Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News, courtesy of Bruce Zahor, and from Volvo Cars Media The P1800 coupe has always been an icon for Volvo. An outlier in an otherwise sensib...
Tom McEwen’s 1968-’69 Top Fuel slingshot dragster. Photos by Dan Duckworth, courtesy Mecum Auctions. By the mid-1960s, Tom McEwen had earned a reputation as a winning drag racer (and the nickname “Th...
From the seller’s description: Completely restored 1970 Saab Model 95 Wagon, V-4. 1.7 liter engine. 4 speed on the column. Super detailed throughout. Same owner for 28 years. Runs great! Was a daily ...
Once largely ignored by collectors, a whole new generation is now embracing the cars of the 1980s. Shows like Radwood are all the rage, and vehicles from this decade are, for the most part, appreciat...
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. To many, land-speed racing is an open-ended license to innovate and push the bounds in the pursuit of speed. Bill Burke took that freedom to heart over a multi-decade ...
The Nmoto Nostalgia goes beyond “retro.” Photos courtesy Nmoto, Inc. and as noted. Any time a manufacturer trots out a “retro” design or even dusts off a vintage nameplate, the responses are the same...
Look, we know. We know how miserable it is outside this week. We also know that even if your garage is attached to the house, there’s a literal snowball’s chance that you’re gonna be in it, anytime s...
Restored Canyon Coral 1957 Chevrolet Cameo Carrier pickup for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This beautiful Cameo is being sold by owner due to health issues. When this beautifu...
Images courtesy Boyle Racing Headquarters Foundation. At this point, nothing but four walls and a concrete floor remains of the Boyle Racing Team’s headquarters in a run-down neighborhood just northw...
Aerial view showing the existing property and new parcel purchased. Photos courtesy National Corvette Museum. Today, the National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky, occupies...
The team of Fitz and Van (Art Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman) created highly praised advertising artwork for Pontiac in this era. Vintage artwork courtesy of the Automotive History Preservation Society....
Photo via Auburn Zoning Board. A year after announcing his retirement, Dean Kruse has sold the Kruse Museums property in Auburn, Indiana, to a trio of investors that includes his nephew, John Kruse. ...
Dale Earnhardt Sr. and Dale Jarrett in 2000. Photo credit MSI / Brian Czobat, courtesy of Ford Motor Company. Each year, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Hall of Fame sends a ballot to its nearly 150 ...
Photo courtesy Oregon Department of Transportation. Pulling out of the weekend show-and-shine, trophy in hand for favorite muscle car, you succumb to the encouragement of the crowd. “Light ’em up!” t...
The Packard plant in August 2018. Image courtesy Google Street View. The collapsed production-line bridge at the former Packard plant may turn out to be a trifling worry to the current owner of the p...
1967 Jaguar E-type Roadster 4.2 and 1967 Lancia Flaminia 3c 2.8 Convertible. Photography by the author. Two vintage sports cars, one beautiful fall afternoon, and plenty of lightly populated rural ro...
The first Porsche 916 prototype, “Brutus.” Photos courtesy Artcurial. In an alternate timeline, the Porsche 911 may have lost its crown as the brand’s halo car circa 1972, replaced by a high-performa...
The Corvette Hall of Fame. All images courtesy the National Corvette Museum. The Corvette Hall of Fame, located at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, exists to recognize those w...
The biggest news of the year happened away from the track. In October 1973, Saudi Arabia — controlled by OPEC — organized an oil embargo in retaliation for United States support of Israel during the ...
From the seller’s description: 1953 Pontiac Cheiftan Eight , 74676 original miles, garaged from new. Completely original with all owner paperwok and cards from new. This is a very rare pontiac in add...
Photos courtesy British Motor Industry Heritage Trust. You’re running Britain’s most prolific automaker, and some guy knocks on your door asking you to build a two-wheeled car stabilized by a gyrosco...
1964 Shelby 289 Cobra, CSX2246, which sold for a fee-inclusive $1.05 million. CSX2246 photos by Mathieu Heurtault, copyright and courtesy of Gooding & Company. The Shelby 289 Cobra may well have been...
It’s the end of January. If you’re anywhere east of, say, Arizona, it seems like it’s well below freezing and driving an old car is limited to the earliest year for factory seat heaters. But if you’r...
The opening lap of the SVRA Charity Pro-Am race at VIR in 2018. Still image from video below. In 2014, the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) debuted the Indy Legends Pro-Am race, pairing am...
1963 Porsche 356B Carrera 2 GS cabriolet. Photos courtesy Bonhams. In 1963, the most expensive Porsche road model one could order from an American dealership was the 356B Carrera 2 GS cabriolet, whic...