Hemmings Sunday Cinema - Bonneville in 1953, Leo Lyons Mercury, Citta Violenta
Posted by Daniel Strohl - We consider them legends today, but the people racing at Bonneville in the early 1950s were for the most part just regular guys looking to go fast. Fortunately, a couple enthusiasts went out there with some color film and a camera in hand and 60-something years later posted that footage to YouTube. * Geoff Hacker is currently prepping the Leo Lyons Mercury for Amelia Island and thought we'd be interested in this photo montage of the car's history, from its early days to the time he found it and through its restor... Read On>>
Hemmings Find of the Day - 1984 Pontiac Trans Am Posted by Kurt Ernst - In 1982, Pontiac debuted an all-new Firebird with a radical aerodynamic shape, the first significant redesign of the model in 13 years. Not content with the car's already slippery shape, in 1984 the automaker introduced an aero kit that lowered the car's coefficient of drag to a claimed 0.299, the lowest measured by GM on a production vehicle at the time. This 1984 Pontiac Trans Am, for sale on Hemmings.com, comes with the W62 Special Aero Package, as well as the WY6 Suspension Package (essentially a WS6 package...Read On>>
Four-Links - trophy Cord, Jappic repro, aluminum Batmobile, Jay-Eye-See Posted by Daniel Strohl - We mentioned it briefly in the story about the Amelia Island Concours's vintage trophy class, but the 1937 Cord that won the Stevens Challenge Trophy has already been hanging out with that piece of hardware at the Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum, we recently found out through the National Automobile Museum. * You might have seen photos of the Jappic Racing Cyclecar before, but guaranteed you haven't seen the cyclecar itself because it burned in a fire 85 years ago. As we read on the Kneeslider this week, though...Read On>>
Hemmings Find of the Day - 1963 Dodge D500 Posted by Daniel Strohl - Every old car enthusiast should have or have access to a car hauler, something stylish, something heavy duty, something able to hit highway speeds for those over-state-lines car purchases, something ready to go at a moment's notice so you don't have to arrange a tow truck at two on a Sunday afternoon for those impulse old car purchases. Perhaps something like this 1963 Dodge D500 for sale on Hemmings.com, which appears rust free after spending most of the last half century as a farm truck in Arkansas before it was c...Read On>>
THIS WEEK'S MOST READ
Two-owner, "last-of-its-kind" 1939 Oldsmobile takes Ridler Award Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photos via Customs and Hot Rods of Andice. The catalogs and reference books all say it shouldn't exist, but according to both its owner and the shop that built it, the 1939 Oldsmobile Series 60 that won the Ridler Award at this past weekend's Detroit Autorama not only came from the factory as a convertible but is also the last of its kind. The short-lived Series 60 represented the most basic Oldsmobile one could buy in the late 1930s: a small six-cylinder-powered car fitted with the GM A-body shared with Chevr...Read On>>
THIS WEEK'S BEST DISCUSSION
Could this be the best-preserved 1979 VW Beetle Convertible (and what will it sell for)? Posted by Kurt Ernst - Photos courtesy Bonhams. By the late 1970s, America's love affair with the Volkswagen Beetle was coming to an end. The final year for the Volkswagen Beetle sedan in the United States was 1977, but with the Rabbit Cabriolet not due until the 1980 model year, Volkswagen sold its Beetle Convertible here through the (extended) 1979 model year. With visions of future collectibility dancing in their heads, many owners parked their final-year Beetle Convertibles, reserving them for special occasion drives. At least one ...Read On>>
This Day in Automotive History | 3/6/1896: | Charles King of Detroit takes the first test drive of a gasoline-powered automobile in Michigan. |
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