V-8-powered 1952 Ford Pilot woodie for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: produced in England for export. The car was fabricated with original Ford running gear of English make but ...
Unrestored 1956 Simplex Wizard for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Western Auto Supply edition badged as a Wizard. All original condition, including the original front and rear t...
From the seller’s description: This 1957 Oldsmobile Golden Rocket 88 convertible is a multiple show winner and a major head-turner! I purchased this car ten years ago in Florida, and since moving it ...
Image courtesy ArteAuto.com. The videos are shaky and grainy and in Spanish, but 65 years later they remain fascinating because they’re first-hand accounts of the fourth running of La Carrera Panamer...
1959 Pontiac Catalina Safari pickup. Photos by Jeremy Cliff, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Relatively popular in the prewar years, car-based pickups had all but disappeared from the American landscape whe...
Hydra-Matic-equipped 1954 Hudson Hornet for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Not very many of this model were produced and only a handful remain today. We have made a difficult de...
This 1957 Cadillac convertible has been in the same family since 1974. Photos by Terry McGean. Back in 1957, Dinah Shore may famously have encouraged folks to “See the U.S.A. in your Chevrolet,” but ...
Image courtesy Google Street View. Throughout the summer of 1950, residents of Florence, South Carolina, couldn’t help but notice a certain new Oldsmobile constantly driving around town, painted up t...
From the seller’s description: Beautiful 1959 Edsel Corsair 2DRHT . California car and is ready for go or show. Very nice vehicle and I don’t think you will find a better one for the price. Runs, dri...
From the seller’s description: 1955 Buick Super in incredible condition; this is a California car with zero rust and it drives amazingly great. Desirable options on this Super which include power bra...
Photo by Russell Lee, courtesy Library of Congress. More than any other place in the country, Route 66 in its heyday posed a problem for black motorists. Sundown towns — towns that did not allow blac...
From the seller’s description: For sale is a 1955 Plymouth Savoy Club Coupe . It is a 3-speed manual and has 54,943 original miles. The exterior color is Largo Green Metallic and the interior is a co...
Jaywalking simply didn’t exist before the automobile, so how did it — both the term and the crime — come about? According to this deep dive into the history of jaywalking, it was actually a concerted...
Three young men wait for curb service at the Scotchman, 4960 Federal Blvd., one of the last ’50s style drive-ins. October 14, 1977 (Photo by Ernie Leyba/ The Denver Post ). During the Seventies, ther...
From the seller’s description: 1950 Willys Jeepster Very rare original 6 cyl (most were 4) w/overdrive (needs some linkage work to work properly). Willys’ attempt to break into main stream auto produ...
RPO 576 1959 Chevrolet Bel Air for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: I have known this car since 1960, it was purchased in Inwood Iowa from a company called Grotewold Motors by a k...
Photos courtesy Tom Maruska. When Jack Reith’s vision for a newly prominent and profitable Mercury division — led by the fantastic Ghia-built XM-Turnpike Cruiser — collapsed almost as soon as it laun...
Photos by Remi Dargegen. The world over, there’s probably only one Mercedes-Benz 300 SL gullwing sporting a three-inch chopped roofline, bubbles in the top to clear the driver’s and passenger’s heads...
1956 Cadillac View Master, built by Hess & Eisenhardt. Photos courtesy Owls Head Transportation Museum. There was no shortage of luxury sedan, coupe, and convertible models from Cadillac in 1956, but...
Restored 1959 NSU Prinz for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: I have reached 5 toy cars and its time to liquidate one before I start on the next one. This car was an original Rust ...