…the result might look a little something like this rendering that Pete Wozena drew, dated May of 1956, which we came across in the Cooper Hewitt collections. The LaSalle II reference, by the way, is...
Photos from the author’s collection. I’ve been driving legally for nearly 70 years now. And I know it’s tempting fate to say this, but in all that time I’ve never had an accident. Well, that’s not st...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News. From this once-boutique automaker’s earliest days up to today, Porsche has happily accommodated appeals to personalize its new vehicles...
Preserved 1978 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This award-winning example is beautifully preserved in stunning original condition, coming to us f...
Death on the Ridge Road by Grant Wood, courtesy Williams College Museum of Art. “Grant Wood never said what he meant” with any of his paintings, Kevin Murphy warned. “He was really enigmatic.” When i...
We recently came across some of G. Gordon Davis’ renderings on Facebook and not long after landed hip-deep in an amazing collection of Chrysler, Corvette, and various other concept renderings from th...
Date: 1995 Location: South Marquette Avenue and South 7th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota Source: via Hennepin County Library Digital Collections What do you see here?
Images courtesy FCA. Long before anybody’s wildest imaginations could have conceived of Chrysler (not to mention Dodge and Jeep) becoming part of a multi-national carmaking company that included some...
Restored 1963 Oldsmobile F-85 Cutlass for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: The particular vehicle has had a fresh repaint in a nice dark gray. The interior is redone with new upho...
Photos courtesy the author’s collection. In November of 1964, my Uncle Al bought a 1962 Chevrolet Biscayne 2-door sedan from a Milwaukee dealer’s used car lot. The car was bottom of the line, basic b...
EDITED: January 21, 2020: Following publication, an eagle-eyed reader pointed out that our research missed a Pacer that sold for a higher price. Those corrections are included below. It might not hav...
It might not have flames, like the famous example from the movie Wayne’s World, but this 1976 AMC Pacer is still pretty hot. It sold December 30, on Hemmings Auctions for $23,888. As best as we can t...
Four-speed 1964 Chevrolet Corvair Monza for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Our beautiful black Corvair is equipped with a manual transmission mated to a twin carburated 95 horse...
Four-speed 1964 Chevrolet Corvair Monza for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Our beautiful black Corvair is equipped with a manual transmission mated to a twin carburated 95 horse...
Since FCA introduced the Hellcat performance trim for the long-lived third-generation Hemi–and especially since it introduced the crate version a couple years back–bench racers have envisioned droppi...
Date: August 1965 (above); 1949 (below) Location: Colorado State Highway 5, Mount Evans, Colorado (above); Springfield, Illinois (below) Source: Merle L. Anderson, via Brian Anderson What do you see ...
Photo by the author. It seats just one, has no luxury amenities, sports zero-wheel drive, and its original design didn’t change for 20 years. Still, the car that Jim Mariol, a former Chrysler illustr...
Photo by Russ London. “Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil as I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay?” – Mary Shelle...
Restored 1969 Chevrolet Kingswood Estate for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Here is an incredibly rare and amazingly cool opportunity. Being sold out of the collection of the or...