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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery – the tale of the real Austin-Healey 100S AHS 3610

Austin-Healey’s 100S was a car built without compromise or attention to cost, meant to deliver racing glory to gentlemen racers capable of fronting the $4,995 price of admission. Just 50 examples wer...

The $5,000 Challenge, stuck in the ’80s edition

Like Rodney Dangerfield, the 1980s is the decade that can’t seem to get any respect. The 1950s and ’60s stand on their own, automotive-wise, and though few would declare the 1970s the pinnacle of aut...

Bonneville Salt Flats wins IHMA’s lifetime achievement award

Photo by Mr. Nixter. Typically it’s a flesh-and-blood living person who takes home a lifetime achievement award, but the judges for the International Historic Motoring Awards, perhaps acknowledging t...

Continuation Jaguar XKSS debuts at Petersen Museum

Photos courtesy Jaguar Land Rover Classic. In March of this year, Jaguar announced it would complete production of its legendary XKSS model, assembling the nine cars destroyed by a February 1957 fire...

This or That: 1967 Buick GS 340 versus 1969 Dodge Dart Swinger 340

1967 Buick GS 340 (top); 1969 Dodge Dart Swinger 340 (bottom). Photos by the author. We’ve all had that “if money was no object” dream; a foggy utopia where we gleefully theorize amassing a collectio...

Chevrolet brothers to get gravesite memorial after decades of neglect

Photos courtesy Indiana Racing Memorial Association. For a man whose legacy includes one of the largest and most well known car brands in the world, Louis Chevrolet’s Indianapolis gravesite remains f...

One man’s hoard of dozens of Buick Rivieras to disperse at auction

Photos courtesy Klein Realty and Auction. Blame a 1965 Chevrolet for Terry Hodgen’s fascination with the Buick Riviera. “As the story goes, he bought that Chevrolet new, and the transmission went aft...

Jaguar Land Rover demurs on Silverstone circuit lease

Photo courtesy Silverstone Circuit. A would-be financial rescue for the historic Silverstone circuit in Great Britain has apparently fizzled now that Jaguar Land Rover has backed away from a bid to e...

Hemmings Sunday Cinema – Winter grands prix, papercraft rotary engine, million-mile Porsche 356, The Living Daylights chase

Whenever we see images of Mel Stultz and Bobby Green’s “Frozen Few” vintage-motorcycle ice racing, we are reminded of the Swedish Winter Grand Prix (and wonder why we don’t get invited to race old ho...

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1949 Triumph 2000 roadster

From the seller’s description: Presented for sale here is the finest 1949 Triumph 2000 Roadster in existence. Just completed. This 7 year frame-off, and to original specification motorcar is finished...

Four Links—Totally tagged Rambler, hot rod art of Stefan Marjoram, vintage filling stations, reviving a rusty Ranchero, and direct-injection flatheads

From Curbside Classic comes the interesting tail of an old-car owner who put his or her neighborhood vandals street artists to work preserving a ’61 Rambler American. Apparently the unidentified owne...

Taking it all in – a closer look at some of the vehicles from last week’s SEMA Convention

N100001, the first Camaro built on the pilot assembly line, displayed in the GM booth. Photos by author. Though it was conceived as an industry trade show to support the automotive aftermarket perfor...

The Z16 that got away

1965 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu SS Z16. Photos courtesy Joel McKee. For some, the “one that got away” is a lost love interest, while for others, it’s a fish, or a 10-point buck. For those of us passio...

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1969 Chevrolet Corvair Monza convertible

1969 Chevrolet Corvair Monza convertible for sale. From the seller’s description: Very Rare 1969 and Collectible Corvair Monza Convertible. Show AND Go in this fun to drive classic. You’ll be grinnin...

Edsel and Eleanor Ford House designated a National Historic Landmark

Images courtesy Edsel & Eleanor Ford House It’s hard to overstate the importance of Edsel Ford to The Motor City. His father Henry may have put the world on wheels, and his son Henry II may have save...

Learning fast – NASCAR history among topics at IMRRC symposium

1963 Darlington 500. Joe Weatherly (#8) in his Mercury leads Darel Dierenger (#26) in his Mercury. Photo courtesy Ford Motorsports History. A livestreamed talk on NASCAR history at Watkins Glen will ...

Reminiscing – My 1952 classics – one Canadian, one American

1952 Hudson (L) and Meteor. Photos by Harold Wellenbrink. My Canadian car is a 1952 Meteor that was built in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, and my American car is a 1952 Hudson Wasp which was built in Det...

Packard Proving Grounds shortlisted for MotorCities Excellence Award

Photo via Packard Proving Grounds. Like that other remnant of the Packard automobile company near downtown Detroit, the Packard Proving Grounds could have been abandoned to decay for decades. Or the ...

Finding restoration parts for classic Mopars just got easier

Mopar’s new restoration part website, dedicated to owners of classic cars. Photos courtesy FCA Group. Finding reproduction parts for a classic car restoration can be a time-consuming endeavor. First,...

FCA to close Walter P. Chrysler Museum, convert to office space

Walter P. Chrysler Museum. Image courtesy FCA. Those hoping to visit the Walter P. Chrysler Museum, located on the automaker’s Auburn Hills campus, have a very narrow window to do so. Late Thursday, ...

Esprit de hardcore: Pismo Race of Gentlemen 2016

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...

The $5,000 Challenge, at random edition

Usually, but not always, there’s a theme that holds each installment of the $5,000 challenge together. It may be cars that need assembly, or unusual finds, or cars from a particular decade, or it may...

As the Firestone Super Sports Wide Oval tire turns 50, a new radial version arrives

This ’68 Firebird is wearing reproduction bias-ply Wide Oval tires. Photo by author. It’s hard to believe that it has been 50 years since Firestone introduced its illustrious Super Sports Wide Oval t...

Gallery: On the ground at SEMA 2016

The car that won the first Indianapolis 500, the 1911 Marmon Wasp, on display in Shell’s SEMA booth. Photos by Steve Berry. Every year, the automotive aftermarket flocks to Las Vegas in early Novembe...

Gone but not forgotten, the first Saturns are now eligible for AACA judging

1991 Saturn models, including the SC (left), SL1 (center) and SL2 (right). All photos copyright 2016 General Motors LLC. Used with permission, GM Media Archive. By the early 1980s, General Motors was...

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