Hemmings Find of the Day – 1977 Kelmark
Bewinged 1977 Kelmark for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: One of a kind, handcrafted by a 7-time midget / sprint car champion / hall of famer. To others it is known as the ‘Wonde...
Bewinged 1977 Kelmark for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: One of a kind, handcrafted by a 7-time midget / sprint car champion / hall of famer. To others it is known as the ‘Wonde...
Images courtesy Mel Francis. “Something happened that wouldn’t normally have happened,” Mel Francis said of the wedge-shaped supercars of the late Sixties and early Seventies, those low-slung mid-eng...
Photo by The359. The Jim Clark color scheme might not be accurate, but the Lotus 29 in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum’s collection does carry significant history, which is why museum official...
If, when thinking about V-8s, your mind turns to rumbly American machines, John Simister over on Goodwood’s blog would like you to consider the many V-8s built by British, French, German, Italian, an...
Photos via Alan Mann Racing. “Leisurely was not a word in Bosse’s vocabulary,” George Merwin once said of Swedish rally driver Bosse “Bo” Ljungfeldt. Driving an Alan Mann-prepared Ford Mustang in the...
1976 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am; image by the author. When covering auctions for our print publications, a simple rule of thumb–that we do our best to adhere to–is to review a few extra vehicular lots...
A track-driven 2004 Chevrolet Corvette Indy Pace Car, one of three 2004 models in the collection. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. The Chevrolet Corvette has paced the Indianapolis 500 a total of 14 t...
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. They should have returned to Detroit with a hero’s welcome. Instead, Lincoln brass essentially buried their employees’ accomplishment – setting a 182 MPH record at Bon...
Image courtesy OldCarBrochures. What went behind the decision to downsize pretty much every American automobile in the late 1970s and early 1980s? A May 1980 New Yorker article that Curbside Classic ...
Fresh from a 1,000-hour sympathetic restoration, this 1976 Chevrolet Cosworth Vega is said to have amassed just 3,200 miles in 42 years. From the seller’s description: Cosworth #3283 is the lowest mi...
Vintage ads courtesy of the Automotive History Preservation Society. I’ve always wanted to own a muscle-car-era convertible. I know that may sound like a midlife crisis in high gear, but this all act...
From the seller’s description: You are viewing a frame off restored 1968 Ford XL Convertible . 428 V8, 4-speed. This vehicle is rare, 1 of 59 with this engine & transmission combination made as per M...
1977 Omega V-6 Sports Pack Ad. From the author’s collection. If you didn’t need your mid-to-late-1970s ride to be particularly fast, but still found a sporty look and precise handling alluring, autom...
The record-setting ‘Herbie,’ a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle sunroof sedan. Photos courtesy Barrett-Jackson. No one knows exactly how many Volkswagen Beetles Walt Disney Productions used in making the first...
Each spring for 40 years, the Hornets Nest Region of the AACA has held AutoFair at the Charlotte Motor Speedway and it has grown into an event quite unlike any other in the U.S. The event is truly an...
Turbocharged, five-speed, front-wheel drive 1991 Eagle Talon TSi for sale. From the seller’s description: Very clean factory stock, front wheel drive, 5 speed, turbo, four cylinder car. It was my dai...
Initially, the Vega was to be released only as a notchback and as a fastback, no wagon. But thanks to one designer’s after-hours work and a fortuitous visit from Ed Cole, the wagon got added to the l...
The 1957 Corvette SS (L) and the 1963 Corvette Grand Sport. Photos courtesy The Revs Institute. A racer himself, Zora Arkus-Duntov – the ‘father of the Corvette” – understood the value of creating pu...
The personality of any hot rod, at some point, is gonna come down to the choices made around the exhaust system. All photos by the author and Tim Conder/Conder Custom, unless otherwise noted. If you’...
The weather remains cold and snowy where I live, but that doesn’t mean the conditions are poor all over the country. So for those of you who reside in the warmer states, here are a few things to cons...
A.J. Foyt poses with the Gilmore-Foyt Coyote at Indy in 1977. Photo courtesy IMS. In 2017, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum honored four-time Indy 500 winner A.J. Foyt with a special exhibit en...
Indy Roadsters on display at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in 2013. Photos by author, unless otherwise noted. There’s no precise definition of an “Indy Roadster,” and there are differing opini...
Sam Ballard’s 1969 Dodge Daytona as it looked emerging from more than three decades of hibernation in November 2011. Photos courtesy Sam Ballard and Holgar Kurschner, unless otherwise noted. Sam Ball...
Le Mans Blue adorns this concours-restored ’69 427 Corvette convertible. Photography by the author. Have you ever noticed that certain exterior colors draw you in and command your attention more than...
Photos by Matthew Litwin. More than a mere shortened Javelin, the original two-seater AMX was a true sports car in its own right, and for its 50th anniversary next year, AMC enthusiasts are planning ...