Photo courtesy Bonhams. When Fred Yeakel first bought his Bill Thomas-built Cheetah, it sported not just its original body and chassis, but also a relatively recent restoration. So, of course, he pul...
Used car lot, Lancaster, Ohio, 1938; it’s a safe bet that buyers still argued about a $29 selling price. Photo by Ben Shahn, from Library of Congress archives. There aren’t many universal truths in t...
No body, no windshield, no headlamps or taillamps, and definitely no heater, air conditioner, or power windows. That was the point, after all: A support vehicle that could carry heavy loads over all ...
At one time, the United States was the largest market for British automaker Morgan’s traditional roadsters, but then came increasingly stringent emission controls and safety regulations. Thanks to th...
As part of the celebrations of Santa Pod’s 50th anniversary, the British racetrack’s Facebook page posted a big ol’ set of historic photos from the first days of racing on the abandoned airfield up t...
A pair of early Jeeps from Omix-ADA’s collection. Photo courtesy Omix-ADA. In 1992 Al Azadi founded Omix-ADA as a Jeep specialty parts vendor in a small rented warehouse. Today, the Suwanee, Georgia ...
We love it when we get carspotting submissions from our readers, and we really love it when our readers send us an entire series of carspotting photos because we can stretch that submission out over ...
It’s hard to find a two-owner car from five years ago, let alone one from before World War II, but that’s exactly how many owners this 1939 Lincoln Zephyr for sale on Hemmings.com has had. The curren...
Photo by the author. If the California state legislature’s various attempts to make laws concerning older cars this year are to be considered as a whole, then the cutoff for collector cars exempt fro...
Participants in the garb of 1916-’22 gather at the Vista House in Crown Point, Oregon. Photos by Clayton Paddison Brass Era and Vintage Era cars along with a biplane and crowds of people in period dr...
Photos by the author. Ever since the 1950s when my father bought us a Lionel train set I’ve been hooked on toy trains. I still have that Texas Special F3, complete with scratches from running over hu...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News. Evolution was the name of the game for Chevrolet’s flagship sports car in the mid-1970s. The fourth third-generation Corvette underwent...
We probably should’ve run these closer to this year’s 100th running of the Indy 500, but today’s close enough. From Jim and Chester’s Garage come these two photos of a parking lot at the 1965 Indiana...
This week’s mystery tool selection comes to us from reader Randy Rundle, who sent in a trio of vintage tool photos that we’ll be featuring in the coming weeks. First up is this strange-looking set of...
1931 Ford Model AA tanker. Photography by author. Ford’s handsome little Model A was one of the most successful and popular automobiles of all time. It had the right look, was the perfect size, and p...
Over on our Facebook page, reader Larry Gaddis sent along today’s carspotting photo depicting Sherwood Plaza in Gainesville, Georgia. Larry initially thought perhaps the photo could date to the Seven...
Ford rolled out the Mustang’s Mach 1 package in 1969 as well as the thundering 428 Cobra Jet engine offering buyers what reviewers back then hailed as the ultimate performance Mustang. The Mach 1 goo...
Photo via High On Life SundayFundayz on Facebook. A group of Canadians who caused outrage last month after entering restricted spaces at Yellowstone have come under fire again after a stunt of theirs...
TROG East 2016, day one: Jeff Bloedorn’s ’32 coupe gets a jump on Scott Sheehan’s ’30 roadster Jeff Brock’s ’21 roadster. Photos by author. Kevin Carlson, Race of Gentlemen regular, owner of the Sass...
All photos are frame grabs from video below. It’s a Jam Handy film, so you know the first few minutes are just a setup — but we do so enjoy their creative spins on more mundane subject matters. So ma...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News Jaguar’s well-received range of sedans -pardon, saloons – worked alongside its famous XK sports cars to broaden the British automaker’s ...
Jim and Chester’s posted this LA bank parking lot photo recently, and in the search for more info, we found it among a group of photos of the same bank – the Cathay Bank at 777 North Broadway – on th...
The idea behind the Austin-Healey Sprite was a simple one: Design a basic and low-cost sports car, compact enough to be stored in a bike shed. The Sprite was launched in 1958; Mark I versions feature...
Billy Lane on a 1915 Harley-Davidson built for Shelly Rossmeyer-Pepe. Photos courtesy of Billy Lane’s Chopper Inc. Billy Lane of Choppers Inc. and Discovery Channel’s Biker Build-off and Monster Gara...
1968 Ford Mustang Cobra Jet posing on the line at Lebanon Valley Dragway. All photos by the author. Forgive me if I am telling you something you already know, but drag racing is not nearly as easy as...