The Corvette Styling Cars driven by Harley Earl (L) and Bill Mitchell. Photos by David Newhardt, courtesy Mecum Auctions.
Harley Earl and Bill Mitchell set the pace for design at General Motors for a combined 72 years, and under Earl’s tenure, the Chevrolet...
Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company.
These days, the automobile company that operates out of just one assembly plant is rare. A century ago, however, it was commonplace, and like many other automobile manufacturing innovations, the practice of operating multiple...
The Apollo’s newly reupholstered back seat. Story and photos by Joe Essid.
Whatever your personal experience with back seats (please do not give us TMI in the comments) restoring that part of a vintage car requires some care. As ever, I hope to inspire some of you...
Date: February 1974
Location: East Meadow, New York
Source: George Calvelli
What do you see in these long gas lines?
Gasser-style 1986 Fiberfab MGTD for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description:
Gasser, 355 Ci, 4bolt block, block is O ringed, line board ,tork plate honed,decked, TRW froged pistons,H beam rods,solid cam roller chain, HY volume oil pump,deep drag race oil pan,,Valasco...
1940 Ford Marmon-Herrington standard station wagon. Photos by David McNeese, courtesy of RM Sotheby’s.
Marmon-Herrington began building four-wheel-drive Ford vehicles in the 1930s, and by the end of the decade was offering the conversion on light-duty vehicles as...
Bill Warner in 2016. Photo by Nathan Deremer/Deremer Studios
Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance founder and chairman Bill Warner has one of the most impressive resumes in the collector-car hobby. He’s been a journalist, photographer, automotive archeologist, racer,...
Images courtesy of Evro Publishing.
Jim Clark was widely considered by his peers and fans as the best racing driver of the era, and his death in an April 1968 Formula 2 crash stunned the world. “If it could happen to him,” fellow racer Chris Amon remarked, “what...
Date: February 1974
Location: East Meadow, New York
Source: George Calvelli
What do you see in these long gas lines?
Lightly modified 1996 Alfa Romeo GTV for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description:
The GTV “Type 916” is the first car Alfa didn’t sell in the US, as it was introduced right after they stepped out of this market in the ‘90.
Mine comes with a 2 liter turbo (TB in...
Photo courtesy GM.
Seventeen thousand new bricks, a whole lotta mortar, a new roof, and an ultramodern climate-controlled archives room helped General Motors secure this year’s Preservation award in the MotorCities National Heritage Area’s Awards of Excellence....
The 1956 Ferrari 290 MM sold for $22 million, topping RM Sotheby’s Petersen Museum auction. Photo by Karissa Hosek, courtesy RM Sotheby’s.
During its time as a Scuderia Ferrari team car, the 1956 Ferrari 290 MM carrying chassis number 0628 was driven by Juan Manuel...
Bonneville Salt Flats. Photo by Steven Harris.
Editor’s note: In response to our November 30 story regarding a recent University of Utah study on the Bonneville Salt Flats, the Save the Salt Foundation and Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) sent us the...
2019 Ford Fusion. Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company.
It began as a trickle: In 2016, FCA killed off the slow-selling Dodge Dart and Chrysler 200, leaving the Dodge Charger and Chrysler 300 as the sole remaining sedans in its lineup. In April 2018, Ford made the...
Date: February 1974
Location: East Meadow, New York
Source: George Calvelli
What do you see in these long gas lines?
Reconditioned 1951 Crosley CD station wagon for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description:
Originating out of Newport, New Hampshire, having been stored in a climate controlled garage by an older gentleman, divesting of his collection of classics, following a frame off...
Photo courtesy Bloodhound SSC.
Less than two months after the British Bloodhound SSC land-speed record effort announced that it needed £25 million to keep going, the administrators placed in charge of the effort have thrown in the towel on the entire project and...
John Whittaker’s 1974 Datsun 710, Ken Epsman’s 1976 DeKon Chevy Monza, and Zak Brown’s 1981 Porsche 935 negotiate the famed “corkscrew” turns of WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca during the 2018 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. All three cars, restored to original livery, were...
From the seller’s description:
1994 Dodge Stealth RT. 75K original miles. With original window sticker listing all installed options. This is laminated to protect it. Exterior color is Emerald Green Pearl with beige interior leather bucket seats. Engine is 3.0L DOHC 24V V6 MPI,...
Photos by Geoff Hacker, except where noted.
[Editor’s Note: Earlier this year, on a trip to our neck of the woods, Geoff Hacker of Undiscovered Classics unearthed something remarkably long: a Cord that sat on a rear-wheel-drive chassis with a nearly 140-inch...
From the seller’s description:
This is a Triple Black 1976 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ with Original Black Paint, Black Cabriolet Top, and Black Leather Interior. This vehicle has 75,626 original/actual miles. The vehicle is in mint condition throughout. It has factory Air Conditioning...
Wait, you say, Buick never made a V-12. Except, as Mac’s Motor City Garage detailed recently, Buick did build two cars powered by experimental V-12s designed by Leo Goossen. One is restored, the other long missing.
* The Vintagent did some deep diving recently to produce...
We received these photos in an email this week, along with a request for us to help identify the palletized engine featured in them.
It looks to be a surplus engine that was possibly purchased at a government surplus auction. It has been well-stored, with oiled paper protecting...
Date: 1964
Location: O’Hare Airport, Chicago, Illinois
Source: via Jim and Chester’s Garage
What do you see here?
From the seller’s description:
1977 International Scout II, I recently finished up a 2 year restoration on a highly-optioned lifelong southern Oregon Scout. It was repainted its original Glacier Blue with an all new interior. It is 4wd and is powered by the 345ci V8 paired with an...
Photos courtesy Mecum Auctions.
