From the seller’s description: Selling my 1954 Packard Henney Junior Ambulance, the car is partially finished and I’ve done the hard work of finding all the obscure and impossible to find parts. As g...
Photos courtesy Checker Motor Cars. With a stock of Checker parts in hand and official paperwork filed, the reborn Checker Motor Cars is set to begin production of its versions of the famed taxi comp...
All images copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company. Contemporary photos by Brian Henniker. Al Jolson was a rock star decades before rock and roll was invented. “The World’s Greatest Entertainer” ...
These are dome lamp covers, but from which postwar American vehicle? Photos by author unless otherwise noted. The internet is often referred to as “the sum of all human knowledge,” but from our persp...
Text and photos by Jim Garrison. It is a common misconception, even in the Kalamazoo community, that Checker Motors went out of business when they stopped making taxicabs. In fact, the case is quite ...
The Henry Ford’s trove of Dave Friedman photos has revealed many gems in the past, so one would expect the most recent digitized batch of Friedman photos – from the 1960 U.S. Grand Prix at Riverside ...
It’s said that a journey of 1,000 miles begins with the first step, and applying that same logic, a restoration of 1,000 parts begins with the removal of the first rusted fastener (or, perhaps, the s...
Pair of weathered 1954 Buicks for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 1954 V-8 Buick Special Coupe & 1954 V-8 Buick Super Hardtop. both ‘Nailhead’ V8 engine. Have factory windshield ...
Photo by Jannes Glas. While much of Route 66 remains in existence and in use, its decommissioning more than 30 years ago has left its fate largely to the various states through which the Mother Road ...
The Turnpike Cruising Package was only available on the Cutlass Supreme models for 1967. Artwork courtesy of the Automotive History Preservation Society. The advent of the Turnpike Cruising Package m...
We found this 1957 Ford Ranchero in the auction listings for Mecum’s current Kissimmee sale: Jerry Miller of Jerry’s Classic Cars and Parts in Springdale, Arkansas, has been helping 1957-’59 Ford sta...
1910 Hudson Touring Car. Images courtesy Seal Cove Auto Museum. Seal Cove Auto Museum, on the spectacular Maine coast, occupies a unique place at the juncture of automotive history and the research o...
From the seller’s description: 1973 Dodge tradesman 100 van. Great original survivor van with 69 thousand original miles. Strong running 318 v8 with 3 speed manual on the column. Steering joint and t...
From the seller’s description: Chevrolet 1955 very rare 210 sport coupe (equals no post), w/factory 265 V8 (rare), 2-spd Powerglide (rare). Recently replaced brakes, wheel bearings, fuel tank, batter...
Date: circa 1955 Location: Main Street, Flin Flon, Manitoba Source: Vincent Murphy. “My old home town. An isolated mining town in northern Manitoba. Few cars until the highway to the south was comple...
1950 Ford Custom Tudor. Photo courtesy Art Bruns. Back in the early 1950s I was particularly attracted to the 1949-’51 Fords. When the new 1949 Ford was first introduced I thought it was the most mod...
Date: circa 1960s Location: Half-Dome, Yosemite National Park, California Source: Rondal Partridge, Library of Congress, via Jim and Chester’s Garage What do you see here?
Driveable dream 1977 Chrysler Newport for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: The basics – 151,300 miles, 400 4-bbl, 4 door sedan, light package, manual windows and door locks but po...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News, courtesy of Bruce Zahor There was an outlier on the shelf, among the brochures for Skylarks/ Gran Sports, LeSabres, Wildcats, Electras,...
Date: circa 1959 to 1960 Location: U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. Source: Architect of the Capitol on Flickr What do you see in the parking lot here? UPDATE: Flipped the photo back around. Now the UF...