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...
From the seller’s description: 1939 Buick 40 Special Opera Coupe. New windshields, channels and gaskets, wiper blades, rebuilt water pump and thermo housing, new radiator hoses with correct “Roll Loc...
The car many of us think of when we picture a Mercedes-Benz Stroke 8: a yellow, diesel-powered 240D (of the W115 range). This one is a 1974 with the five-cylinder 3-liter engine. Photos courtesy of D...
The 1990 Acura NSX debuts at the 1989 Chicago Auto Show. Photo courtesy Honda Motor Company, Ltd.; ad photography courtesy the author’s collection. For decades, Japanese cars were about simple reliab...
Previously forbidden fruit for U.S. buyers: a 1986 Toyota BJ71 Land Cruiser . From the seller’s description: 1986 Toyota Land Cruiser BJ71 – rare car – never produced in the United States. Toyota 13B...
1967 Shelby 427 Cobra. Photos by Mathieu Heurtault, copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company, unless otherwise noted. In 1991, a South North Carolina sports car enthusiast parked five cars – inclu...
The continuation D-type engineering prototype. Photos courtesy Jaguar Land Rover. Introduced in 1954, Jaguar’s D-type was a revolutionary sports racer built with one primary goal in mind: victory in ...
Restored 1964 Ford Thunderbird convertible for sale. From the seller’s description: Got a little carried away with this one. Have over 40,000 into it and know I’ll take a licking. Everything was eith...
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...
One for resto, one for parts pair of 1987 Subaru GLs for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: A nearly matched pair of 1987 Subaru GL Wagons. Both have a 1.8 liter , 4 cylinder engine...
What exactly makes the Airstream so popular to this day? To answer that question, the National Trust for Historic Preservation spoke with Airstream restorer Matthew Hoffman about the aluminum-clad ca...
Kraftwerk’s Autobahn cover. Photo of author’s copy. Music and the automobile have always seemed to thrive together, back to the days when “In My Merry Oldsmobile” was a hit on the Tinpan Alley circui...
From the seller’s description: 1963 Corvair Monza Spyder Convertible with Factory Air Conditioning! I know that option was not available, but someone found a unique way of solving the condenser issue...
Photos courtesy FCA Media. Most histories depict Chrysler’s purchase of AMC as one done merely to gain the Jeep name and discard everything else, yet the former gained far more than a brand from the ...
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...
Bahama Blue 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz for sale. From the seller’s description: Only 1800 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz were created in 1957. The Biarritz convertible comes with a 365 ci engine tha...
Senna, driving chassis 6 at Monaco in 1993. Photos courtesy Bonhams. On paper, 1993 looked to be a challenging year for the McLaren F1 team. Rival – and 1992 constructor’s champion – Williams-Renault...
Photos via Mitch Vickers. Typically, you buy the car first, then the license plate. In Australia, where number plates can be bought and sold separate from a car, one collector of Holden’s luxury mode...
From the seller’s description: This 1970 Lotus Europa S2 has a 1,565-cc 4-cylinder engine with 4-speed manual transmission, tires and Panasport wheels. Runs and drives very nicely. The beautiful hand...