If you’re not into pre-WWII cars, or even if you are, you might expect the proprietor of an outfit specializing in early Fords to be at least 80 years old. After all, conventional wisdom says Model T...
Could we talk any more about a barn find? Sure. Don’t think we’ll ever get tired of that. But how ’bout a muddy yard find? Chances are, you’re probably gonna stumble across more of these types of glo...
All photos by Don Homuth. Several sites in the automotive press, online and in print, seem recently to have rediscovered the existence of “automotive recycling facilities” that we old guys used to ca...
Photos by Michael Chetcuti. In June of 1969, under codename E18, BMW engineers took delivery of an aggressively styled mid-engine coupe for development and testing. Except the car wasn’t theirs, wasn...
As The Detroit News reported this week, Allan Hill, who’s called the Packard plant in Detroit home for 15 years, was recently served an eviction notice. Hill has served as an unofficial spokesman for...
A rare, numbers-matching 1953 Corvette, one of the “lost Corvettes.” Photo courtesy of Dream Car Restorations. Rescued by a group calling itself Corvette Heroes, 36 Corvettes (1953-’82 and 1984-’89) ...
Photos by the author. Since a very young age, I have found cars to be absolutely fascinating! I still recall my very first purchase of Hemmings Motor News magazine, in 1981, from a small newspaper ki...
The 1909 Maxwell DA in the Sibley Museum at Hemmings World Headquarters in Bennnington, Vermont. Photo by the writer. It’s appropriate to begin with this car because it is the genesis of this series....
This 1936 Pierce-Arrow is one of three in the JAB Collection coming up for sale June 15. All photos courtesy VanDerBrink Auctions, LLC. In the past 16 years, if you were after a part or a project car...
Photos by the author. There I found myself, deep into my usual late-night ritual of scanning the online auctions and local marketplace for car bargains. An ad for a 1974 Datsun 260Z caught my eye bec...
Unrestored 1954 Dodge Coronet for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Perfect 1950’s Patina Classic!! Here is a fresh barn find that you won’t find every day! Only two owners not cou...
Photos courtesy Bonhams. Why Dr. W.H. Crothers stuffed his 1901 De Dion-Bouton away on the second floor of a barn for decades, one can only speculate, but the fact that he did set the stage for a For...
This 1936 Bugatti Aero/Atlantic Coupe, chassis 57453, has been missing since 1938. Photos courtesy Bugatti. French automaker Bugatti built roughly 800 Type 57s from 1934 to 1940, making the model its...
From the seller’s description: 1963 Oldsmobile Starfire RARE “Barn Find” stored for 36 Years An Original Survivor One Owner..two-door hardtop white with red leather interior.. all original with 94000...
1979 Pontiac Trans Am from Steve McQueen’s “The Hunter,” pulled from an Illinois barn. Photos courtesy Carlyle Motors. In 1979, Steve McQueen began filming what became his final motion picture, The H...
Photos by Geoff Hacker, except where noted. Photo History Starting in the autumn of 1952 until the spring of 1954 I was a student at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), studying mechanic...
If there’s a siren song that we’ll all dash our ship upon the rocks over these days, it’s the lure of the “barn find.” We’re all looking for one. Reality TV has placed its bet on them. The auctions s...
Running and driving 1968 Ford N600 LCF for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Nice body. very minimal rust. Very minor cab corner rust that you probably can’t see in the pics. Easy ...
The generations that have gone before give us the tools we need to survive in the world. Sometimes those tools are very literal tools, and handed to us in an oil-stained box. Like these my dad just g...
Photos courtesy Geoff Hacker. For nearly 50 years, the curious Cheetah Transporter has remained in a state of flux, unfinished amid a transition to a long-wheelbase disc-brake version designed to mak...
1911 Buick Model 21 Touring (top); 1915 Dodge Touring (bottom). Images by the author. Editor’s comment: Please note that the This or That column is not a comparison report between two vehicles, but r...
The charity auction 1948 International Farmall H, pre-restoration. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. International Harvester’s Farmall H became a staple of American farms in the 1940s and ’50s due to i...
Nearly 55 years ago, the Department of Justice’s antitrust division filed a complaint against Studebaker for pricefixing oil additives through its subsidiary, STP. As Automotive News reported, the de...
Unrestored 1950 Ford F1 Marmon-Herrington Ranger for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: The body of the M-H Ranger offered here is presently in grey primer and in very good, origina...
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. Prior to selling off the late Jim Street’s collection, which included two of the most iconic — and largely unseen for decades — mid-century custom cars, Mecum Auctions...