Servicing a Ferrari can sometimes cost as much as an entirely new car. And then there’s their apparent propensity to catch fire. But out of adversity comes opportunity, and Eric Hutchinson embraced t...
Still image from video below. Possibly possessing the longest subtitle ever —The People From Fisher Body Who Help Bring A Modern Automobile Body “Up From Clay” – The Bodybuilders is a GM Photographic...
This month’s story on a one-of-149 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T convertible four-speed looked strangely familiar to a couple of Hemmings Muscle Machines staffers. In the June issue (#153) of Hemmings Mu...
1966 Chevrolet Biscayne, with the L72 V-8. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. As service and parts manager for LeRoy Chevrolet in LeRoy, New York, Karl Bill had a pretty good idea how to configure a 196...
Chevy Monte Carlo SS Aero Coupe rear backlight; image by Terry McGean. It was bound to happen–the factory-backed on-track battles had returned by 1986. The melee for track supremacy that took place l...
Photo by the author. All in the same statement released on Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency promised to rescind contentious language that motorsports enthusiasts say targeted them, reitera...
1974 Pontiac GTO. Still images from video below. Today, via various cell phone apps, we have access to film effects that can be added to the videos we take to make them look like overexposed, high-co...
Remember that story about Goldilocks and the three bears? The same seems to happen when one is hunting for a project car: Many are over-restored, and hence, too expensive, while an equal number seem ...
For many in the classic car hobby, their first vehicle came as a hand-me-down from a relative, or was purchased from an estate sale. Both represent an affordable way to break into the hobby, as long ...
1967 Plymouth Hemi GTX. Photos by Russ Rocknak, courtesy Owls Head Transportation Museum. Introduced in the fall of 1966, Plymouth’s GTX was billed as “the gentleman’s hot rod,” blending equal parts ...
What do you prefer: a numbers-matching car with low miles and lots of original parts, or a clean restoration that deviates from original for the sake of enhanced performance? If you’re of the latter ...
1965 Buick Riviera “Clamshell” headlamps doors closed and open; images by Jeff Koch Simply put, the 1965 model year is the quintessential Riviera among collectors and enthusiasts alike. Much has been...
Photos via TommyIvo.com. As a lifelong showman, even birthdays become an excuse to entertain, which is why “TV” Tommy Ivo will be celebrating his 80th birthday with a public birthday bash at the NHRA...
Photo by 77krc. A pilot cash-for-clunkers-style program that the state of California started in 2014 may soon expand statewide and mandate a minimum number of old cars to scrap in exchange for buying...
Dawn breaks over Turn 12 at PIR and down the main straight. Photos by Don Homuth. Editor’s note: This piece comes to us from Hemmings Daily regular, concours judge and former North Dakota State Senat...
The Kirt Fryer 1971 Mustang collection. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Ask Mustang enthusiasts to name the most desirable examples over the years, and it’s a safe bet that the lar...
The Bowling Green Corvette Assembly Plant. Photo courtesy GM Media. General Motors’s Bowling Green Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, has offered public tours of one kind or another ...
According to the Showvans blog, the recent Cleveland Autorama’s show-within-a-show dedicated to custom vans was the largest indoor van show in more than 30 years. Also shows how far custom vanning ha...
Here’s The Inside Track on Olds’ Hottest Number laid out flat. Artwork provided by Automotive History Preservation Society Oldsmobile may have been caught by surprise by the Pontiac GTO in 1964, but ...
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. When Chevrolet released the newly styled 1963 Corvette Stingray coupe, it did so with the knowledge that a select group of customers would want to take these cars road...
To some, the appeal of the collector car hobby is bringing a tired car, perhaps just a few skinned knuckles away from being sold for scrap, back from the brink. To others, the allure lies in the driv...
In 1990, Ford marked the 35th anniversary of the Thunderbird with a special edition of the range-topping Super Coupe. Finished in black with titanium-colored lower panels, a dark blue accent stripe a...
A few cars from Customs by the Sea at Wildwood in 2015. Photo by Richard Toonkel. In 2014, online hot rod and custom encyclopedia Kustomrama debuted Customs by the Sea, a “traditional” custom car sho...
Small parts and hardware organizers like these can be purchased from various sources. Photos by author. If you’ve read my blogs over the past few years, you know that some of them deal with my organi...
From 1983 through 1986, those looking for a Ford Mustang GT with a little extra flash could opt for a Predator Mustang, built by Solomon America and sold through select Ford dealerships. The brainchi...