Whenever we come across a photo labeled Chicago that doesn’t seem to depict an urban area, we immediately think it’s gotta be on Lake Shore Drive. Today’s unattributed carspotting photo, which we cam...
Pontiac pitched its 1964 Catalina as the brand’s lowest-priced full-size offering, but despite the family-friendly sticker, the Catalina still came with standard features like electric wipers, dual s...
Photo by Michael Cote. A bill introduced in Congress this week promises to roll back current ethanol blending requirements and may even curtail the spread of E15 through the nation’s fuel supply shou...
Photography by author. Springtime in Western Pennsylvania means the reopening of area swap meets and flea markets. Anxious to get out and find items that I didn’t realize I couldn’t live without unti...
1967 Shelby 427 Cobra, CSX3295. Photos courtesy of Mecum Auctions. Carroll Shelby’s 427 Cobra is the stuff enthusiast dreams are made of. Iconic in both appearance and sound, many of us have dreamed ...
No gas shortage in these two photos that Terry Koenig’s father took in August of 1958 and that The Old Motor recently published. Rather, the reason for the lines was the exact opposite: The Flying A ...
So why be coy about the hot rodding potential of a car like this 1964 Plymouth Savoy for sale on Hemmings.com? It is a likely candidate for a Hemi or Max Wedge clone (as the seller points out), it’s ...
The Walter P. Chrysler Museum. Image courtesy FCA. In December 2012, the Walter P. Chrysler Museum in Auburn Hills, Michigan, closed its doors to the public after losing nearly $1.5 million in the pr...
Subaru’s first production boxer engine, the EA-52. Photos courtesy of Subaru. Subaru was not the first automaker to adopt a horizontally opposed “boxer” four-cylinder engine for its automobiles, but ...
This time around, we’ve dug up another gem from our own Sibley shop. Powered by four D-cell batteries, this hand-held inspection tool was used by savvy garage owners to demonstrate to customers that ...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News Chevrolet’s lineup was very exciting for 1960, and buyers were paying attention, to the tune of more than 1.6 million cars built that ye...
Two recent photos on Vintage Las Vegas not only show Fremont Street at night – not unusual in itself, given how spectacular Glitter Gulch looked once the sun went down – but show it almost exactly 10...
In an alternate universe, Chevrolet’s air-cooled, rear-engine Corvair might have evolved into a world class sports car that remained in production for five decades. In this universe, though, the Ford...
1934 Ford Model 40 DeLuxe roadster. Photos courtesy Auctions America. When it comes to vehicles selling in an auction’s top-10, a Ford Model 40 generally isn’t the first model that comes to mind. Whi...
The model-building work of brothers Cliff and Larry Read continues to astound. Courtesy Gene Herman, we’ve received a few more writeups on how the brothers take inexpensive scale models and turn them...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News There’s truth to the idiom, “a rising tide lifts all boats,” and the humble flat-four-powered 912 has certainly followed the 911’s recen...
Reader and contributor Don Homuth recently sent us a link to an Oregonian article on old grocery stores in the Portland area, and the three best carspotting images from the article all happen to date...
While this 1948 Dodge B-1 for sale on Hemmings.com leaves us with plenty of questions – which coachbuilder put it together? for whom? for what purpose? – there’s no doubting its unusualness or its po...
Photo by John Penrice. At its peak, Studebaker operated out of more than a hundred buildings scattered across South Bend, each dedicated to a particular auto manufacturing need. Renovating every one ...
There were five hand-built Scout prototypes, all completed early in 1960. Each had a prototype number stenciled on the windshields and on the body. Four numbers have been verified in period images, E...
Photography by author. Over the years, you’ve likely put a diligent effort into making your vintage vehicle look its best. If you’re sharing your pride and joy with someone via photos, keep in mind, ...
Unlike most of the Hartford photos in the collection supplied to us by Joe Sokola, today’s four come with a date – April of 1968 – and we can fairly easily determine the location as Bushnell Park (mu...
The 1969 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 is a great car to own and drive, yet values have typically trailed the ’69 Chevelle SS 396 and the Pontiac GTO over the years. This can be a good thing if you’re looking for...
A few of the American cars on display at the soon-to-be-opened Route 66 Car Museum. Photos courtesy of Springfield Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, unless otherwise noted. Like many collectors, Guy M...
Ferrari serial number 0438. Photos courtesy Concorso Italiano. For all their vaunted status and multiple millions they sell for these days, Ferraris were once used cars – yesterday’s news with an eng...