At the crest of a wave of retro design that swept over the auto industry at the turn of the 21st Century, Ford introduced a pair of concepts that called back to one of its most successful vehicles and that narrowly missed becoming...
Aston Martin DB6 MkII Volante, converted to battery electric power. Photos courtesy Aston Martin.
What if, in a dystopian version of the future, internal combustion engine vehicles are verboten? Using an electric autonopod for daily transportation is one thing, but...
If there’s a siren song that we’ll all dash our ship upon the rocks over these days, it’s the lure of the “barn find.” We’re all looking for one. Reality TV has placed its bet on them. The auctions salivate over them. But, the unicorns aside, what’s an actual barn find really made of?...
Now, here’s something you don’t see every day: David Bowie and Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in a side-piped and black panthered, hood-scooped Pontiac. But seriously, folks…
What’s amazing about this – we’re gonna guess wedding-day – photo isn’t so much the white tux or the...
Photograph by Thomas A. DeMauro.
Most of this past summer was spent searching for my 17-year-old son Tommy’s first car. He’d gotten his license, had a steady part-time job for a year, and had been saving his paychecks. With some additional help from my wife and I,...
Date: February 1986
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Source: Joshua Levine, via Northeastern University Libraries Digital Collections
What do you see here?
Preserved 1978 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description:
Ordered when new by Pettit Chrysler of Louisa, Virginia and not sold by Bill Pettit until 2001, this 1978 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham is believed to be the last C-Body sedan ever...
Image courtesy Google Street View.
Though it has sat vacant for the last dozen or so years following a blockbuster $10 million sale, the former Ford factory on Pittsburgh’s Baum Boulevard, an anchor for that city’s automobile row, appears poised for revitalization...
International Motorcycle Shows are sponsored by Progressive Insurance as a way to promote their insurance products for motorcycle owners. Photos by the Hemmings Staff.
Adventure bikes and new riders were the two big themes at this year’s Progressive International Motorcycle Show,...
1959 Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight Holiday Sport Sedan. Image via The Old Car Manual Project.
It seems like every time we write about a car, we find something to love about that car–even if its nothing we’ve contemplated in the past. Loving a car means dreaming about it, and dreaming...
Date: circa 1960s
Location: 777 Neil Avenue, Columbus, Ohio
Source: Columbus Neighborhoods
What do you see here?
A/C-equipped 1960 Imperial Custom Southampton for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description:
Red/Grey interior. 413 V8 Wedge engine, 4dr Hardtop, Torque-Flite push button transmission, Power Windows & Seat, Auto-pilot, Factory AC, RWD, 58,402 original miles…
...Photo via online property listing.
Delaware once served as a vital link in one of the coups that formed pre-bailout General Motors, but with the announcement late last month of the pending demolition of the former GM Wilmington assembly plant, the wrecking ball...
Pirelli’s newest tire, the cross-ply Stella Bianca. Photos courtesy Pirelli.
In 1927, Pirelli debuted its first modern automobile tire, developed from the lessons learned in racing. Dubbed the Stella Bianca, or White Star, the distinctive tread pattern became...
Making out a Christmas wish list used to be easy. The Sears catalog showed up on the doorstep in November, and from there it was a matter of dog-earing the pages with slot cars, models, and .049 gas-powered buggies. Later, our focus would shift to the Craftsman tool section, as our...
Date: circa 1970s
Location: Detroit, Michigan
Source: Wayne State University Libraries Digital Collections
What do you see here?
From the seller’s description:
1991 Chevrolet Beretta GT, 3.1 V6 Fuel injected engine. 5 speed manual. Garage kept. 2nd owner and only adult owned. Power windows and locks. Power steering. Air conditioning. New tires. Front wheel drive. All original and the paint also!! It has LOW...
Tucker Carioca rendering by Thom Taylor, courtesy Rob Ida Concepts.
Preston Tucker viewed failure as a necessary milestone on the road to success. A year after a jury found him not guilty of charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Tucker was hard...
The change in air pressure from the tornado sucked in the garage doors in this building at Country Classic Cars. Photos by Anita Noel.
Just 15 months after a five-alarm fire swept through Hemmings Pro advertiser Country Classic Cars, misfortune has struck the...
What looks like an R2-D2 pulled up from a saltwater sea, weighs as much as the Death Star, and has enough firepower to — literally — fuse together two Tie-Fighter’s?
No, it’s not something from the Star Wars universe. It’s Grandma’s arc welder.
Really it was my grandfather-...
Date: circa 1980s
Location: Wilshire and Westwood boulevards, Los Angeles, California
Source: via Japanese Nostalgic Car
What do you see here?
Restored and freshly painted 1963 Chevrolet White Super Mustang for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description:
These old White trucks are very hard to find, I have only seen two others. For a truck that worked most of its life it is in really nice condition. Great for...
1941 Mercury Sedanca deVille by Coachcraft. Photos courtesy RM Sotheby’s.
Coachbuilt cars are typically associated with marques like Duesenberg, Packard, and Rolls-Royce, but California shop Coachcraft worked with more attainable brands, too. This Coachcraft-built...
1928 Isotta Fraschini 8ASS, winner of the best of show trophy at the 2018 Trump Charlotte Concours d’Elegance. Powered by a 160-hp straight-eight and wearing a convertible boattail body by American coachbuider LeBaron, this Italian beauty was originally delivered to a prominent American...
From the seller’s description:
1964 Pontiac Catalina 389 Tri-Power convertible. California – Arizona – Florida car. Disassembled body-on-frame rust free restoration. Extensive documentation. Stripped to bare metal, PPG epoxy primed, DuPont G2 Red Fire and Clearcoat. Re-chromed...