Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions. Built for NASCAR homologation purposes, Plymouth’s 1970-only Superbird proved to be a tough sell to consumers. By the mid-1970s, most dealers were d...
The classic Mini is one of the world’s most practical collector cars: In addition to being a ball to drive, it’s affordable, easy on gas, simple to repair, well supported by clubs and the aftermarket...
Photos courtesy Gilmore Car Museum. Donald Gilmore didn’t even care much for old cars before he retired, but his wife, Genevieve, figured he needed something, anything, to keep him busy after a long ...
The Replicarz 1/18 scale 1967 STP Paxton turbine. Photos by Mark Fothergill, courtesy Replicarz, unless otherwise noted. With driver Parnelli Jones in the cockpit, the STP-sponsored, turbine-powered ...
Debuting in January of 1928, Chevrolet’s National Model AB introduced new features like four-wheel brakes, a thermostat, indirect instrument lighting and Alemite fittings to make chassis lubrication ...
1947 Chrysler Town and Country. Photo by David LaChance. Appropriately, and unlike pretty much every other car, one of the most celebrated nameplates in Chrysler’s history, the Town and Country, orig...
Corvette Museum Motorsport Park in August 2014, prior to garage and pavilion construction. Images courtesy National Corvette Museum. The National Corvette Museum Motorsport Park is quiet these days, ...
Banthrico’s 1937 Rolls-Royce; image by the author. Everyone had a piggy bank. Other than being used to store newfound wealth due to a paper route or other part-time job, it was employed to teach us c...
All photos are frame grabs from videos below. A trio of Ford commercials: Together, they offer a little something for everyone. Two-Ford Freedom: “Why be stuck with one expensive car, when you can en...
Once prevalent across America, Volkswagen Beetles (original ones, with air-cooled engines mounted behind the rear wheels) are now somewhat scarce. Worse, many come with unknown histories or shoddy at...
1939 Cadillac Sixteen seven-passenger sedan. Photos courtesy Russo and Steele. Rick Nuckolls didn’t visit McPherson College with the intent of buying an unrestored and mostly disassembled 1939 Cadill...
Photo by David Zaitz/Courtesy of the Petersen Automotive Museum By now, you’ve almost certainly seen the outside of the recently revamped Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles; and, if not, we’ve...
A few weeks back on Hemmings Radio, we kicked around the topic of what makes a car collectible. While rarity comes into play, perhaps the biggest single factor is relevance, which explains why once-c...
Superformance’s Corvette Grand Sport, photo courtesy Superformance. Though it seemed like it was going nowhere fast since it first came to light over the summer, the federal legislation designed to e...
Touring, the Great Automobile Card Game. Image by the author. By definition, the word touring means to take part in a tour. When the buggy went horseless, it also took on the definition of a body sty...
Ford GP-001, the world’s oldest known jeep prototype. Photo courtesy Veterans Memorial Museum. Of the three prototypes that automakers submitted for the U.S. Army’s new lightweight scout car in the e...
Photos courtesy Jaguar Land Rover. In keeping with its mission to provide parts and material support for classic Jaguar models, Jaguar Heritage Parts is introducing 30 new body panels for E-type mode...
The gauges are lit by their own bulbs, and the rear sail panel-mounted interior courtesy lamps were employed so that you could actually see the instrument panel details that aren’t normally lit. The ...