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Radio controlled 2002 Nissan Skyline GT-R from Jada’s Fast and Furious collection. Photo courtesy Jada Toys. Some potentially interesting news for anyone who enjoys diecast and radio-controlled cars:...
Radio controlled 2002 Nissan Skyline GT-R from Jada’s Fast and Furious collection. Photo courtesy Jada Toys. Some potentially interesting news for anyone who enjoys diecast and radio-controlled cars:...
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...
A few of the current wheel offerings from Vintage Wheel Works. Photos courtesy Coker Group. Coker Tire has long been known as the source for classic and muscle car tires, but the latest acquisitions ...
The IMS Museum announced this week that it has digitized a good number of recordings of Indy 500 races past and is now offering the digital recordings for sale. * The story that Alex Pappademas wrote...
Pirelli’s newest tire, the cross-ply Stella Bianca. Photos courtesy Pirelli. In 1927, Pirelli debuted its first modern automobile tire, developed from the lessons learned in racing. Dubbed the Stella...
Holley 4150-style carburetor, as used on the Hemmings Muscle Machines project Chevelle. Photo by Terry McGean. There’s money to be made in aftermarket performance parts. Just take a look at the recen...
Coker’s headquarters in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photos courtesy of Coker Group. Founded by Harold Coker in 1958, Coker Tire was a pioneer in supplying period-correct tires for the collector-car hobby...
We might argue that one of the main reasons for the redesign of the Muscle Machines weekly newsletter was to not just celebrate the new look of the magazine, but to be a regular source of…well, alter...
The Super Charger concept, posed with the “Hellephant” 426 supercharged crate HEMI engine. Photos courtesy FCA. Let’s face it: Nostalgia still sells, especially to hardcore horsepower junkies. To hig...
Hot Wheels Original 16 Display Set. Photo courtesy Mattel. Mattel’s eternal diecast brand may be celebrating a birthday, but collectors get the presents. Hot Wheels turned 50 years old in 2018; many ...
Rendering of the proposed HB Coupe Classic. Images courtesy of Huet Brothers. Tino and Paul Huet grew up with a passion for classic sports cars, and after a decade of restoring Alfa Romeos, Bugattis,...
A close encounter with a sapling near the driveway led to a dent and paint failure. Can Dupli-Color’s Scratch Fix All-in-1 system save the day? Photos by the writer. Last fall, while backing out of m...
Photo courtesy Brock Racing Enterprises. Once the youngest designer in GM’s history, Peter Brock left Detroit at age 21, bound for California and, he envisioned, a career racing cars. There, he lande...
Porsche 911 Safari! ’59 Dodge Coronet! Subaru SVX! ’75 Chevy Caprice! W123 Mercedes wagon! Photography by the author. The Matchbox “Gathering of Friends,” held each July in Albuquerque, has come and ...
NOS Autolite inline-four carburetors for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Two (2) Autolite DOZX-9510-B 1425 cfm In-Line Carburetors Comes complete with: Two (2) D1ZX-9502-AA Carbu...
Gear Wrench, a subsidiary of the Apex Tool Group located in Sparks, Maryland, produces a lot more hand tools than their patented ratcheting wrenches. Recently released new items include chrome molybd...
Photos courtesy of Daimler Benz. Though produced for just four years, the W198 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL “Gullwing” coupe had a tremendous and lasting impact on the automotive world. Voted “Sports Car of ...
Reutter seat production for Porsche, 1961. All images courtesy Recaro. The history of Recaro seats starts in 1963 in the German automotive “capital” Stuttgart in very close range to the iconic brands...
Photos courtesy Porsche AG. Own old cars, trucks or motorcycles long enough, and sooner or later a common problem arises: A needed part is no longer available. Porsche Classic has recently announced ...
Back in the 1950s and ’60s, the most entertaining marketing for automotive products was issued by the gasoline companies. Their display ads were amusing, engaging, and many times downright funny. Tho...
You can’t beat the old Sears catalogs as reference material. Photos by the author. One of the neatest references for everyday-material culture of the past is a Sears, Roebuck and Company Catalog. Sea...
Photography by the author. Half a century of Hot Wheels. Can you believe it? Oh, metal toy cars existed long before Mattel’s eternal “blue brand” (so named for the color of its packaging), but Mattel...
While photographing a 1969 Buick Riviera on Long Island recently for a forthcoming feature in Hemmings Classic Car magazine, the car owner, Eric Sporrer, showed me some of the many pieces of original...
Images are courtesy of Jeroen Booij, and from the Hemmings library Fans of the original BMC Mini have been educated, enlightened, and entertained by the excellent trio of “Maximum Mini” books created...
Photos courtesy of theLamleyGroup. To celebrate Matchbox’s 65th Anniversary in 2018, no fewer than 46 new castings are coming across the basic range and in a couple of new premium lines that will rec...