The flag drops and the hammer’s down at The Race of Gentlemen on Pismo Beach. Photo by Jeff Koch. It rained at Woodstock in 1969. More than 400,000 people showed up and made the best of it despite th...
Don’t call it a rat rod! When a car guy or gal hears that term they think of something like the cars from Mad Max: Fury Road. A patina’d body is akin to the Japanese philosophy of sabi —the beauty th...
Photos by Jeff Koch. Pontiac’s Trans Am has, for most of its life, sought to transcend mere ponycardom and has been posited as Pontiac’s “European-style” sports car. For the decade that saw the secon...
Images are from the brochure collection of the author Saab Automobile, the pride of Trollhättan, Sweden, is no longer the company we long new and loved, but with many former engineers and staffers st...
Photos by Daniel Strohl. For 1967, Mercury took the Mustang uptown with the release of its Motor Trend Car of the Year winning Cougar. From its quad headlights concealed behind a distinctive electric...
Images are from the brochure collection of the author Few cars are as strongly identified with the 1980s as is the stainless steel-skinned sports car from the De Lorean Motor Company. This Giugiaro-s...
Photos by Matthew Litwin. Dodge, despite its monster Hemi, had fallen behind in the muscle car image race: the Coronet 500 name didn’t have the requisite sizzle, despite crisp new lines for 1966. (No...
Photos by Jeff Koch and courtesy of Lincoln. Lincoln’s Mark III was born of necessity to do battle in the lucrative personal luxury market against the Buick Riviera, Oldsmobile Toronado, Cadillac Eld...
Photos by Richard Lentinello. It was called the “gentleman’s fast car,” and rightly so. It was big, and had a handsome, muscular-looking shape and a powerful V-8 engine that made it run rings around ...
Photos by Jeff Koch. The Ventura-based ’74 GTO embodied a number of firsts (most of them could be considered onlys, until the ’04 models arrived). The first GTO to ride a unit-body platform, and the ...
This 1927 Ford roadster came about because of a free, splash-oiled 216 Chevy. “Waste not, want not” sounds like it probably came from Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack, but it could very we...
Spend time thumbing through our domestic automotive history and you will note that small cars have always peppered the industry. American Bantam and Crosley are some of the earliest notables, along w...
Jeff Yost’s 1976 Chevrolet Corvette, purchased through Hemmings Motor News . Photos by Jeff Yost. These days, there seems to be an endless array of outlets in which to sell a collector car. From free...
Don’t let its black paint and full fenders fool you–this Ford Model T Runabout is far from stock. Photos by the author. Henry Ford advertised his Model T as “The Universal Car,” with the implication ...
1933 Auburn advertisement, courtesy of OldCarAdvertising.com Certain parts have entered the collective consciousness as quintessential automotive hardware above and beyond their status as original eq...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News The first-generation Toyota Celica got a fairly frosty reception when it arrived in 1971, unlike its near instantly-popular fastback 240...
Photography by author. As I’ve said in the past, sometimes good car stuff turns up where you least expect it to be. My latest fun find was at my local library’s book sale. I know: big surprise to fin...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News It was a half-century ago, 1966, when Ford took a chance on creating an International Scout- or Jeep-like on/off road “all-purpose vehic...
“Apple,” as the car was nicknamed by the previous owner, wears a 1960-’61 front fender because of accident damage decades ago. Owner Dillon Merkl retained it because he enjoys the “Frankenstein look....
Rick and Laura Griffin’s ’52 Dodge Sierra in the far lane versus Larry Underwood’s ’51 Plymouth Suburban in the near lane. Photos by Laura Ball Griffin Inspired by our piece “Suburban Simplicity” ( H...
Nash and Hudson both sold a version of the new Rambler for 1956, this model being the first genuine success of the American Motors Corporation. Planned for a 1957 launch but called into service a yea...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News This gem, dug out of the imported car brochure drawer in a HMN filing cabinet, offered a genuine surprise to this writer, as I was compl...
Jeremiah Thomas’s 1929 Ford A/V8 is a veritable oldtimer in the East Coast traditional rodding scene. Photos by the author. You’ve probably seen this ’29 Ford roadster with the Ford V-8 logo stencile...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News Oldsmobile’s 1988 model year lineup showcased this GM division’s past and future, all sharing space on dealership lots. The veteran rear...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News Ford secured the Thunderbird’s future for decades to come when it debuted the second generation in 1958. This small, six-panel fold-out ...