The Ford Piquette Avenue plant, one of the beneficiaries of the MotorCities National Heritage Area. Photo courtesy FordPiquetteAvenuePlant.org. A decades-long effort to preserve some of southeastern ...
1970 Ford Maverick, to be featured in the upcoming Detroit Underdogs exhibit. Photo courtesy AACA Museum. American automakers occasionally hit an out-of-the-park home run, producing cars with appeal ...
Boyer-bodied 1924 Willys-Knight fire truck for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: It is super rare, in excellent condition, drives and runs really well, and is a whole lot of fun to...
1962 Buick Skylark convertible for sale. From the seller’s description: This rare car is in excellent condition car with all matching #’s. Only 8,913 convertibles were produced. Second owner car. Ori...
Unrestored slant six pushbutton transmission 1961 Plymouth Valiant for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: The car was purchased new in 1961 by a Senior lady in Oxnard, California at...
While Citroen had the 2CV ready to launch in 1939, its delay until after World War II resulted from a period of German interference intended to get Citroen to build the Beetle instead, as Ronan Glon ...
Photos courtesy New York governor’s office. Rather than peruse the latest executive cars and limousines for its officials and diplomats to wave at crowds in future parades, the state of New York deci...
Photos courtesy Carol Crumrine Williams, except where noted. Every now and then, we run something in Lost and Found that nets so many responses our physical and email inboxes literally overflow. Such...
M4 Shermans at the Cleveland Tank Plant. For an event that some are describing as the largest-ever (peacetime, presumably) gathering of armored military vehicles, the Military Vehicle Preservation As...
Perhaps it’s because the vernal equinox has passed (in the northern hemisphere, anyway), but a quick glance of our classifieds shows an embarrassment of riches in the $5,000 and under price category....
Image courtesy Fruehauf Trailer Historical Society. The man who lent his name to the General Motors of the trailer industry will also take a place among the automobile industry’s pioneers later this ...
1932 Peerless V-16 prototype. Photo by the author. From the birth of the American auto industry to the coming of the Model T, Detroit played second fiddle to Cleveland when it came to auto manufactur...
1955 Cadillac Series 62 Coupe de Ville for sale From the seller’s description: Cadillac DeVille 62. Original interior. One repaint. Runs and drives well. Great chrome. Radial tires. Odometer reads 33...
Prologue Dallas Times Herald, January 1946: Down The Pan-American Highway: With approach of the first peace-time vacation period since 1941, many motorists who like to hit the long, open highways are...
On the trailer going to the shop. Just love those narrow whitewalls! Photos by author. I have come to and passed the turning point in the Corvair project: More things are now going in or on the car t...
Complete but unrestored 1949 Willys Jeep Delivery for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Very original, relatively rare 4×2 Willys Panel Wagon in “All There” condition, owned by the...
1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe. Photos courtesy Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum. Sometimes, the joy of acquiring a collector car is not in the actual purchase, but in the hunt itself. While all...
Here’s a small sample from my modest Stewart Warner Green Line gauge collection. Photos by author. While there’s still plenty to do in the garage during winter, the really cold weekends are spent in ...