Images from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News Arguably influenced by the Jaguar E-type and a runaway sales success from the moment it hit U.S. shores, Datsun’s Z car inspired a generatio...
1966 Sunbeam Tiger. Photo Courtesy: David LaChance. If you’re among the many who got to know Andy Rooney through his weekly commentaries on 60 Minutes, you might describe him as irascible. Fellow CBS...
Despite the very brief reign of Miss Colombia, whose Miss Universe tiara was snatched away moments after erstwhile comedian Steve Harvey read her name as the winner, there was other recent news from ...
Images are from the brochure collection of Mark J. McCourt Porsche is one of a handful of European automakers – Mercedes-Benz and Volvo being other notables- that has, for decades, offered a European...
This is the raglan-sleeve jersey that Hometown Jersey made for my car club. A couple of us here are members of a group called the Barnstormers VSC (Vintage Speed Club), and when we decided to have je...
Porsche 962-108C-2. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Delivered to Porsche privateer Jim Busby in time for the opening of the 1985 season, the Porsche 962 carrying chassis tag 962-10...
As renowned a career that Sam Posey made for himself as a race car driver, he’s spent far more time as a motorsports observer – albeit a highly qualified one – either as a commenter or writer, and it...
What was an American Lotus enthusiast to do? The Esprit had finally been given the performance its supercar looks promised, thanks to the introduction of a turbocharger to the 2,147cc inline-four in ...
The last time we saw one of these crop up was about four years ago, and this 1956 SILA Bimboracer V-12 for sale on Hemmings.com has come along at an opportune time for anybody not sure what to put un...
To a certain group of British motorists, Christmas doesn’t so much hold the promise of holiday cheer, drinking eggnog, and unwrapping presents. Rather, the holiday – specifically Boxing Day – brings ...
The 2,000,000th Land Rover Defender. Images courtesy Jaguar Land Rover. By any measure, it was an unusual auction: A single lot was presented on stage at Bonhams’s Bond Street showroom in London, Eng...
Cover: Patrick Depailler’s Tyrell P34 at the 1976 Dutch Grand Prix. Photos courtesy of McKlein Publishing. Do you have a passion for racing in the 1950s through the 1970s? An interest in Formula One,...
Ronan at Ran When Parked recently came across this postcard scene of a ski resort parking lot somewhere in the Alps, and with a little digging, we think we’ve pinpointed it as Serre-Chevalier in the ...
Photos courtesy Building the Legend, except where noted. Generally the rarer a car was to begin with, the greater likelihood that somebody will eventually replicate it. Indeed, two reproductions set ...
Pininfarina badge on a Ferrari 330. Photo by Stephen Hennessey. Over its 85-year history, Italy’s Pininfarina has been on the cutting edge of automotive design, penning memorable automobiles for the ...
Photo by Patrick Ernzen, courtesy RM Sotheby’s. With the recent passage of H.R. 22, also known as the FAST Act, replica car makers now have a clear path forward for building turnkey cars, which means...
The classic Mini is one of the world’s most practical collector cars: In addition to being a ball to drive, it’s affordable, easy on gas, simple to repair, well supported by clubs and the aftermarket...
In the 1971 documentary A Dash of the Irish , we not only get expert commentary from Paddy Hopkirk on the Circuit of Ireland rally (as he says, thanks to the lack of practice days, “there are more re...
We’ve taken a look at the Hansen Cobra before – specifically the one that’s not in the Petersen Automotive Museum – but with the recent re-opening of the museum, Jive-Bomber at The Jalopy Journal sha...
Longtime reader Stephane Dumas suggested we take a look at the City of Toronto’s archives for a series of photos that Harvey Naylor took of Queen Street during the early 1980s, and indeed, plenty of ...
Going out on a limb here with the location of these three photos. The source of the photos, one of our own classified ads for the Volvo-based special seen below, doesn’t offer the location, but there...
Once prevalent across America, Volkswagen Beetles (original ones, with air-cooled engines mounted behind the rear wheels) are now somewhat scarce. Worse, many come with unknown histories or shoddy at...
Photo by David Zaitz/Courtesy of the Petersen Automotive Museum By now, you’ve almost certainly seen the outside of the recently revamped Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles; and, if not, we’ve...
A few weeks back on Hemmings Radio, we kicked around the topic of what makes a car collectible. While rarity comes into play, perhaps the biggest single factor is relevance, which explains why once-c...
Every now and then we see a restoration shop or specialist’s business listed in the Hemmings classifieds, but this automotive sculpture business for sale on Hemmings.com is an enterprise like no othe...