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News, courtesy of Gregory S. Hahn While they’re nearly Toyota-ubiquitous today, Mercedes-Benz cars were still a rare and special sight on Ame...
The flag drops and the hammer’s down at The Race of Gentlemen on Pismo Beach. Photo by Jeff Koch. It rained at Woodstock in 1969. More than 400,000 people showed up and made the best of it despite th...
Don’t call it a rat rod! When a car guy or gal hears that term they think of something like the cars from Mad Max: Fury Road. A patina’d body is akin to the Japanese philosophy of sabi —the beauty th...
This 1927 Ford roadster came about because of a free, splash-oiled 216 Chevy. “Waste not, want not” sounds like it probably came from Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack, but it could very we...
Don’t let its black paint and full fenders fool you–this Ford Model T Runabout is far from stock. Photos by the author. Henry Ford advertised his Model T as “The Universal Car,” with the implication ...
Images courtesy of the author’s collection. Starting with the 1966 model year and continuing on into the early ’70s, a recurring magazine-ad motif for Ford’s personal-luxury Thunderbird centered on p...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News The “ Born from Jets ” tagline of the mid-2000s may have seemed fresh at the time -if a bit far-fetched for the then-GM subsidiary- but ...
Jack and Donna Bakewell with their 1962 Ford Galaxie 500. Photos by author. Jack Bakewell’s first new car was a 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 with a 390 beneath the hood, shifting through a four-speed transm...
Looking every bit like the snowpack in Antarctica, the salt crust at Bonneville this year is shaping up to be a raceable surface. Photo courtesy of SCTA. Well, there may just be a movie-style miracle...
A model poses with a 1960 GAZ 69 in a scene from the company’s calendar. Photos courtesy Arbalet Ukraine. Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, Alenka Miroshnyk earned a living as a fashion design...
1969 Ford Torino Talladega. Brochure images courtesy Old Car Manual Project. It was the Dodge Charger 500 that fired the first salvo in NASCAR’s “Aero Wars” of 1969 and 1970, but Ford wasted little t...
Participants in the garb of 1916-’22 gather at the Vista House in Crown Point, Oregon. Photos by Clayton Paddison Brass Era and Vintage Era cars along with a biplane and crowds of people in period dr...
Photography by author. Over the years, you’ve likely put a diligent effort into making your vintage vehicle look its best. If you’re sharing your pride and joy with someone via photos, keep in mind, ...
The Fiat 124 Sport Spider and the Alfa Romeo Spider, two Italian twin-cam beauties introduced 50 years ago this year, will be among the special classes at the 11th annual Hemmings Sports other import...
1950 Buick grille; image by the author. If 1949 was the year that put Buick at the forefront of elegant, modern, post-war design, then 1950 has to be the year that should have seen–if anything–mild f...
The Hannover plant in 1959. Photos courtesy Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles. On March 5, 1955, Volkswagen broke ground on a new factory in Hannover-Stoecken, Germany, and just over one year later, on ...
Dan Gurney driving a Shelby Cobra at Sebring in 1963. Photos courtesy Ford Motor Company. Today, Sebring International Raceway is best known for the 12-hour endurance race held each March, but in 194...
Photos by J. Daniel Beaudry If you began reading Hemmings in the 1950s or ’60s, there’s no doubt you’d recognize what car this interesting piece of sculpture represents. But as the hobby has shifted ...
Photos by Mark McCourt Collector: A person who accumulates a number of similar or related objects, particularly for a hobby or recreation. Curator: A person who manages, administers, or organizes a c...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News Despite an on-again, off-again production run that spanned decades, the Marcos GT remained truly unique in the sports car world. Here wa...
All art and photography courtesy of HotRod Jen. We first met “HotRod” Jen Thomas (née Skidmore) back in November of 2013 when writing a piece for Speedobilia in Hemmings Muscle Machines (issue #125) ...
The 1955 Meteor Rideau is a re-trimmed 1955 Ford sold as a less-expensive option at Canadian Mercury dealers. Images courtesy OldCarBrochures.com European and Asian cars have their devotees, Australi...