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Posted by Daniel Beaudry - The flag drops and the hammer's down at The Race of Gentlemen on Pismo Beach. Photo byJeff Koch. It rained at Woodstock in 1969. More than 400,000 people showed up and made the best of it despite the mud, and it went down as a pivotal event in music and social history. While the first West Coast Race of Gentlemen this past October 15-16 won't leave quite as profound a stamp on the course of human events, some attendees referenced that legendary music festival when they spoke of how lucky they felt t... Read More | | | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1956 International Metro Posted by Daniel Strohl - Restored 1956 International Metro delivery van. From the seller's description: Original California van that was 99 percent rust free at start of restoration in 2012 and completed in 2016. Rare automatic transmission. Van was found sitting in a warehouse for 35 years in Santa Ana California where I purchased it from the original owners family. I restored the van to original with the exception of the led tail and turn signal lights. This upgrade was necessary for todays driving requirements. Drive train is the factor...Read More | Studebaker National Museum proves there's more than one definition of hybrid Posted by Kurt Ernst - Tom Cotter's Cunningham C-3 coupe, featued in the upcoming exhibit, at the 2016 Grand Ascent hillclimb. Photo courtesy of Tom Cotter. Say the word "hybrid" in conversation, and most will envision a modern fuel-efficient automobile powered by both gasoline and electricity. The word has more than a singular definition, however, and an upcoming exhibit at the Studebaker National Museum in South Bend, Indiana, illustrates this point with a display of hybrid European-American and British-American automobiles. ...Read More | | | The $5,000 Challenge, at random edition Posted by Kurt Ernst - Usually, but not always, there's a theme that holds each installment of the $5,000 challenge together. It may be cars that need assembly, or unusual finds, or cars from a particular decade, or it may even be cars that span an unusually broad stretch of time. This time, however, there is no common theme to the five vehicles selected. Two of them are wagons, two require significant restoration and one requires assembly from its current torn-down state, but none of these are enough to make a majority. Without comm...Read More | Year, Make and Model - 1969 Plymouth Barracuda 383 Posted by Terry McGean - Photos by Daniel Strohl. Editor's note: This piece includes excerpts from a story that appeared in the March 2014 issue of Hemmings Motor News. Technically speaking, the Plymouth Barracuda was the first pony car to market, beating the Ford Mustang to dealer showrooms by about two weeks. Despite this narrowest of advantages, the Barracuda spent much of its production run chasing the Mustang, and later, the Chevrolet Camaro and Pontiac Firebird, too. Sharing its A-body platform with the Valiant line, ...Read More | Train Train, USA Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: dunno Location: dunno Source: Stiffspeed on Tumblr Besides the super-size train, what do you see here?...Read More | | | UPCOMING EVENTS Veterans Old Car Swap Meet
November 11, 2016 - Longview, TX
Springfield Swap Meet & Car Show Winter Event
November 11, 2016 - Springfield, OH
Goodguys 27th Autumn Get-Together
November 12, 2016 - Pleasanton, CA
Second Saturday at WAAAM Air and Auto Museum
November 12, 2016 - Hood River, OR
2016 4th Annual C.O.P.'s Classics & Customs Car & Bike Show
November 12, 2016 - San Tan Valley, AZ
Holiday in the Country Benefit Car Show
November 12, 2016 - Sylacauga, AL
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WEEK IN REVIEW | | Thursday, November 3, 2016 | Lincoln centennial class removed from 2017 Pebble Beach Concours lineup Posted by Daniel Strohl - Hemmings archive photo. Organizers of the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance have postponed a class dedicated to the centennial of Lincoln that they had originally scheduled for next year, citing as a reason the number of cars that have already participated in Lincoln classes in recent years. "We decided it would be better to hold off and wait a few years," Kandace Hawkinson, the director of marketing for the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, said. "There are still other opportunities to celebrate Lincoln's cent...Read More | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1989 Bentley Mulsanne S Posted by Kurt Ernst - >From the seller's description: Old world hand crafted luxury cars are somewhat a thing of the past, but fortunately there are good examples still left to enjoy. This 1989 Bentley Mulsanne S, a total of which 909 were built over a 4 year period, is a fantastic car to use as a daily driver, or as an enjoyable weekend car for fun outings with friends to dinner, going to church or just a nice Sunday drive. The "S" model of the Mulsanne was a spiced up version of the previous Bentley models, and