Summertime, summertime, sum, sum, summertime. It’ll be here before you know it, and when it is, you might be wishing you had something with a top that goes down. Although it’s a truism of the old-car...
From the seller’s description: 1949 Chrysler Windsor with a straight six cylinder flathead “Spitfire” engine and “Fluid Drive” transmission. This car has a very unique history. It was bought new on 1...
Photos courtesy McPherson College C.A.R.S. Club. Big anniversary party coming up for McPherson College’s auto restoration program, so of course they’ve planned a celebration. Instead of cake, though,...
Design patent 190225, granted May 1961. A collection of more than 396,000 patents, dating back to the 1790s and assembled over the better part of a century, has made its way to the Gilmore Car Museum...
Last 1948 Tucker 48 assembled from original parts for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This beautiful Tucker was constructed by Classic and Exotic Restorations of Troy, Michigan, ...
Walter P. Chrysler Museum. Image courtesy FCA. In November 2016, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCA) announced that the Walter P. Chrysler Museum, located on the automaker’s Auburn Hills campus, would...
From the seller’s description: 1947 Ford Super Deluxe Factory Convertible added Wood *Over $50,000 Invested (Minus the Labor on Wood) “First and Only made”- “I made it” 1950 Mercury V8 Flathead Motor...
Safety equipment was minimal, the pits were dirt, and the grills were constantly aflame. A recent photo essay on Native Customs looks at the drag racing scene in one small town in Brazil, which remin...
You’ve waited long enough. And while you’ve waited, I’ve socked away more curiosities from people who have too much time on their hands far too much talent with Photoshop, so let’s open my little cab...
Ad courtesy of Robert Beaver. During World War II new cars simply were not available as most auto manufacturers stopped producing cars in January and February of 1942 before switching over to the pro...
Photos courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum. Polarizing? Sure. Criticized? Of course. But the Petersen Automotive Museum’s undulating steel ribbon facade can now be described as award-winning after th...
Date: circa 1965 Location: 901 North Sepulveda Boulevard, El Segundo, California Source: George Watters via SAACForum.com In addition to the Cobras, what do you see here?
From the seller’s description: 1978 Continental Mark V Diamond Jubilee Edition. 24,300! 460 4V. This car is 100% original down to the rare and optional dual stripe Goodyear Polysteel spare tires. The...
Still image from video hosted on the Internet Archive. Most drivers’ educational films of the 1960s that I’m familiar with were produced by smaller companies and they sustained a serious tone, which ...
Image via Old Car Brochures. So the next time you feel like illustrating your point that even big-shot bigwig executives get things wrong by trotting out that story you heard about the Nova bombing i...
From the seller’s description: 1975 Pontiac Grand LeMans that has been in storage for 10years, out of storage, and back in for 20 years getting a professional cosmetic resto, in original color, just ...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News It was reported that some Buick executives called the new-for-1979 Riviera “the best Buick ever,” so proud were they of the flagship cou...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News It was reported that some Buick executives called the new-for-1979 Riviera “the best Buick ever,” so proud were they of the flagship cou...