Photos by the author. It’s springtime in Central Texas and that means the Lonestar Roundup has convened in Austin for a hot rod weekend. The show brings builders, musicians, artists, vendors, and fas...
True, this 1928 Ford Model A party truck for sale on Hemmings.com is less collector car than it is a fun and innovative business idea (and, given the timespan of Prohibition, rather anachronistic), b...
This year’s Retromobile had a special display of what they called rhomboids – cars with their wheels laid out in a diamond pattern – and Goodwood’s videographer was there to get some footage of the u...
The car above may look like a Ferrari 308, but underneath its fiberglass replacement body beats the 2.8-liter V-6 heart of the Pontiac Fiero. Don’t call it a kit car, though, since Mera models were o...
One of the unlikeliest stories we’ve seen on Japanese Nostalgic Car as of late was their look back at that hazily remembered period of time in the late 1970s when Japanese cars suddenly became fair g...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News Although it’s little remembered today, European Fords have a surprisingly long history in the American automotive market. This isn’t sur...
The 924 may be the most unappreciated Porsche of all time, thanks to its humble VW-Audi lineage, its break with the rear-engine, air-cooled faith, and its role as Stuttgart’s entry-level model. And s...
Photos courtesy AACA Museum. Yarr, matey! The deck’s been swabbed, the canvas a-been hoisted, and while others like her now be in Davey Jones’s locker or still at sea, the H.M.S. Truckie sails on, co...
Hey Little Cobra was on the Billboard charts for 14 weeks in 1964 and the song peaked at number 4. Photos by author. Cars have been sporadically used as the subjects of album cover art by artists in ...
Photos via TommyIvo.com. As a lifelong showman, even birthdays become an excuse to entertain, which is why “TV” Tommy Ivo will be celebrating his 80th birthday with a public birthday bash at the NHRA...
Parade, maybe? Whatever captivated the attention of the folks in the background of this photo, which we found on Ross Dunn’s Flickrstream, it didn’t work so well on the photographer, who managed to t...
In 1959, Oldsmobile sold 194,102 examples of its newly restyled “Linear Look” Dynamic 88, but only 11,298 of these were the Fiesta station wagon, making it the second least common body style. Today, ...
Photo courtesy Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum. When the founders of the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Automobile Museum moved into the headquarters of the company that built the cars they intended...
Emerson Fittipaldi with his Patrick Racing 1989 Indy 500-winning car. Photos courtesy IMS. At one time, Emerson Fittipaldi was the highest-paid athlete in the world, surpassing even Muhammad Ali and ...
1973 Mercedes-Benz 450 SL, sold for $9,075. Photos courtesy Auctions America. What do a Nash Metropolitan, a Cadillac Allante, a Chevrolet Corvair Monza, an AMC Javelin and a Steyr-Daimler-Puch Pinzg...
Images courtesy Old Car Manual Project. The first-generation Chevrolet inline six has long lived in the shadow of the Ford flathead V-8 – so much so that many don’t realize that it’s a different crea...
Admittedly, we only know for sure that the above photo comes from Scottsdale, specifically Fifth Avenue, and we only know for sure that the below photo dates to the 1960s, but both, which we came acr...
We don’t want to give free HFOD passes to every vehicle like this 1934 Ford “Panther” for sale on Hemmings.com, but seriously, anybody who’s gonna hitch together two or more engines, Freight Train- (...
Photo by 77krc. A pilot cash-for-clunkers-style program that the state of California started in 2014 may soon expand statewide and mandate a minimum number of old cars to scrap in exchange for buying...
Photo courtesy Antique American Independent Automobile Association. While last year’s Military Vehicle Preservation Association Bankhead Highway Convoy perhaps set precedents for covering every possi...
Dawn breaks over Turn 12 at PIR and down the main straight. Photos by Don Homuth. Editor’s note: This piece comes to us from Hemmings Daily regular, concours judge and former North Dakota State Senat...
Photos courtesy BMW Group Classic. Editor’s Note: Ronan Glon of Ran When Parked recently worked with BMW Classic to get us the story of perhaps the largest engine to make its way under the hood of a ...
This 1951 Muntz Jet for sale on Hemmings.com definitely won’t make for an easy restoration – after all, there’s no manual for restoring a limited-production car like this that received an unorthodox ...
The Kirt Fryer 1971 Mustang collection. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Ask Mustang enthusiasts to name the most desirable examples over the years, and it’s a safe bet that the lar...
The Bowling Green Corvette Assembly Plant. Photo courtesy GM Media. General Motors’s Bowling Green Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, has offered public tours of one kind or another ...