Last week, a team of self-promotional morons set off to break the existing coast-to-coast driven speed record. My colleague and fellow Hemmings editor Jeff Koch recently wrote about the media respons...
Last week, a team of drivers set off to break the existing coast-to-coast driven speed record–from the Red Ball Garage in Brooklyn, New York, to the Portofino Hotel in Redondo Beach, California—a pat...
Alice Ramsey and Hermine Jahns, c.1909. Photo courtesy of the National Automotive History Collection, Detroit Public Library. “A few of our most skeptical friends told us after our return that they d...
Traveling from the northernmost part of Europe to the southernmost part of Africa is usually an ordeal that involves plenty of advance planning, levelheadedness, and professionalism. Not so with Rich...
Cell phone service had gone from spotty to non-existent several miles back up the dirt road. Despite the Lemons Rally route book’s assurances that the check point wasn’t far off, the deeper into the ...
In October of 2018 my wife, Lynn and I entered our 1948 Hudson Commodore 6 in the inaugural running of the Great American Mountain Rally Revival (GAMRR). The “revival” is a resurrection of the origin...
For this weekend’s Radwood show in Los Angeles, Honda took one of its first Acura SUVs, a 1997 SLX, and not only updated its engine and transmission but also its entire all-wheel-drive system. For th...
Photos courtesy the author. The silhouette of an Airstream trailer has remained mostly unchanged since the 1950s and is thereby recognizable by most. Often described as a silver Twinkie or silver bul...
Photos via L’Aventure en 2CV. Stories abound of overlanders who put their lives at risk venturing off into vast deserts in their 2CVs in search of adventure enough to fill volumes upon their return h...
Well-maintained 1986 Airstream 345 Classic for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: A. Mileage – 47,062 Original miles B. Excellent condition – inside and out (excellent aluminum, no ...
Anybody living along the Lincoln Highway, keep an eye out for an UltraVan making its way westward. * Some of the mutant cars on the playa at Burning Man are simple conglomerations, others are stateme...
As pointed out in this Vox video exploring what made Route 66 America’s favorite road, the highway has essentially been defunct for twice as long as it was an active part of American transportation r...
The folks at TravelEatWOD this week completed a Route 66 road trip in a wrought-iron Beetle. Their sunscreen expense must’ve matched their gas expense… * Esquire this week profiled Joe Ford, a car de...
We know that Ronan Glon at RanWhenParked has a good eye for unusual European cars of the Eighties, Nineties, and beyond, so we’re always happy to see his coverage of local European events like the re...
Photo courtesy of the National Automobile Museum. The organizers at the National Automobile Museum invite you to join them this Thursday to talk about a unique but iconic piece of automotive history,...
Co-Founder William Besserdich on the first four-wheel drive steam vehicle. Photo courtesy of the “FWD Four Wheel Drive Museum” Facebook page. The Four Wheel Drive Museum of Clintonville, Wisconsin, w...
Steve Hingtgen, founder of Vintage Trailer Supply, has opened a new distribution center and showroom in Santa Fe, New Mexico, in response to a growing market. To celebrate the new center, Vintage Tra...
A 1930 Alfa Romeo 6C 1500 SS Zagato. Photo courtesy of the 1000 Miglia Warm Up USA. For the second time, the management of the 1000 Miglia is bringing the 1000 Miglia Warm Up USA to Virginia and Wash...
Photo by Brian Bennett. Following up on a prior post about VW Beetles as art cars, John Heitmann at The Automobile and American Life spent some time this week discussing the one art car that made Vol...
This summer marks the 50th anniversary of The Italian Job. While Butch Cassidy might have been king of the box office in 1969, Charlie Croker was the real anti-hero for lovers of cars and capers. Wit...
Abigayle Morgan and Amanda Gutierrez pose with the McPherson College 1965 Porsche 356 C. Photo courtesy of the McPherson College Auto Restoration Facebook page. Amanda Gutierrez and Abigayle Morgan o...
There is something both mythical and magical about Lingotto. Fiat didn’t just bring Detroit to Turin when this massive five-story factory was finished in 1922. They completed it with true Italian sty...
Austin/Morris Mini Minors at the British Motor Museum. Photo courtesy of the British Motor Museum. Owners of vehicles produced by British marques BMC, Leyland and Rover Group will descend on the Brit...
The Smithsonian’s Air & Space magazine this week looked into why Corvettes and astronauts from the Right Stuff era are forever linked. After Shepard joined NASA, he struck up a friendship with Genera...
One of the things Internet culture has lost with the advent of social media and Facebook groups is the preponderance of websites dedicated to individual models run by single-minded enthusiasts. All i...