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| Archived Since: | April 5, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Bubbletop Bel Air sells for $110,000
Photos by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Auctions. Dual-quad 409, four-speed, Posi, tach, and power steering. That’s about all the original owner of the 1962 Chevrolet Bel Air Sport Coupe optioned onto his car, and that’s exactly the configuration in which it remains today, a configuration good for $110,000 at this past weekend’s Don Davis collection [...]
Quail Motorcycle Gathering to celebrate Wayne Rainey, 20 years of the Ducati Monster
Photo courtesy American Motorcyclist Association. For its inaugural Legends of the Sport award, this year’s fifth annual Quail Motorcycle Gathering will honor three-time world champion factory rider Wayne Rainey. Rainey, an AmericanShow More Summary
Racing Heroes – Mario Andretti
Mario Andretti, circa 2012. All photos courtesy Mario Andretti’s Facebook page. Race car drivers in the United States rarely enjoy the same name recognition as other professional athletes. While most Americans know the names Derek Jeter or Tony Romo, there’s far less familiarity with names like Ryan Hunter-Reay or Brad Keselowski. The biggest exception to [...]
Hot off the Press: Muscle Machines takes on the R-Code
The ultimate intermediate – that’s the ideal way to describe Ford’s fearsome 427 Fairlane! Flip open the June 2013 issue of Hemmings Muscle Machines for the lowdown on this competition-pedigreed steed. But wait! There’s more! From a buyer’s guide on the stylish 1961 Chrysler 300G to a look inside the King’s Petty Enterprises compound, there’s [...]
This Day in History: Last Oldsmobile Built
On April 29, 2004, the last Oldsmobile came off the line in Lansing. The car was a cherry metallic Alero, signed by all the employees at the Lansing plant. During its long history, dating back to 1897, Oldsmobile produced 35.2 million cars. Photo courtesy of Al Goldis/AP
Burlington, Vermont, 1965
Much like ArtFink’s observation that there’s a Ford Falcon lurking somewhere in just about every street scene from the 1960s, I’ll posit that there’s a Volkswagen Beetle parked outside just about every service station in these 1960s street scenes. I don’t think that’s because they were in such need of service, either: Instead, I’ll wager [...]
Hemmings Find of the Day – 1953 Oldsmobile 98 4 Door Sedan
Though second-generation Oldsmobile 98s (representing the 1948 – 1953 model years) aren’t exactly rare, finding one with (most of) its original paint and less than 27,000 miles on the clock doesn’t happen everyday. The owners of this 1953 Oldsmobile 98 for sale on Hemmings.com have apparently racked up just 26,600 miles in its six-decade lifespan, [...]
Willow Run assembly plant faces the wrecking ball
Photo courtesy GM Media. It built bombers in World War II, Kaisers afterward, and the Corvair in the Sixties. It served both Ford and General Motors, and it remained in operation for seven decades. Yet the Willow Run assembly plant near Ypsilanti, Michigan, faces demolition if the current owner of the plant doesn’t sell it [...]
Muscle car exhibit opens at Sloan Museum
Photo by Matt Litwin. The first segment of a two-part display of Detroit muscle opened this past Saturday at the Buick Gallery in the Sloan Museum. Located on the Flint Cultural Center Campus in Flint, Michigan, there will be two separate “Dream Machines” exhibits: the first focusing on muscle cars built from 1950 to 1968, [...]
Lost Cars of the 1980s – Renault R5 Turbo and Turbo 2
Renault R5 Turb0. All images courtesy of Renault Classic. While many enthusiasts associate the Volkswagen Golf GTI with the birth of the hot hatchback craze (overlooking, of course, the Mini Cooper and Cooper S models), the European launch of the Renault 5 Alpine (briefly) preceded the 1976 launch of the VW GTI. Like the Volkswagen, [...]
This Day in History: 50 millionth Ford built
On April 29, 1959, the 50 millionth Ford – a white Ford Galaxie four-door with gold trim – was built in Dearborn.
Hemmings Find of the Day – 1956 Volkswagen Beetle
Man, I thought some of my projects took forever. The restification on this 1956 Volkswagen Beetle for sale on Hemmings.com has been ongoing since the mid-1960s. The seller claims it’s because the guy who started it was meticulous about his work, and from the photos, we’d have to concur. So would you go ahead with [...]
SIA Flashback – 1955 Thunderbird vs. 1955 Mustang: The Story of a Bird and a Horse
Mustangs have invited comparisons with all sorts of cars, if only because all sorts of cars tried to copy the runaway success of the pony car or competed in the same category and for the same youth market: Camaro, Challenger, Barracuda, Corvair, etc. Comparing the first-generation Mustang to the first-generation Thunderbird at first seems laughable [...]
This Day in History: Kaiser-Frazer buys Willys
On April 28, 1953, Kaiser-Frazer officially bought Willys-Overland in a deal that had originally been announced in March. The deal was valued at a whopping $63,381,175 and catapulted the new firm into being the world’s fourth largest auto company overnight. Kaiser and Willys operations were merged under the name Willys Motors, and Willys passenger cars [...]
Hemmings Find of the Day – 1957 Dodge Power Wagon Farrar Fire Truck Body
Though this 1957 Dodge Power Wagon with a Farrar Fire Truck Body for sale on Hemmings.com may not be the first vehicle that comes to mind when someone says “collector car,” Power Wagons of all shapes, sizes and specifications have an undeniable appeal. Used by both the military and municipalities across the United States for [...]
Four-Links – Mooneyes visit, original-owner Cobra, V-10 M-II, Ogle Orbed Olds
Marc from Lowtech recently made the hot rodder’s pilgrimage to Mooneyes in Santa Fe Springs and came back with plenty of pictures. On a somewhat related note (it was in Dean Moon’s shop that the first Cobra was built), Jesse at justacarguy recently came across CSX2227, an original-owner 1965 Shelby Cobra. How [...]
This Day in History: GM discontinues Pontiac
On April 27, 2009, General Motors officially discontinued the Pontiac marque. The venerable brand was established in 1926 as a companion to Oakland, which it quickly surpassed in popularity. During its long history, Pontiac had such hits as the Star Chief and GTO. The final Pontiacs were built in late 2009 and early 2010.
Worth the wait: A long journey to print with a 427-powered Fairlane
Sometimes things fall into place. Sometimes they drag on and on, for very boring reasons. The June 2013 issue of Hemmings Muscle Machines managed to be one of the latter. We had known this car was coming together for a while, and had heard tale of it in the mid-to-late 2000s; it one of those [...]
Celebrate Hemi Day with a vintage Dodge Charger video review
Minimal body roll, as defined in 1969. Still image from YouTube video. Chrysler didn’t invent the concept of using heads with a hemispherical design atop the combustion chamber to improve engine breathing and performance, and the company is far from being the only one to ever use the technology, but the automaker can certainly be [...]
Washington state, 1950s
Though we spent some time searching for the exact location of the Highways Department District No. 1 office in Washington state, as depicted in this 1950s photo of the office found on the Washington State Digital Archives, we came up goose eggs. No matter – plenty of vehicles to keep our attention here. What do [...]