Photo courtesy National Automobile Museum. Until he saw it stripped to the chassis with his own eyes, George Schuster simply wouldn’t take anybody’s word that this old touring car was the one and the...
No body, no windshield, no headlamps or taillamps, and definitely no heater, air conditioner, or power windows. That was the point, after all: A support vehicle that could carry heavy loads over all ...
At first glance it might look like a Cuban special, but this 1954 Chevrolet for sale on Hemmings.com is actually a veteran of Le Carrera Panamericana, though the ad doesn’t mention its record in the ...
It might need a little work here and there to get into show-worthy condition, but this two-family 1987 Dodge Shelby Charger GLHS for sale on Hemmings.com appears to be all original and able to hit th...
Photography by author. If you appreciate Pontiac’s outstanding engineering and sleek style yet you prefer to own the type of collector cars that are unique and fairly rare then consider the 1967 Gran...
For a slightly-above-mid-level Nash sedan, this 1951 Nash Statesman Custom for sale on Hemmings.com has a good amount of flash – particularly on that dashboard – and compelling proportions. Nor are t...
It’s not perfect, but this 1979 International Scout II Rallye for sale on Hemmings.com is at least rust free and has a level of patina that some would consider authentic – from the cracked Rallye str...
To some, the collector car hobby is about driving a classic car, a fairly broad term that encompasses a wide variety of vehicles and manufacturers. To others, the hobby is about preserving or restori...
Story and photos by Joe Essid. The last time we talked, I set priorities for the mechanical work on a 1974 Buick Apollo, the same year and model of my first car. For those novices to restoration, I h...
Kinda hard to find a flaw in this 1978 Ford Granada Ghia for sale on Hemmings.com: From the photos it all appears clean and straight, with no evidence of rust, fading, or wear, and the description te...
So why be coy about the hot rodding potential of a car like this 1964 Plymouth Savoy for sale on Hemmings.com? It is a likely candidate for a Hemi or Max Wedge clone (as the seller points out), it’s ...
Not every old Jeep has to be modified to the hilt to be cool and capable, as we see from this 1985 Jeep CJ-8 Scrambler for sale on Hemmings.com. Of course, any CJ-8 carries automatic bonus cool point...
One good thing about the collector car hobby is this: Somewhere, there’s a car that appeals to everyone with a passion for four wheels. Shopping at an entry-level price point typically limits the sel...
Article by William Hall. Photos by Rich Heinrich. There are those of us old enough to remember when the classic cars now gracing concours fields and auction stages were simply daily transportation. M...
When shopping for a used vehicle, there’s no such thing as having too much information about its past. After reading the seller’s narrative of this 1991 Chevrolet Suburban Silverado, for sale on Hemm...
Bill Frick may be best known as the mechanical genius behind the Fordillac and, later, the Studillac, but his automotive dreams were grander than dropping Cadillac engines in someone else’s cars. Par...
The phenomenon of converting used luxury cars into wreckers more or less ended with the Depression, but as we can see from this 1950 Buick Roadmaster -based wrecker for sale on Hemmings.com, the idea...
No question of provenance with this 1931 Chrysler Imperial CG Custom Eight limousine for sale on Hemmings.com, a car that has remained in one family since new, that received some in-period modificati...
If you’re a connoisseur of Sixties diesel sedans, and you’re looking for something more unusual than a Mercedes-Benz or even a Peugeot, this 1964 Isuzu Bellel Deluxe Diesel offered for sale on Hemmin...
For many in the classic car hobby, their first vehicle came as a hand-me-down from a relative, or was purchased from an estate sale. Both represent an affordable way to break into the hobby, as long ...
Photos courtesy Worldwide Auctioneers. “Dulce Domum,” loosely translated, means “Sweetly at home.” It conveys a sense of comfort, of settlement, of wanting for little. Fittingly, somebody long ago ta...
Amazing how a series of windows can change the whole character of a vehicle. Take, for instance, this 1962 Ford Falcon E11 Station Bus for sale on Hemmings.com, technically a Falcon and not an Econol...
Photos by Bryan Thompson. Editor’s note: This piece comes to us from automotive designer and design journalist Bryan Thompson. Bryan is a frequent contributor to Hemmings, and an avid fan of finding ...
In 1959, Oldsmobile sold 194,102 examples of its newly restyled “Linear Look” Dynamic 88, but only 11,298 of these were the Fiesta station wagon, making it the second least common body style. Today, ...
To some, the appeal of the collector car hobby is bringing a tired car, perhaps just a few skinned knuckles away from being sold for scrap, back from the brink. To others, the allure lies in the driv...