1966 Mercury Comet Cyclone GT brochure from the author’s collection. Most of us wouldn’t likely equate the Comet Cyclone GT with Russian spies, but it appears that Mercury wanted viewers of this film...
Chrysler pitched its 1956 New Yorker models as “The perfect combination of style and beauty, and a performance that is as exclusively Chrysler as is the new PowerStyle design.” That performance came ...
Parnelli Jones driving the Marmon Wasp in 2011. Photo by Jim Donnelly. When one of the Marmon Wasp’s tires blew on the brick surface of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway at 90 miles per hour, Ray Harro...
As we’ve already seen, brothers Cliff and Larry Read have a talent for not only improving existing diecast models, but also transforming them from their original configurations to something entirely ...
Similar to the completely new tributes to four-wheel-drive vehicles of decades past that have been all the rage over the last several years, the Encore 151 was a completely new four-wheel-drive rig p...
While the Ford Escort did an admirable job in rallying in the late Sixties, the company still found itself outclassed in the Monte Carlo by the likes of Porsche and Renault with its Alpine, so to com...
At first glance it might look like a Cuban special, but this 1954 Chevrolet for sale on Hemmings.com is actually a veteran of Le Carrera Panamericana, though the ad doesn’t mention its record in the ...
In an attempt to cut air pollution, the city of Paris has decided to restrict cars built before 1997 from entering the city limits on weekdays (weeknights and weekends they’re still permitted to ente...
Photo courtesy Shirley Muldowney. Our friend, colleague and Hemmings Muscle Machines columnist Shirley Muldowney has more than a nodding acquaintance with tribulation. First, she had to come up as pr...
Pair of Singapore photos today from the Flickr stream of Fotorus, who visited the island city-state in April of 1972. Above, we see Collyer Quay, which is hardly recognizable today, and below we see ...
It might need a little work here and there to get into show-worthy condition, but this two-family 1987 Dodge Shelby Charger GLHS for sale on Hemmings.com appears to be all original and able to hit th...
Harley Earl with Firebirds I, II, and III. Photo courtesy GM. With almost 270 men and women among its ranks, the Automotive Hall of Fame has already recognized some of the automotive industries most ...
Photos courtesy Motostalgia Auctions. Marty Robbins may be best known as the country singer who amassed 43 top-10 records over a career that spanned three decades, but in his heart, he was a race car...
They are considered the most coveted Porsches ever created. Be it the nimble little 550 Spyder, the 356 Carrera or the stunningly beautiful 904, the one common element that binds them together is Por...
Brochure images courtesy The Old Car Manual Project. If you remember the 1970s, the saying goes, you weren’t there. For those that have forgotten the start of the decade that saw the death of the mus...
Vintage trucks have an undeniable appeal, and this 1948 Ford F3, for sale on Hemmings.com, is certainly no exception to the rule. With a known history that dates back to its delivery in July of 1948,...
Building the Wall of Death – still image from video below. Mel Stultz, founder of The Race of Gentlemen, has recently completed construction on a new/old Wall of Death attraction, which will be on di...
Photos to illustrate this blog were difficult to find because feature cars like these two vintage BMWs normally don’t have the issues discussed in the blog, so they don’t require the techniques discu...
Photography by author. If you appreciate Pontiac’s outstanding engineering and sleek style yet you prefer to own the type of collector cars that are unique and fairly rare then consider the 1967 Gran...
To be honest, I got no idea where this photo was taken. But the palm trees and the signage en Espanol and the preponderance of American cars makes me believe it can only be somewhere in Mexico. Googl...
For a slightly-above-mid-level Nash sedan, this 1951 Nash Statesman Custom for sale on Hemmings.com has a good amount of flash – particularly on that dashboard – and compelling proportions. Nor are t...
Early morning crowds check out some of the show cars on display. Photos by Hemmings staff. After a non-winter in the Northeast, followed by a wet and cold spring, summer descended on us full force ov...
Porsche 917-30 Can-Am Spyder. Image courtesy of Porsche. Add another event to your Monterey Car Week calendar. A Tribute to the Can-Am 50th Anniversary Gala will be held on Saturday, August 20, at th...
Seller John Crabtree with a few of his cars. When great car auctions are held, will they inexorably take place on the Great Plains? We’ve got to seriously wonder, because VanDerBrink Auctions has bee...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News Thanks to new U.S. bumper strength and height regulations coming into effect, the 1974 model year brought major aesthetic changes to alm...