1952 Hudson (L) and Meteor. Photos by Harold Wellenbrink. My Canadian car is a 1952 Meteor that was built in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and my American car is a 1952 Hudson Wasp which was built in Det...
From the seller’s description: 1986 Carroll Shelby Dodge Daytona Turbo Z CS 58,628 original miles. Car weighs in at 2,700 lbs. Performance and Handling package. 4-cylinder, 170 lb. torque @ 3,600 rpm...
Usually, but not always, there’s a theme that holds each installment of the $5,000 challenge together. It may be cars that need assembly, or unusual finds, or cars from a particular decade, or it may...
From the seller’s description: Old world hand crafted luxury cars are somewhat a thing of the past, but fortunately there are good examples still left to enjoy. This 1989 Bentley Mulsanne S, a total ...
The car that won the first Indianapolis 500, the 1911 Marmon Wasp, on display in Shell’s SEMA booth. Photos by Steve Berry. Every year, the automotive aftermarket flocks to Las Vegas in early Novembe...
Photo courtesy John Raffensparger, Sr. My Studebaker was a 1949 four-door Champion that was painted Cumberland Green, and in very good condition. The price was right – $400, which I borrowed from my ...
Photo courtesy Gavin in the UK. Regulations passed last month designed to ease trade restrictions with Cuba could permit the Forties and Fifties American cars still prowling the streets of Havana to ...
A gathering of Rolling Bones creations at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 2011. Photo by Peter Vincent. Hot rodding was born as a pure pursuit of speed, but as factory efforts caught up to and finally o...
1973 Ford Maverick with the optional 250-cu.in. inline six for sale. From the seller’s description: 1973 Ford Maverick in excellent original condition, and in perfect driving condition. I have purcha...
Photography by the author. When’s the last time you were in a Pinto—or its secret twin seen here, the Mercury Bobcat? It’s old enough to be out of America’s collective memory now, but between Ford an...
The beauty of the old car hobby is this: There’s something to interest just about everyone, across a wide variety of price points. Most editions of the $5,000 Challenge have focused on automobiles fr...
Unrestored 1952 Jaguar XK-120 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Stored in Atlanta, GA for three years, this car was purchased in 1969 by a small town banker in Southwest Virgin...
Forget baking them cookies or letting them borrow your lawnmower, the best way to get to know your neighbors is by parking an old car out front for a few days, as Tim Pitt of Motoring Research recent...
Don’t call it a rat rod! When a car guy or gal hears that term they think of something like the cars from Mad Max: Fury Road. A patina’d body is akin to the Japanese philosophy of sabi —the beauty th...
1979 Cadillac Eldorado for sale. From the owner’s description: I’m the 2nd owner of this wonderful automobile with less than 9300 miles. I purchased it from the original owner in 2002 who like myself...
From the seller’s description: 1985 Ford LTD Crown Victoria Station Wagon Unbelievable Survivor with 47K miles After 63 years of buying and selling great motorcars throughout the world, including new...
The problem with owning a perfectly restored classic car is this: using it as a regular driver is bound to induce a certain amount of paranoia. After spending more on a paint job than you did on your...
1974 Chevrolet Monte Carlo for sale. From the seller’s description: This is a true time capsule! I am basically the 2nd owner. The guy I bought it from new the original owner, bought it from him to r...
All original 1984 Dodge Caravan for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This one is in very nice almost all original condition with very nice interior, power driver’s seat, good carp...
From the seller’s description: 1987 Buick Regal T-Type Turbo ; V-6 Turbocharged Engine; Automatic Transmission with Overdrive; 10,000 documented original miles on the title; Original Goodyear Eagle T...
Photos courtesy Maria Sokola. It’s tempting to think that if the old cars of Cuba survived the decades until now, they’ll be around forever. They’re timeless, right? They’re a cultural institution, w...
Everybody, it seems, has a story about how cheap cars were in the old days. From gently wrecked Ferraris, now worth millions (or tens of millions) of dollars that sold for the cost of a three-year ol...
Unrestored 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Sold New to J.A Pellerin of Santa Clara California, Delivery date of 3-11-67. The second owner Ron purchas...
Photos courtesy George Ormrod. I once had a 1949 Plymouth club coupe that was used in the Troma Classic feature film Space Zombie Bingo. This is a straight to DVD film I directed in my younger days. ...
When it comes to cars and driving, each of us dream differently. For some, bliss is a winding mountain road and an agile sports car, while for others it’s a plush, family-sized station wagon and a st...