1952 Pegaso Z-102 Cupola takes Best in Show at Amelia Island
Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1952 Pegaso Z-102 Cupola. Photos by Richard Lentinello, unless otherwise indicated. Best known for producing trucks and buses, Spanish automaker Pegaso also built high-end sports cars from 1951-'58. The exact quantity produced (as few as 84 and as many as 125) remains a mystery, but only two "Cupola" models, with a distinctive and oversize rear window, side exhausts and partially skirted fenders, were ever built. Of these, chassis 0102 150 0121, a car first shown at the 1953 New York Motor Show, is the sole survi... Read On>>
Hemmings Find of the Day - 1941 Ford Mechanix Illustrated Special Posted by Daniel Strohl - Who knows how many backyard tinkerers built MI Specials from the plans distributed by Mechanix Illustrated and old used Fords, but it's always neat to see another one turn up, mostly for the little variations that came from all the myriad interpretations of the plans. True DIY aesthetic at work here. This 1941 Ford Mechanix Illustrated Special for sale on Hemmings.com apparently needs only a windshield to hit the road. From the seller's description: This is an original MI sportster as originated from the 1951 Mec...Read On>>
Perhaps the world's first hybrid, an 1896 Armstrong sells for $483,400 at Amelia Island Posted by Kurt Ernst - Ask fair-weather enthusiasts to name the first hybrid automobile, and the answer is likely to be the Toyota Prius, which debuted in the Japanese market in 1997, or the Honda Insight, which hit the market in 1999. Those with a broader automotive knowledge may cite the 1901 Lohner-Porsche Semper Vivus, but the 1896 Armstrong phaeton hybrid, which sold for a fee-inclusive price of $483,400 at Bonhams Amelia Island sale on Thursday, March 10, predates the Semper Vivus by approximately five years. Harry E. Dey had...Read On>>
Chattanooga Cruise-In set for April 2 Posted by Mike McNessor - An aerial view of the event. Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd. Tennesee's Chattanooga Cruise-In started out several years back as an informal open house at Coker Tire headquarters and Honest Charley Speed Shop, but has grown into a full-fledged scene, drawing upwards of 1,500 cars and 10,000 spectators. Any Hemi-powered Mopar convertible will be a crowd draw and this '66 Dodge Coronet convertible that attended the 2014 event was an exceptionally nice example. Kevin Gill brought out a very special Model A ...Read On>>
The Lady is a Champ: Indy Racer Lyn St. James drives a classic Italian GTO and talks about her past and present endeavors Posted by Hemmings contributor - By William Hall. Photos by the author and Tom Heinrich. Lyn St. James climbs into the cramped cockpit of the 1964 Alfa Romeo TZ 1 and takes a few moments to familiarize herself with the instruments and switches. She wants to know everything; she explains that her learning process is visual as she methodically programs herself for driving. We are only going for an hour-long spin on desert roads in this borrowed race car, but the preparation is the same as if she were back on the grid at the Indy 500. Of all the...Read On>>
Las Vegas, 1950s Posted by Daniel Strohl - Could've sworn we've already run this photo of Las Vegas's Fremont Street, submitted to us by Facebook reader Nikos Kostopoulus, but it's not coming up in the searches, so let's use it to cap off this week of contributed carspotting pictures. The location's pretty easy to determine - by now we should all know Fremont Street in the Fifties like the back of our hands, right? - so let's focus on the date. What do you see here?...Read On>>
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