As the monochrome-and-billet excesses of street rodding began to give way to the stripped down, back-to-basics aesthetic of traditional hot rodding in the late Eighties and into the Nineties, one voi...
Date: 1960s Location: Mooloolaba Esplanade, Mooloolaba, Queensland, Australia Source: Sunshine Coast Council on Facebook, via Lindsay Wilson What do you see here?
Police package 1977 Plymouth Gran Fury for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Genuine police package 1977 Plymouth Gran Fury with original 440 engine and HD 727 trans. These cars ar...
Swind E Classic Mini. Photos courtesy Swindon Powertrain. In 2018, automaker MINI showed a battery-powered concept version of the original Classic Mini at the New York Auto Show, but there was a catc...
The Volkswagen Type 2a camper van, rendered entirely in Lego bricks. Photos courtesy f.r.e.e. and Messe Muenchen. Volkswagen’s 1968-’71 Type 2a camper van — sold on these shores as the Campmobile — i...
SBC-powered 1972 Chevrolet Vega GT for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This sporty 1972 Vega GT is finished in Bright Yellow and features contrasting Black sport striping. A Geor...
Louis Meyer (left), the front page of the World-Independent (center), and Will Overhead (right). Consult any compendium of race results and you’ll find that Louis Meyer, then 28, won the Indianapolis...
RV conversion 1972 Citroen HY van for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Truly beautiful vehicle imported from the Netherlands with a clean Indiana title. This van is perfect for th...
From the seller’s description: 1949 Chevrolet 3600 3/4 Ton Pickup VIN: 5GRB3009 Don’t miss out on this beautifully restored classic 1949 Chev 3600 3/4 Ton Pickup! Attention paid to original color (Fo...
Front-wheel drive had been done before, of course. Even the transverse engine front-wheel-drive layout predated the Mini. However, as this 1961 BMC video via British Pathe notes, Alec Issigonis’ triu...
Solid-roof 1986 Toyota MR2 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This is an extremely clean version of this car. It is also extremely rare. I was told there are less than 200 of th...
Photos by Hemmings Staff, or courtesy the respective manufacturers. In the May issue of Hemmings Motor News we’re running a feature called Modern Classics, focusing on vehicles from the 1980s, 1990s,...
1968 Brabham BT26, chassis BT26A-3, in its 1969 Canadian Grand Prix colors. Photos by P. Litwinski, courtesy Bonhams.com. In 1966-’67, Repco-powered Brabhams won the F1 constructor’s championship and...
Yeah, we know. It’s Valentine’s Day. And while you’re social media status might be “It’s complicated,” we prefer to deal in the more pure matters of the heart: vintage muscle! Now, if you’re anything...
From the seller’s description: European Motor Studio is excited to bring to market this incredible find. This example is the Prototype of the 1991 Lotus Turbo Esprit SE Jim Clark Indianapolis Special...
Bob Nixon (left) with Dick Teague. Photos courtesy the Pat Foster Collection, except where noted. Dick Teague may have whipped up an early sketch for the AMC Gremlin on an airline barf bag, but the t...
Date: September 1985 Location: Columbus, Ohio Source: Dick Garrett, via Grandview Heights Public Library I may or may not have been there to see this, so in addition to a six-year-old twerp, what do ...
From the seller’s description: West Coast Classics are proud to present a beautiful example of this absolutely stunning and fully loaded and beautifully restored as when new 1971 Ford Ranchero 500 Pi...
Photo by Cmglee. More than 20 years after it became the first car to set the world land-speed record in excess of the speed of sound, ThrustSSC not only still holds the record, it’s also still rackin...
Fiat 500 F featured in “The Value of Good Design,” at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). Photos courtesy FCA. Like the Fiat 500 Topolino that preceded it, the Fiat 500 Nuovo — that debuted in Ju...
Ours is a hectic, fast-paced world, in which we can only pause to research miscellany for so long before it’s time to meet another deadline. That’s why, even though we’re sure we’ve seen this wheelco...
Recently refurbished 1937 GMC COE wrecker for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Body by GMC’s Yellow Coach and Truck MFG. Co. Excellent, original, unrestored condition with new per...
Photo by Jay Reed. Just before the end of World War II, vets started coming home en masse with visions of importing and driving the zippy little roadsters they saw overseas. A group of well-off men i...