Cut-down 1927 Ford Model T lakes modified for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: One of a kind real Henry steel body (cut-down touring car) with custom valences over custom powder c...
The fuel gauge on my Ford A/B speedster is from a World War II P-51-B Mustang fighter plane. Unfortunately, it stopped working just in time for the car’s maiden run. When you’re building cars—especia...
The car when we first got the Gotelli 392 Hemi located in its perch. “Although this is a Muncie M-21 trans with the stock bellhousing,” Conder explains, “you can see how the 392 (now mounted nearly 2...
Dillinger, the ’41 Buick sedanette owned by Clifford Mattis. Photos courtesy Kahn Media and the Sacramento Autorama. John Dillinger, gunned down in July 1934 by Melvin Purvis and his FBI colleagues, ...
Photos courtesy Geoff Hacker. In the course of researching independent fiberglass body builders of the Fifties and early Sixties, Geoff Hacker has met several people who were directly involved with t...
Ted Gotelli passing the time between rounds in one of the earliest versions of his Fuller-chassis-ed fueler in the early ’60s. Dig those weedburners… Photo: Sherm Porter. All remaining photos by the ...
You can’t beat the old Sears catalogs as reference material. Photos by the author. One of the neatest references for everyday-material culture of the past is a Sears, Roebuck and Company Catalog. Sea...
The legendary Chevy 409 met its match one summer night in ’62. Photo via Hemmings Archive. The baby-blue 1940 Ford convertible with top down, engine straining, was doing 90 miles per hour. Wearing no...
The Race of Gentlemen is all about old cars and motorcycles in motion. Images by the Hemmings staff except as noted. The Race of Gentlemen is a dynamic event. Not only is it all about hopped-up cars ...
A pair of cruddy Vans and a vintage “Traction By Hurst” T-shirt graphic, along with a mocked-up rolled pan-slash-air scoop: a modern-day hot rod still life. All photos by the author, unless otherwise...
Patrick Rollet with his 1932 Lagonda 16/80 Semi Sports. Photo provided. Our recent articles on the Charter of Turin Handbook and on what categories of vehicle the Fédération Internationale des Véhicu...
From the seller’s description: 1956 Ford Victoria, Altered wheel base, Gasser built in the 60’s. Alum. headed FE, tri power, Muther Humper hyd cam, Shelby T/10 4sd with gear venders elect overdrive, ...
This just sums up everything good about the Turlock Swap Meet: @clydeathan doing the boxer’s championship belt hoist with his 2nd-gen Firebird nose–a great score and evidence of a day well-spent. Pho...
My T coupe and all its influences. When I look at this collection of cars that I’ve loved for the entirety of my own consciousness, I pause and just marvel at what this purely American phenomenon has...
As 1965 Corvettes go, the Le Mans Blue coupe that crossed Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale stage as lot 1413 isn’t particularly quick, and it certainly won’t post impressive handling numbers. In fact, it...
2017 Nitro Revival at Barona Drag Strip. Photo by Pam Conrad, courtesy Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. In 2017, a new event honoring vintage dragsters and the racers who piloted them came to the Barona Dr...
When we realized we only had one headlight, Conder took it all in stride. This is the sketch on a piece of chipboard that he keeps piles of, deep inside Conder Custom, that finally solved the problem...
Photo courtesy Historic Vehicle Association. Editor’s Note: In response to an earlier Hemmings Daily article covering the Charter of Turin Handbook , a guide to preserving historic vehicles published...
Getting there. They say that it takes 90 percent of the time to do 10 percent of the work and vice-versa. “They” say a lot, don’t they? All photos by the author, unless otherwise noted. Warhol claime...
From the seller’s description: 1967 Chevrolet Nova Acadian Invader Wagon, Completely restored, less than 1000 miles since completion. Super clean body with 113K original miles. The car was completely...
Customized 1962 Studebaker GT Hawk for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: power steering, power brakes, auto transmission, “289” V-8 with 4 BBl and dual exhausts. Modern “Kenwood” S...
One of the four mysterious photos Joe Gotelli – grandson of Ted “The Goat” Gotelli – dug out of a filing cabinet for me. While I had to find out what cosmic forces brought these elements together in ...
Ostensible land-speed contender 1975 George Barris Snakepit for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This extreme example of the Californian customisers’ craft and ingenuity was creat...
The car with the motor in it, as we size-up what it might’ve looked like with a 6-71 roots-type supercharger and an Enderle “bugcatcher” mechanical fuel injection setup. All photos by the author unle...
Photo by Karen Roe. After declaring earlier this year that it would not consider modified vehicles as Vehicles of Historical Interest, thus making them ineligible for exemption from annual roadworthi...