From the seller’s description: 1971 Ford Torino 500 2 door hardtop Original 302 V8 engine and automatic transmission 26,000 original miles Vinyl interior with bench seats Vinyl top Air Conditioning –...
Date: September 1968 Location: Fort and Eighth streets, Detroit, Michigan Source: Wayne State University Libraries Digital Collections What do you see here?
Ford Media image. In its own backyard reside thousands of artists, both current and retired, dedicated to the form of the automobile. It has long had support from many American automobile executives ...
Date: July 1978 Location: 30th and Market streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Source: Temple University Libraries Digital Collections What do you see here?
Stationary single-cylinder engine at work. Photo By Michael Lamm. Too many people have no compassion for engines. I used to have a neighbor who’d get in his truck in the morning, shove the accelerato...
Date: 1961 Location: Kuwait Source: Brett Jordan on Flickr What do you see here?
1959 Pontiac Catalina Safari pickup. Photos by Jeremy Cliff, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Relatively popular in the prewar years, car-based pickups had all but disappeared from the American landscape whe...
Hydra-Matic-equipped 1954 Hudson Hornet for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Not very many of this model were produced and only a handful remain today. We have made a difficult de...
Most stories of electric conversions on older cars stop right after the test and tune phase. Corbin Dunn, however, has kept us current (geddit?) on his Beetle EV conversion through the years. ( via )...
This 1957 Cadillac convertible has been in the same family since 1974. Photos by Terry McGean. Back in 1957, Dinah Shore may famously have encouraged folks to “See the U.S.A. in your Chevrolet,” but ...
Date: August 1964 Location: Ashland Road, Mansfield, Ohio Source: Columbus Neighborhoods What do you see here?
Low-mileage 1949 Packard Deluxe Eight touring sedan for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: This Packard, a 23 series Anniversary Edition (#2362), was purchased in Seattle,WA from wh...
Image courtesy Google Street View. Throughout the summer of 1950, residents of Florence, South Carolina, couldn’t help but notice a certain new Oldsmobile constantly driving around town, painted up t...
Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News, courtesy of Bruce Zahor. The Ford Motor Company will debut a new Bronco in 2020, after a 24-year absence, and that model name — used fr...
Date: July 1964 Location: Piedmont Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia Source: Billy Downs photo, via Georgia State University Library Digital Collections What do you see here?
From the seller’s description: 1972 Buick Estate Wagon , Sandlewood Beige, 53,762 miles, Brown Leather Interior, 3rd row seat and clamshell rear hatch. Original car with a great history and completey...
Photos courtesy Petersen Automotive Museum. With tiny Beetles proliferating across America, Cliff Hall wanted to build a true “people’s car”: one designed not only for economically disadvantaged to b...
Once again, a colorful autumn has descended on the Northeast. While some here dread the inevitable arrival of winter, with its frigid temperatures and potentially ample snow, others see opportunity i...
Date: 1975 Location: West Park Avenue, Elmhurst, Illinois Source: C. William Brubaker photo, via University of Illinois at Chicago What do you see here?
From the seller’s description: 1962 Chevrolet Corvair Rampside , A very dependable, well sorted, 4 speed Rampside in striking two tone beige and brown color. Much work done over the past two years to...
Photography is courtesy of Helsingborgs Auktionsverk. Considering the immense popularity of the annual classic-American car-themed Big Power Meet in Västerås and Lidköping, it should be no surprise t...
From the seller’s description: 1966 Chevrolet Impala Convertible , Car was owned by a collector who kept it garaged and well maintained with limited use during the past 20+ years. Small block V/8 wit...
Update to last week’s links to the story of the Wild Cherry van: Chris Carter, the Illinois man who restored the van, has been arrested on felony auto-theft charges and will be extradited to Californ...
Dates: October 1980 (above), August 1979 (below) Locations: Fourth and Cherry (above), Second and Yesler (below), Seattle, Washington Source: Werner Leggenhager photos, Seattle Public Library, via Vi...
During next week’s AACA Fall Meet at Hershey, Hemmings’ Executive Editor Richard Lentinello will be conducting a book signing of his recently published work, Cadillac Style. This limited-edition 128-...