Earliest proposal by ex-GM designer George Lawson was called the Tin Goose, had pivoting, skirted front fenders. Tin Goose sketches appeared in early ads (below), but later ads showed Alex Tremulis’s...
When I write or read about collectible Lincolns, I end up thinking wistfully about how Ford’s luxury division once produced cars that people aspired to own because, duh, they were Lincolns. In other ...
In today’s world of meaningless and truly stupid marketing campaigns, it’s refreshing to look back at how the old Detroit PR firms promoted their clients’ products. They smartly focused on the many p...
Sometimes one really strong aspect of a car can totally redeem it when other features might not look as attractive. Take, for instance, this 1969 Cadillac Fleetwood Seventy-Five limousine for sale on...
While Dodge built plenty of three-axle trucks, it never came out with a six-wheel-drive Power Wagon, so Legacy Classic Trucks went ahead and built one using a WC63 chassis and turbodiesel Cummins. Ja...
Progress has claimed another old building with automotive ties: the former Studebaker dealership in downtown Akron, which has stood vacant for some time. According to the Akron Beacon-Journal, the ow...
Pride of Prescott – 1931 Seagrave Ladder Truck. Photo by Jeff Koch Professional vehicles, particularly fire apparatus, lead a charmed life. Or so we think. We typically see them being constantly wash...
From the Vintage Los Angeles Facebook page comes this probably not-so-silent night-ish view of Hollywood Boulevard looking east from the late 1940s. Even if we didn’t have the cars to confirm that er...
From the Vintage Los Angeles Facebook page comes this probably not-so-silent night-ish view of Hollywood Boulevard looking east from the late 1940s 1952. Even if we didn’t have the cars to confirm th...
Courtesy GM Media. While going through the images that Mark McCourt collected for his feature story on GM’s Art and Colour section in the February 2016 issue of Hemmings Classic Car , we came across ...
Like a car guy’s version of the yule log, we’re going to sit back and bask in the glow of this street scene from downtown Kansas City that The Oldie But Goodie recently dug up. Royals fans, feel free...
All photos are frame grabs from video below. Undated, but we’ll assume 1939 from that cameo of a ’39 Chevrolet Master 85 or De Luxe Sedan. Just how do petroleum products make the jump from their ba-z...
We have Hemmings Muscle Machines contributor Barry Kluczyk to thank for today’s carspotting image, one that shows downtown Detroit’s Washington Boulevard facing north, judging by the placement of the...
Ford offered Marmon-Herrington four-wheel drive conversions on select vehicles from the 1930s into the early 1960s. There’s a reason the company isn’t a household name, however: Not only was four-whe...
This is the raglan-sleeve jersey that Hometown Jersey made for my car club. A couple of us here are members of a group called the Barnstormers VSC (Vintage Speed Club), and when we decided to have je...
To a certain group of British motorists, Christmas doesn’t so much hold the promise of holiday cheer, drinking eggnog, and unwrapping presents. Rather, the holiday – specifically Boxing Day – brings ...
U.S. Route 90. Photo by jbparrott. It seems that everybody has either a plan to travel Route 66 one day or a story from a trip down the fabled Mother Road, given the number of responses to our recent...
Continuing our dip into the Historic American Engineering Records overview of the Bronx’s Third Avenue El, we’ve got a look at either side of the 180th Street station, with cars parked on both sides ...
One fine candidate for driveable dream status is this 1973 Imperial LeBaron four-door hardtop for sale on Hemmings.com. It’s got a few cosmetic issues, a little rust, and a handful of power accessori...
Pontiac’s mid-engine, rear-drive, two-seat Fiero debuted for the 1984 model year, and consumers immediately began asking for a more powerful engine than the 2.5-liter “Iron Duke” four-cylinder found ...
The Lincoln Capri was introduced as the automaker’s upscale offering in 1952. The Capri was one of the finest cars offered in the 1950s and outsold its stablemate, the Cosmopolitan, until the latter’...
You know you’re a certifiable car nut when you start buying parts for vehicles that you don’t even own, but would like to…someday. Like purchasing a pair of jeans two sizes too small in the hopes of ...
Spend enough time, and one could probably compile a complete set of photos of the Las Vegas strip from every month of every year in the latter half of the 20th century, all through individual tourist...
In 1971, Chevrolet introduced a new trim level into its C/K pickup series. Though hardly luxurious by today’s standards, the Cheyenne trim included things like additional padding in the seats; more a...
1966 Dodge Charger. Photos courtesy FCA. If ever there was a car with an identity crisis, it was the B-body Dodge Charger. Introduced in 1966 as a sporty personal luxury car, the Charger would evolve...