Hemmings Find of the Day – 1985 TVR 390SE
From the seller’s description: 1985 TVR 390SE , LHD, Yellow, Black, 64k, power steering, built 4.6l, mild cam, stage III heads, dynoed at 232 hp at rear wheels, perfect frame, complete stainless stee...
From the seller’s description: 1985 TVR 390SE , LHD, Yellow, Black, 64k, power steering, built 4.6l, mild cam, stage III heads, dynoed at 232 hp at rear wheels, perfect frame, complete stainless stee...
After weeks of anticipation, Hemmings Auctions is up and running, with our first batch of auctions already completed on Monday. The next group is scheduled to reach final bidding later today, with an...
Date: February 1957 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Source: Nishan Bichajian, via MIT-Libraries on Flickr What do you see here?
As pointed out in this Vox video exploring what made Route 66 America’s favorite road, the highway has essentially been defunct for twice as long as it was an active part of American transportation r...
Mostly original 1913 International Harvester MWX Autowagon for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: 2-cylinder Horizontally-opposed 2.6 liter motor 2-speed manual transmission with re...
The folks at TravelEatWOD this week completed a Route 66 road trip in a wrought-iron Beetle. Their sunscreen expense must’ve matched their gas expense… * Esquire this week profiled Joe Ford, a car de...
Photo by Murilee Martin I’ve loved cars since before I knew what they were, playing with a pile of Hot Wheels as a toddler, and I’ve been reading about cars almost as long as I could sound out the wo...
Date: circa 1960s Location: Douglas, British Columbia Source: Royal BC Museum Archives What do you see here?
From the seller’s description: 1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Hurst Olds W-30 . One owner for past 30 years. Only 2535 Hurst Olds were built in 1975. Of the cars built, only 1193 contained the W-30 ...
When we were looking around and talking about our lead story this week, we got to talking about the idea of the parts-getter. The swapmeet hauler. The pickup truck. And when we listed the rare-as-hen...
Date: September 1978 Location: Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana Source: Ball State University Digital Media Repository What do you see here?
A 15-foot U-Haul was the perfect size to transport the Triumph TR3A body shell to and from the restorer. Returning only 12-miles per gallon, it cost about $240 in gas alone. Photography by author. La...
Photo by psyberartist. Since joining Hemmings in April 2013, I’ve penned over 3,300 articles for the Hemmings Daily, plus many more for our monthly print magazines. That’s on top of the 15,000 or so ...
Original owner 1988 Chevrolet Cavalier Z24 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This was my first ride which I purchased new when I was 17 years old! I am the original owner but t...
Photos courtesy Worldwide Auctioneers, except where noted. In the mid- to late 1940s, starry-eyed inventors launched cars of tomorrow seemingly every other week, promising increased safety, better fu...
I shot this special-paint 300D a decade ago and, other than remaining on friendly terms with its owner (who no longer owns it, btw) I remember little about it. He did recently remind me that it was a...
Date: 1983 Location: Dearborn, Michigan Source: Millard Berry, via Dearborn Historical Museum What do you see here?
From the seller’s description: 1976 Chevrolet K5 Blazer in excellent condition. The vehicle only has 74,006 miles and a new engine block has been installed. Seats and interior trim pieces are all ori...
From the seller’s description: 1978 Mercury Bobcat Villager Wagon, This little 2-door station wagon has 22,000 original miles and is very original. Very few Mercury Bobcat Villagers survive today and...
The Ford Taurus, as Tofer discusses in this video on the origins and development of the Eighties hit, may very well have saved the bacon of a carmaker then shedding a billion dollars a year, but it w...
Rust-free 1977 Plymouth Volare Premier station wagon for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: One Owner Garage Kept Low Mileage (estimated 130,000 & 1,000 Since Engine Rebuild 2014- 2...
We know that Ronan Glon at RanWhenParked has a good eye for unusual European cars of the Eighties, Nineties, and beyond, so we’re always happy to see his coverage of local European events like the re...
Date: circa 1974 Location: LAX, Los Angeles, California Source: USC Libraries Digital Collections What do you see here?
Photo courtesy U.S. Department of Agriculture. Disappointed that a recent Environmental Protection Agency ruling effectively barred ethanol-blended fuels beyond E15, several groups of ethanol advocat...
1934 Ford roadster pickup. Images courtesy Mecum Auctions. Ford’s roadster pickups have long been sought out by hot rodders and collectors, but they fell out of favor with buyers in the 1930s as clos...