Photography by author. Over the years, you’ve likely put a diligent effort into making your vintage vehicle look its best. If you’re sharing your pride and joy with someone via photos, keep in mind, ...
The 1969 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 is a great car to own and drive, yet values have typically trailed the ’69 Chevelle SS 396 and the Pontiac GTO over the years. This can be a good thing if you’re looking for...
A few of the American cars on display at the soon-to-be-opened Route 66 Car Museum. Photos courtesy of Springfield Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, unless otherwise noted. Like many collectors, Guy M...
Ferrari serial number 0438. Photos courtesy Concorso Italiano. For all their vaunted status and multiple millions they sell for these days, Ferraris were once used cars – yesterday’s news with an eng...
Image courtesy The Old Car Manual Project. The picture tells a thousand words. Dad grins knowingly as his India Ivory over Matador Red Bel Air Sport Sedan pulls the steep grade. His wife and daughter...
Before there was a Hemmings Motor News at 222 Main Street in Bennington, Vermont, there was a Sibley Machine Shop. Today, the Sibley Shop houses Hemmings own automotive museum, which also contains a ...
Lincoln’s Continental disappeared from the market following the 1948 model year, and wouldn’t make another appearance until 1956, when Continental reemerged as a stand-alone marque. For those seeking...
One good thing about the collector car hobby is this: Somewhere, there’s a car that appeals to everyone with a passion for four wheels. Shopping at an entry-level price point typically limits the sel...
1954 Mercury Sun Valley, from factory sales literature. During the dream-car days of the 1950s, it seemed as if anything could have found its way onto the car of the future. Oftentimes, some subtle v...
In 1989, after a 16-year absence, Japanese automaker Nissan revived a legendary performance nameplate from its past – the Skyline GT-R. Built to compete (and win) in FIA Group A competition, the R32 ...
It’s time to seriously consider your summer road trips, and we here at Hemmings suggest that you include a proper state or county fair in your itinerary. You remember: the rides, the livestock, the 4...
The Transaxle Era exhibit. Photos courtesy of Porsche AG. From Porsche’s earliest days, its road-going models used air-cooled engines mounted behind or just in front of the rear wheels. In 1976, the ...
Saab’s 99 Turbo, a possible addition to FIVA’s historic vehicle register. Photo by twchen04. Spurred by the success of the Historic Vehicle Association’s National Historic Vehicle Register here in th...
1957 Maserati 250F, the fifth work in the Disintegrating II series. Photos courtesy Studio Oefner. Swiss artist Fabian Oefner sees things differently than the rest of us. Not content to view cars (or...
For 1965, Pontiac’s Grand Prix arrived looking bigger and bolder, with its “venturi” shaped body riding on an expanded 121-inch wheelbase. The standard “premium gas” engine under the GP’s hood was th...
Mazda took a significant gamble in 1989 when it released the Miata, its take on the classic British roadster. The risk paid off, and after eight years of building the car’s first generation NA models...
When shopping for a used vehicle, there’s no such thing as having too much information about its past. After reading the seller’s narrative of this 1991 Chevrolet Suburban Silverado, for sale on Hemm...
A cropped view of the 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T seen below. Photography by author. Spring has arrived, it’s warm and sunny and hopefully soon there will be leaves in the trees. You’ve likely already ...
Bill Frick may be best known as the mechanical genius behind the Fordillac and, later, the Studillac, but his automotive dreams were grander than dropping Cadillac engines in someone else’s cars. Par...
Here’s another from the back of my special tool drawer. It’s one I used to use occasionally, although I don’t have a need for it at the moment. That’s not because I sold the car, by the way, but beca...
Volkswagen’s Scirocco was a hit with North American customers from its 1975 introduction to its 1989 demise, when it was replaced by the more agile, more luxurious and more expensive Corrado. Clean S...
The first gauzy green signs of spring in the Northeast can turn a past-middle-aged car-magazine editor’s fancy to thoughts of affordable convertibles. Fox Mustang droptops were so prolifically produc...
All photos are frame grabs from video below. By the mid-1940s, it seems to us that most of the obvious period catch phrases had already been used up due to the prodigious number of film shorts being ...
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions. They’re considered some of the rarest Mustangs ever built, but more importantly they’re also the very first vehicles to arise out of Ford’s Special Vehicle Operations ...
All artwork from Stefan Marjoram’s 2015 Auto Art Advent series. Courtesy of Stefan Marjoram. Artist, photographer, animator and filmmaker Stefan Marjoram has been sprinkling a little extra magic into...