Photo by the author. Many people have fond memories of their first new car. I don’t. I went to college in a small town that was hundreds of miles from any sizable metro area. I lived in the married s...
Date: circa 1988 Location: VFW Highway, West Roxbury, Massachusetts Source: Francisco Urbano, via Dirty Old Boston What do you see here?
Mechanically restored 1967 Lotus Elan S3 DHC for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 1000 miles since specialist (Don Butler@ Union Jack Exotics) performed COMPLETE $25k mechanical r...
Date: 1965 Location: Van Nuys Boulevard and Blythe Street, Los Angeles, California Source: Bob Martin, via Digital Collections of the Los Angeles Public Library What do you see here?
1968 Triumph TR250. Photo by Terry Shea; brochure scans from author’s collection. More than just sports cars, Standard-Triumph was one of the most prolific car manufacturers England has ever had. Fro...
Date: circa 1980 Location: East Hampden Avenue, Aurora, Colorado Source: Denver Public Library Digital Collections What do you see here?
The last 1953 Chevrolet Corvette built, chassis 300. Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. It was Harley Earl that sold GM on the need to produce an all-American sports car, and to test the waters, his Spe...
Renderings courtesy Sloan Museum of Discovery. Since establishing its Buick gallery 20 years ago, the Sloan*Longway Museum in Flint, Michigan, has kept the collection on its campus but in a separate ...
Date: 1977 Location: Queen Elizabeth Way, Toronto, Ontario Source: Toronto Public Library What do you see here?
From the seller’s description: GR Auto Gallery is pleased to present this 2 family owned, Survivor 1968 Plymouth Fury III for your consideration. The word ”survivor” gets tossed around often in the c...
The Smithsonian’s Air & Space magazine this week looked into why Corvettes and astronauts from the Right Stuff era are forever linked. After Shepard joined NASA, he struck up a friendship with Genera...
Husband and wife team Pat (driving) and Pat (navigating) Brothers. Photo by author. As we mentioned in our last driving post, Great Race teams spend some time between races practicing and fine-tuning...
Date: August 1988 Location: Las Vegas, Nevada Source: Vintage Las Vegas What do you see here?
Rendering courtesy Pontiac Transportation Museum. Every other week, it seems, another car museum somewhere closes, downsizes, merges, or faces some sort of existential financial trouble. Tim Dye sees...
This Hudson Hornet is a fan favorite. Photos by author. For those not familiar with time, speed, and distance racing, the objective of the Hemmings Motor News Great Race is not to get to the finish l...
For generations, Hemmings has been the go-to source when buying or selling vintage and specialty vehicles and parts. Hemmings also played a central role in the creation of the classic car hobby and i...
Photo by the author. As you can see from the above photo I just took of the Hemmings Motor News library, form follows function when it comes to our shelves. That’s largely because we’d rather spend o...
Date: October 1981 Location: Vine Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Source: Richard Rosenberg, via Temple University Libraries Digital Collections What do you see here?
1957 Ford cars, like this Fairlane Sunliner, were available with a supercharged engine topped with a Paxton VR-57. Image via lov2xlr8.no Not too long ago, Senior Editor Matt Litwin and I drove out to...
From the seller’s description: 1972 Chevrolet K20 Custom Deluxe, General: Truck has been in the family since 1978. Just finished a 10 year restoration in 2015. Truck has 1400 miles since restoration....
Date: September 1964 Location: Ball State Teachers College, Muncie, Indiana Source: via Ball State University Digital Media Repository What do you see here?
From the seller’s description: One owner Dodge Shelby Charger . 2.2 natual aspiration 5 speed , original paint except for hood and roof. runs drives excellent, recent timing belt and water pump, tire...
1960 Austin-Healey “Bugeye” Sprite. Image by Terry Shea; restoration images courtesy of Ken Hoffman. In the forthcoming August 2019 issue of Hemmings Classic Car magazine, we’re featuring the restora...
From the seller’s description: 1990 Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe , 35th Anniversary Edition, one of 3371 produced. Two-owner, 2k miles. 3.8L EFI intercooled supercharged V-6 with dual exhaust. 210 HP...
Date: circa 1960s Location: unknown Source: via The Old Motor What do you see here?