The Bill Moyers video on the state of the American auto industry in the early 1980s — as would any report on the industry at that time — heavily referenced the impact of the Japanese auto industry as...
Customized 1942 Lincoln Continental for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This classic has been beautifully modified with a dramatically lowered roofline and an updated post war gr...
Jaywalking simply didn’t exist before the automobile, so how did it — both the term and the crime — come about? According to this deep dive into the history of jaywalking, it was actually a concerted...
All images Terry Shea and Matt Litwin. Earlier this week Senior Editor Matt Litwin and I returned from a week-long adventure to the West Coast. While most of the rest of the country remained in a sup...
From the seller’s description: 1962 Pontiac LeMans , convertible, 38,000 Miles, factory 4-speed, 4-bbl white with red interior. very low ownership from new! No Rust, no accidents, no problems! This i...
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...
1969 Pontiac GTO convertible (top); 1970 Plymouth Road Runner convertible (bottom). Images by the author. Editor’s comment: Please note that the This or That column is not a comparison report between...
Three young men wait for curb service at the Scotchman, 4960 Federal Blvd., one of the last ’50s style drive-ins. October 14, 1977 (Photo by Ernie Leyba/ The Denver Post ). During the Seventies, ther...
Lots of sweat, a little bit of blood, and buckets of tears went into the new look of Hemmings Muscle Machines. Click on the image for a video of the photo shoot. Hemmings Muscle Machines is starting ...
Seventies custom-car culture is being reinterpreted in some amazing ways… in Japan. Photos courtesy Sho Kogawa. Ah, the Japanese car scene. As in America, it runs deep and in a bunch of directions: J...
Preserved 1978 Ford Mustang II Cobra II for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This car is a meticulously clean, well preserved and well maintained car that is driven regularly to c...
Photo courtesy Collings Foundation. Nearly a decade after tank collector Jacques Littlefield left the entirety of his 200-plus tank collection to the Collings Foundation, the last of the 85 tanks the...
1935 Plymouth coupe. Photos courtesy Carson Turncliff. Being semi-retired and having a lifelong interest in all things mechanical, I thought getting an “old car” would be an excellent addition to my ...
From the seller’s description: 1950 Willys Jeepster Very rare original 6 cyl (most were 4) w/overdrive (needs some linkage work to work properly). Willys’ attempt to break into main stream auto produ...
The 1935 Duesenberg SSJ hammers for a price of $20 million, $22 million with fees. Photo by Mike Maez, copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company. In recent years, there’s been considerable speculat...
1948 Alfa Romeo 6C 2500 Competizione Berlinetta. Photos courtesy Bonhams Auctions. Following its 1947 Mille Miglia victory, Alfa Romeo understood its aging 8C 2900 B Berlinetta would soon be outpaced...
Henry and Clara Ford in the Quadricycle. Image courtesy The Henry Ford. The “what-if” game, as we all know, is awful fun to play with automotive history. Relying less on facts and more on imagination...
Date: June 1979 Location: Market Street near 32nd, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Source: William Owens, via Temple University Libraries Digital Collections What do you see here?
Pinstriped 1948 Chevrolet Stylemaster sedan delivery for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: very rare and super-sharp 1948 Chevrolet Sedan Delivery Wagon with a factory Stylemaster ...
The event was sponsored by 1945 Speed and Custom and this shop was open to browse through their current projects. Photos by author. As if we here at Hemmings Motor News don’t attend or organize enoug...
From the seller’s description: I’m assisting an AACA Car Club Member in listing his ’68 Buick LeSabre Convertible for sale. This car is an all-original survivor car with only 55k miles. It’s been own...