Blame it on The Race of Gentlemen, but every time we come back from the beach-racing showdown, we contemplate building a car of our own. Starting from scratch can be both complicated and expensive, m...
1923 Hupmobile Series R-11. Photos courtesy The Finest Automobile Auctions. With a name like The Finest Automobile Auctions, one would assume that the upstart company’s debut live sale, tied to The E...
Day one comes to a close in Old Sacramento, California. Photos by author. Editor’s note: The 2016 Hemmings Motor News Great Race, presented by Hagerty, kicked off last Friday with the Hagerty Trophy ...
When it comes to Eisenhower-era pickup trucks equipped with four-wheel drive, Studebaker probably isn’t a brand that pops into most people’s minds. Like the four-wheel drive offerings from GMC and Ch...
Photo by Mauricio Lima. In a case that may have ramifications across Europe and perhaps the world, French historic vehicle enthusiasts have convinced the authorities in Paris to provide an exemption ...
Photos courtesy Akron Ohio Race Legends Fund. The Arfons brothers thought a plane had crashed. It was the only reason they could think of for such a crowd to gather at the Akron airport and close off...
In the United States, Father’s Day is this Sunday, June 19. Trust us when we say that dad doesn’t need another tie, or a set of golf clubs, or even a fancy dinner out that requires wearing a tie (pot...
Matt Kutz’s Kammback phaeton speedster cuts a dashing figure in spectator parking at The Race of Gentlemen. Photos by the author. We spotted Miss Fire here as she wheeled into the impromptu Friday ni...
Toyota’s wedge-shaped MR2 got a remake for the 1991 model year, emerging as a more curvaceous coupe that carried design influences from far more exotic sports cars. Like the original, the second-gene...
The Riverside Museum. Photos by Karissa Hosek, courtesy RM Sothebys. Want to run in the Indianapolis 500? Assuming one has a suitable Dallara DW12 chassis, appropriate aero kit, driver, crew and spec...
Photos courtesy SEMA. If trade shows – beyond merely serving as a means of collecting business cards and branded swag – tend to serve as a barometer of an industry’s health, then the annual SEMA show...
Still image from video below. This is not one of those Driver’s Ed. shock films that most of us grew up with-no real accident scenes, no blood. Instead, this is simply a defensive driving lesson rega...
eDaily Book Review How sad is it that very few books on Oldsmobile have ever been published? Being one of America’s greatest brands, and having lasted 107 years, you would think publishers would have...
Gary Gabelich. Still from Break the Record video. Hot rods, jet dragsters, go-karts, drag boats, stadium trucks, motorcycles – Gary Gabelich seemed never to have met a form of motorsport he didn’t li...
The United States Postal Service has a thing for old cars. After honoring hot rods and muscle cars with a series of Forever stamps (not to mention domestic cars of the 1950s with a variety of first-c...
For 1966, the Oldsmobile Jetstar 88 boasted a “Fresh new look. Fashionable Interior. Rollicking Rocket action.” We’re not sure that last item was a selling point for suburban families shopping a sens...
Photo courtesy National Automobile Museum. Until he saw it stripped to the chassis with his own eyes, George Schuster simply wouldn’t take anybody’s word that this old touring car was the one and the...
Photo by Christopher Najewicz. For some, buying a collector car is the easy part, but finding a place to keep it is the real challenge. For others in need of income and blessed with too much garage s...
Aside from the wide whites and chrome wheels, this 1936 Ford Model 68 five-window coupe, for sale on Hemmings.com, could pass for a carefully preserved stock example. Dig a little deeper, however, an...
Photo courtesy Bonhams. When Fred Yeakel first bought his Bill Thomas-built Cheetah, it sported not just its original body and chassis, but also a relatively recent restoration. So, of course, he pul...
Used car lot, Lancaster, Ohio, 1938; it’s a safe bet that buyers still argued about a $29 selling price. Photo by Ben Shahn, from Library of Congress archives. There aren’t many universal truths in t...
At one time, the United States was the largest market for British automaker Morgan’s traditional roadsters, but then came increasingly stringent emission controls and safety regulations. Thanks to th...
A pair of early Jeeps from Omix-ADA’s collection. Photo courtesy Omix-ADA. In 1992 Al Azadi founded Omix-ADA as a Jeep specialty parts vendor in a small rented warehouse. Today, the Suwanee, Georgia ...
Photo by the author. If the California state legislature’s various attempts to make laws concerning older cars this year are to be considered as a whole, then the cutoff for collector cars exempt fro...
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...