A few of the cars, lined up outside the barn. Photos courtesy Andy Hoge. America’s heartland seems like a strange place to run across a collection of unrestored air-cooled Volkswagens, but that’s exa...
Photos courtesy ChipFoose.com, Hooker Headers, SEMA. Chip Foose’s ubiquity in hot rodding and customizing is no mere fluke of reality television. Instead, the custom car designer’s more than 25 years...
It seems like everybody had a Model T in the 1920s, but there were alternatives. Image via lov2xlr8. My wife and I have three daughters. The oldest will graduate high school in 2025. Perhaps you’ve s...
Plymouth fans looking for inexpensive transportation in 1972 had ample choices in the Valiant lineup, including a pair of two-door Dusters, a four-door sedan and a two-door hardtop sold under the Sca...
Still image from video below. Possibly possessing the longest subtitle ever —The People From Fisher Body Who Help Bring A Modern Automobile Body “Up From Clay” – The Bodybuilders is a GM Photographic...
Image via Google Maps. Old Studebaker dealership buildings tend not to attract the attention of big-city mayors or generate headline news these days. One in Phoenix, however, has proved the exception...
This month’s story on a one-of-149 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T convertible four-speed looked strangely familiar to a couple of Hemmings Muscle Machines staffers. In the June issue (#153) of Hemmings Mu...
Chevy Monte Carlo SS Aero Coupe rear backlight; image by Terry McGean. It was bound to happen–the factory-backed on-track battles had returned by 1986. The melee for track supremacy that took place l...
Photo from the writer’s collection. After Henry Ford almost singlehandedly created the low-priced automobile category with the Model T, the rest of the industry found itself playing catch-up with mod...
Longtime friend of Hemmings Motor News Randy Rundle, owner of Fifth Avenue Antique Auto Parts, has recently released a new technical publication about a common problem all vintage car owners have run...
Today, the terms “convertible sports car” and “Mazda” seem to go hand in hand, as the brand’s MX-5 Miata has proven itself the best-selling two-seat sports car in the world. Before there was the Miat...
Photo by the author. All in the same statement released on Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency promised to rescind contentious language that motorsports enthusiasts say targeted them, reitera...
Remember that story about Goldilocks and the three bears? The same seems to happen when one is hunting for a project car: Many are over-restored, and hence, too expensive, while an equal number seem ...
Engesa EE-9 Cascavel Mark V. Photo courtesy the Bovington Tank Museum. Collecting tanks and other military vehicles in Europe may soon become a pastime of the past, thanks to a proposed set of Europe...
The recovered 1981 Ferrari 308 GTSi. Photos courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Patrol. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach process an average of 500 vehicl...
These days, the concept of a full-size convertible from a domestic big-three automaker is as foreign as building a car with an estimated fuel economy of 8.1 MPG. In the early 1970s, however, five of ...
For many in the classic car hobby, their first vehicle came as a hand-me-down from a relative, or was purchased from an estate sale. Both represent an affordable way to break into the hobby, as long ...
A few days ago, Kurt kicked off From the Toolbox, a series in which we show you images of a tool designed to do a particular job on a vehicle, and challenge you to identify the vehicle and the job. T...
Photos courtesy Worldwide Auctioneers. What if Carroll Shelby had the ear not of Henry Ford II but of his father, Edsel Ford? And what if sports cars became a phenomenon in the United States not afte...
What do you prefer: a numbers-matching car with low miles and lots of original parts, or a clean restoration that deviates from original for the sake of enhanced performance? If you’re of the latter ...
Photos courtesy Worldwide Auctioneers. “Dulce Domum,” loosely translated, means “Sweetly at home.” It conveys a sense of comfort, of settlement, of wanting for little. Fittingly, somebody long ago ta...
Duesenberg design by Darwin Hawthorne. Anybody with two crayons to rub together can draw a sleek long car and call it a modern-day Duesenberg, but ask a retired car designer – somebody who spent deca...
1965 Buick Riviera “Clamshell” headlamps doors closed and open; images by Jeff Koch Simply put, the 1965 model year is the quintessential Riviera among collectors and enthusiasts alike. Much has been...
Amazing how a series of windows can change the whole character of a vehicle. Take, for instance, this 1962 Ford Falcon E11 Station Bus for sale on Hemmings.com, technically a Falcon and not an Econol...
Photo courtesy SEMA. Some of the largest legislative issues of concern to collector car enthusiasts – among them the Environmental Protection Agency’s racecar ruling and the spread of ethanol-blended...