Photograph by Thomas A. DeMauro. Most of this past summer was spent searching for my 17-year-old son Tommy’s first car. He’d gotten his license, had a steady part-time job for a year, and had been sa...
Date: February 1986 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Source: Joshua Levine, via Northeastern University Libraries Digital Collections What do you see here?
Date: February 1982 Location: 14th Street NW, Atlanta, Georgia Source: Cheryl Bray, Georgia State University Library Digital Collections What do you see here?
Single-family 1980 Buick LeSabre for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This is a one family owned car. It was special ordered and bought new by my brother in 1979 at Braley & Graha...
Photo courtesy Profiles in History. A long time ago, in the early days of the Internet, a misguided nerd wrote an article comparing the Millennium Falcon to a Chevrolet Nova. While the author made a ...
Photos by Gary Kessler, courtesy of Mecum Auctions. These days, photochoppers don’t waste much time in slapping together station wagon or shooting brake versions of every new car after the first offi...
1969 Chevrolet K5 Blazer. Photo courtesy GM Media. Sure, the Chevrolet Blazer heavily influenced sport utility vehicles by using a shortened version of GM’s standard pickup chassis, as many histories...
The Dodge Concept II minivan limo conversion. Photos courtesy Joe Bortz. From Hemmings’ old friend Joe Bortz comes this velour-covered glimpse into a limousine conversion concept, circa 1984-1985. Th...
From the seller’s description: 1984 Porsche 944 , Here is a wonderful opportunity to acquire a vintage Porsche 944 in spectacular condition. 53000 original miles, nicely factory equipped with 5 speed...
Dates: October 1980 (above), August 1979 (below) Locations: Fourth and Cherry (above), Second and Yesler (below), Seattle, Washington Source: Werner Leggenhager photos, Seattle Public Library, via Vi...
Mechanically refurbished 1987 Citroen C15E for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: one of two known to seller in North America. The Visa version of Citroen’s famed Truckette. Peugeot...
Sunroof-equipped 1977 Dodge Aspen R/T for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: The SuperPak option included; heavy-duty suspension, front sway bar, spoiler group (rear deck spoiler, f...
Unrestored 1984 Oldsmobile Toronado for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Offered for sale is a stunning all original 1984 Oldsmobile Toronado Limited Edition. Painted in brown wit...
From the seller’s description: This is a 1984 Mini 25TH Anniversary …Stunning !!!!! 100% restoration, with full photographic documentation and receipts. No expense spared, $10,000 spent on bodywork a...
From the seller’s description: 1985 Dodge Omni GLH-T , excellent original condition. Purchased from long time second owner (second owner purchased the car in late 1986). 15,6xx original miles (miles ...
Preserved 1983 Volkswagen Type 183 Iltis for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: The Volkswagen Type 183, more commonly known as the Iltis (German for polecat), is a military vehicle...
V-8 swapped 1980 Chevrolet K10 stepside for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: I’ve had this truck a couple years. Solid and tight. This was originally a six-cylinder rig ordered fo...
Restomodded 1987 Honda CRX Si for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Known as RETROCRX in the CRX Community. Restored and rebuilt over a period of 2.5 years from late 1999 to 2002. ...
The Bill Moyers video on the state of the American auto industry in the early 1980s — as would any report on the industry at that time — heavily referenced the impact of the Japanese auto industry as...
Jaywalking simply didn’t exist before the automobile, so how did it — both the term and the crime — come about? According to this deep dive into the history of jaywalking, it was actually a concerted...