Photo courtesy New England Auto Museum. Pinning down a birth date for Luigi Chinetti’s North American Racing Team isn’t exactly straightforward. Could have taken place in 1948, 1958, or any number of...
On the right is our Miro-Flex Model 18 Miro-Flare. On the left is an unmarked version. Note the holders for flags positioned between the reflectors. Nobody wants to imagine a breakdown, especially at...
1971 Chevrolet Vega 2300 Hatchback Coupe. Photo courtesy GM Media. When I was 20 years old I was employed as an assembler at the Chevrolet Engine Plant in Tonawanda, New York. I started out working i...
Date: circa 1960s Location: Bellaire Boulevard and Rice Boulevard, Bellaire, Texas Source: City of Bellaire archives, courtesy Bill Starr What do you see here?
Spirit of America package 1974 Chevrolet Impala for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This car is an extremely low-mileage example, with original paint and interior. Dual exhaust w...
The anodized aluminum caps in question. It’s been a while since our last From the Toolbox segment, and this one comes to us from reader Dave Wood. Dave is asking for help identifying something that’s...
2017 Fiat 124 Spider. Photos by author. Fiat hasn’t sold a compact roadster in the U.S. market since 1982, or 1985 if you count the Pininfarina-badged variant of the 124 Sport Spider. That changes in...
Date: circa 1950s Location: Edmondson Village, Baltimore, Maryland Source: Baltimore County Public Library, via Baltimore Heritage What do you see here?
Customized 1975 Porsche 914 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This is a 1975 Porsche 914-6, one of one with custom bodywork, laid back windshield, Fixed roof, Ferrari Fly Yello...
Photo by Shawn Wilson. Of all the cities in the world important to automotive history – Turin, Stuttgart, Indianapolis, Coventry, Yokohama – the Automotive Hall of Fame currently resides in Dearborn,...
In the early 1980s, this was the first book that I read to learn about how cars work and how to service them. Published by Goodheart-Willcox Co. of Chicago, this 1970 edition belonged to my father wh...
Photos by Matthew Litwin. Dodge, despite its monster Hemi, had fallen behind in the muscle car image race: the Coronet 500 name didn’t have the requisite sizzle, despite crisp new lines for 1966. (No...
From the seller’s description: We are proud to offer for sale a rare 1966 Lincoln 4 Door Convertible VIN # 6Y86G413847, one of a limited production run of 3180 produced in 1966. We acquired this car ...
Stills taken from Honda video. Were it up to Honda, the very first car the company built for the United States would’ve gone through a crusher nearly 50 years ago, relegated to becoming another anony...
1954 De Soto Coronado. Brochure and ad scans from author’s collection. During the boom years of the immediate postwar era, auto manufacturers were doing their best to create ads that touted their new...
1967 Mazda Cosmo Sport for sale. From the seller’s description: One of Just 343 Series I Cosmos Extensive, Professional Two-Year, Photo-Documented Restoration Mazda’s First Sports Car and the First S...
Dating to 1984, this 25-minute interview with Enzo Ferrari is probably the best such interview put down on video and the best account of Ferrari from Ferrari himself. * Chrysler didn’t just whip up t...
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...
Restoring his 1957 Pontiac Safari for the road probably would have gotten it more use at cruise-ins and other old car gatherings, but Alan Freed had it restored as it was built – as a Hy-Rail, intend...
Field mouse. Photo by Martyn Fletcher. Last week, I decided that the two-year-old cabin air filter in my truck had served out its useful life and was due for replacement. Swapping it out was an easy ...
1950 Allard J2 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This 1950 J2, chassis #99J1851, is the sister car to the famous Pollard #14 Allard. Tom Carsten, of Pacific NW Racing fame, own...
The Hemmings Motor News 1932 Ford Speedster. Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd, courtesy The Great Race. It is time once again for Great Racers and vintage car rallying fans to make their annual pilgrimage to...
By William Hall. Photos courtesy of Doug Schellinger. Many of us have had our car buddies over for backyard barbecues this summer, but none of them resembled the gathering at the home of Doug Schelli...