Clothespins on fuel lines – fact or fiction?
Photo by Matt Litwin. So the conversation regarding the Pochon-Davignon family’s 2CV road trip went on a tangent into bush remedies for old car mishaps, and plenty of folks weighed in on the feasibil...
Photo by Matt Litwin. So the conversation regarding the Pochon-Davignon family’s 2CV road trip went on a tangent into bush remedies for old car mishaps, and plenty of folks weighed in on the feasibil...
From the seller’s description: For Sale: 1986 Lotus Esprit Turbo HCI . 17,362 Original Miles. Original Owner. Excellent condition S3 Esprit. Ready for new owner, who will greatly enjoy this rare vehi...
GM Media images. Naming an engine beyond its actual displacement can do wonders for an automaker’s marketing efforts. The capital-H Hemi has inestimable brand value, and Ford for many years relied on...
Date: 1993 Location: Branson, Missouri Source: Missouri State Archives What do you see here?
Currently offered on Hemmings Auctions is a quite nice example of the rare 1957 Pontiac Bonneville , a model that was created expressly to elevate the image of the Pontiac brand. In fact, the ’57 Bon...
From the seller’s description: 1989 Ford F-150 XLT Lariat , one owner, 4.9L EFI I-6 with optional 4-speed manual transmission. Always stored inside, never driven in winter, used sparingly and gently ...
Photo via GM Media. Since the Mustang first made its debut, carmakers have chased the youth market in increasingly varied ways. Then, a quarter century later, the Big Three all seemed to happen on th...
2008 Dodge Magnum SRT8. Photo courtesy FCA Media. It’s easy for old car enthusiasts to dismiss today’s cars as bland, undifferentiated transportation modules, just as it’s easy for new car enthusiast...
Date: circa 1950s Location: Beacon Street, Brookline, Massachusetts Source: Nishan Bichajian, MIT-Libraries on Flickr What do you see here?
Restored 1949 Boles-Aero travel trailer for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: After having spent much of its life in storage, over the past several years #10530 has been carefully ...
Nine-passenger four-door hardtop 1960 Chrysler New Yorker station wagon for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: I purchased the car in 2005, and then had a nut and bolt restoration d...
Nine-passenger four-door hardtop 1960 Chrysler New Yorker station wagon for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: I purchased the car in 2005, and then had a nut and bolt restoration d...
Court Avenue, Bellefontaine (left) and Woodward Avenue, Detroit (right). Photos courtesy AA Roads (left) and American Concrete Pavement Association (right). Earlier this year, a handful of Michigan g...
Hemi-powered 1966 Dodge Coronet for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 4 door FBI Hemi clone covered in patina, completed in December 2016 and less than 2600 miles on it. This car w...
Ever wonder how school buses almost universally came to wear not just yellow but a specific shade of yellow ? Smithsonian Magazine dug up the answer, which has less to do with caprice and more to do ...
Period photos likely via Michelin, Biel Technicum. Technical solutions often appear that only make sense in certain windows of time. Take, for instance, the fax machine, relevant until suddenly every...
Date: circa 1990s Location: Stanford University, Palo Alto, California Source: Stanford Libraries What do you see here?
Chevrolet Express. GM press photos. In January 1966, Chrysler collected the 55 Ghia-bodied turbine-powered cars it had lent out to the general public over the prior couple years; sometime after mid-A...
Date: June 1990 Location: Central Expressway, Dallas, Texas Source: TexasFreeway.com What do you see here?
MKI 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit GTI for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 1984 Volkswagen Rabbit GTI ~ it’s the father of the Hot hatch!! – Ultra rare CA original VW Golf GTI MKI. All o...
The Tucker 48 is rare. Preston Tucker’s struggles with funding his start-up auto company, including a fight with the SEC he eventually won, resulted in a mere 50 cars produced plus the original “Tin ...
Date: February 1966 Location: Chicago, Illinois Source: James O’Leary, via VintageTribune What do you see here?
Photo by Mark Heard. For decades, Lombard Street – the so-called “crookedest street in the world” – has served as one of the essential tourist stops in San Francisco, as instantly recognizable as the...
Photos courtesy Tommy Lee and Coker Tire For anyone interested in speed, time, distance rally racing but aren’t quite ready for the annual 10-day, 2,000-plus-mile Great Race, we suggest starting in o...
American Motors products (and even a couple pre-AMC Nashes) filled the former Chilson AMC dealership in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, for the final Chilson Family Reunion. Photos by David Conwill. We ...