Any student of the U.S. Interstate Highway System can tell you that the seeds for that network of roads were planted in the summer of 1919, when Dwight Eisenhower participated in a U.S. Army Motor Tr...
Unrestored 1977 Chevrolet K30 dually for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This 1977 Chevrolet Custom Deluxe 30 pickup, 1 ton, 4 x4 pickup with 400 CI engine, automatic transmissio...
Headed towards Kluane Lake. Photos by the author. We awoke groggily to sounds coming from Kevin, Jim and Bill’s side of camp. I unzipped from the bear burrito and followed my nose to find Kevin makin...
If, when thinking about V-8s, your mind turns to rumbly American machines, John Simister over on Goodwood’s blog would like you to consider the many V-8s built by British, French, German, Italian, an...
Photo courtesy AmericanAuctioneers.com. From photos, it’s hard to say which of the six Powell pickups coming up for auction is the cream of the crop: One’s missing its windshield, another appears giv...
Photographs courtesy The Museum of Off-Road Adventure. While most four-wheel-drive enthusiasts would argue that the proper place for any such vehicle is a trail, a beach, or a mud bog, a group in Mic...
St. Tropez pickup converted 1979 Lincoln Continental Mark V for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This car was in the previous owners family since 1982 and they bought it from a fa...
Photos courtesy AACA Library. “Baby” is 63 years old, 5,000 pounds, and rated at three-quarter ton. But after a seven-year restoration of the 1955 Chevrolet bookmobile, Baby is also brand-spanking ne...
Documented 1977 Dodge Warlock for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Metallic Green, Gold Striping, and Black Interior. Supposedly, one of only 74 produced of this rare truck with f...
Photos via Florian Kalff. It’s been less than a year since the oldest known Volkswagen Samba emerged from its decades-long resting place, but the enthusiast who took on its restoration project says h...
Restored 112-inch wheelbase 1939 Ford platform/stake truck for sale. From the seller’s description: Original rust free California truck. Meticulous frame-off restoration. Model 91-C 85 HP Flathead V8...
All photos by the author, unless otherwise noted. Here at Hemmings, it’s not lost on anyone that car shows are the lifeblood of car culture. It’s where we all meet up, where we debut our old cars, wh...
New 35-inch tires on this 1971 GMC K2500 Camper Special for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: K2500 4WD 3/4 ton Sierria Classic Custom Camper Longbed 4 speed. Has Original 350 does...
Restored 1974 Dodge D500 flatbed for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This rare Medium Duty model was only made in this body style for 4 years (74,75,76,77) and most were made in ...
Photos courtesy Bonhams. Of all the ways to load a car onto a truck for transportation, German utility truck builder Ruthmann may have come up with one of the oddest and yet most practical method for...
This week, The Women of Trucking blog took a look back at the pioneers who fought their way into the male-dominated industry, going as far back as Luella Bates (pictured above) and Lillie Elizabeth M...
Photos courtesy H&H Auctions. When Don Loper first came across the remains of a funny pickup with Nash badges stored in a tobacco shed, he thought that somebody had just lopped the back off a sedan, ...
Rust-free 1976 Toyota pickup for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: real original truck never restored. rust free. brand new clutch, plugs, wires, cap/rotor, oil change. i have owne...
Photo by Cliff. Following a decade of inactivity and a multi-million-dollar sale, the former GM assembly plant in Janesville, Wisconsin, which once employed as many as 7,000 workers, will soon be red...
1928 Chevrolet truck on Ridge Road. In the summer of 1968, I was 12 years old and my father, Bob, was 37. We lived in a rural area of western New York in the town of Lewiston, right on edge of Lake O...
Photos courtesy FCA Media. Most histories depict Chrysler’s purchase of AMC as one done merely to gain the Jeep name and discard everything else, yet the former gained far more than a brand from the ...
Unrestored 1979 Jeep CJ-7 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 258 6 cylinder, 3 speed manual trans, power steering, power brakes, heavy duty suspension, tow bar hitch, vinyl over...
Restomodded 1988 Jeep Comanche for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Pioneer trim package Short bed Fiat 500 seats New headlights and bezels, park lights, fog lights, bumpers, wind...