it shares most of the me...Read More | As the Firestone Super Sports Wide Oval tire turns 50, a new radial version arrives Posted by Thomas A. DeMauro - This '68 Firebird is wearing reproduction bias-ply Wide Oval tires. Photo by author. It's hard to believe that it has been 50 years since Firestone introduced its illustrious Super Sports Wide Oval tire. Featuring a lower profile and wider tread than conventional tires of the era, it promised increased traction for improved handling, braking and straight-line performance. Many muscle cars and pony cars offered the Wide Oval as original equipment - standard or as an optional performance upgrade - at various time...Read More | Gallery: On the ground at SEMA 2016 Posted by Kurt Ernst - The car that won the first Indianapolis 500, the 1911 Marmon Wasp, on display in Shell's SEMA booth. Photos by Steve Berry. Every year, the automotive aftermarket flocks to Las Vegas in early November to attend what can best be described as "Mecca for gearheads," the SEMA Show. No matter what your passion, from street rods to pro touring cars to trucks to historic racing cars, the show offers something for everyone, but there's a catch: To gain entry, you must work for a company in the automotive sphere. H...Read More | Reminiscing - That old 1949 Studebaker Posted by Richard Lentinello - Photo courtesy John Raffensparger, Sr. My Studebaker was a 1949 four-door Champion that was painted Cumberland Green, and in very good condition. The price was right - $400, which I borrowed from my father. Since I was only making $86 per month money was a little tight. A 1955 Champion engine had been installed in place of the original, which had thrown a rod. The new engine gave the car better performance than most '49 cars. Within two weeks the hood and rear deck ornaments were gone and the holes leaded ...Read More | Fort Myers, Florida, 1950s Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: Circa 1950s Location: Edwards Drive and Jackson Street, Fort Myers, Florida Source: Vieilles Annonces on Flickr What do you see here?...Read More | | Wednesday, November 2, 2016 | Gone but not forgotten, the first Saturns are now eligible for AACA judging Posted by Kurt Ernst - 1991 Saturn models, including the SC (left), SL1 (center) and SL2 (right). All photos copyright 2016 General Motors LLC. Used with permission, GM Media Archive. By the early 1980s, General Motors was once again ready to take on the imports to prove that an American manufacturer could build affordable, desirable and high-quality subcompacts. Though the bold experiment took until 1991 to reach consumers, the end result, the Saturn S-series, was indeed a different kind of automobile from a different kind of car comp...Read More | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1968 Ford Mustang Posted by Daniel Strohl - Lightweight Cobra Jet-powered 1968 Ford Mustang drag racer for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: S/N 8F02R135054 It began its Drag Racing life in February 1968 at the Pomona NHRA Winternationals, driven by legendary driver Gas Ronda. It was one of only two CJ's to make it to the SS/EA finals in its debut where Ronda lost to Dick Landy in S/N XXX050. This was one of only six CJ Mustangs to race at the 1968 NHRA Winternationals in Pomona, California and the only one thought to have c...Read More | One stolen Ambassador, now found, leads to another Ambassador success story Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photo courtesy Bob Majeski. Ambassadors might not be the most highly sought-after cars, even among AMC fans, but that has proven a boon to enthusiast Bob Majeski, who can cite their off-beat status as a reason his stolen 1958 Ambassador has been found and as a reason he scored a 1965 Ambassador 990 convertible as its replacement. First, the '58. It didn't get very far in the two and a half years since somebody stole it from a parking lot in Smithfield, Rhode Island, as Majeski recounts how it was recently reco...Read More | Padua Auto E Moto DEpoca: Italy's best classic car show, born out of a small swap meet Posted by Hemmings contributor - Text and photos by Matteo Giacon. Earlier this month, the Padua Fair hosted Auto E Moto D'Epoca, which as the time goes by, has become the most important indoor event for everything related to classic cars here in Italy. From its little acorns back in 1983, with only a hundred or so cars, this event grew, year after year, so much so in fact that its main European competitors are now such giants like Retromobile, Stuttgart and Technoclassica in Essen. Sure, in Italy there are other shows conspicuously growin...Read More | Verbotene Frucht - Volkswagen's New Beetle RSi Posted by Ronan Glon - The Volkswagen New Beetle RSi attracts loads of attention, but it's not the kind you really want. Even in Germany most people don't know Volkswagen built a super Bug. Motorists and passerby quickly write off the RSi as a basic, diesel-slurping New Beetle with oversized alloys, soda can-sized exhaust pipes, and an aftermarket body kit that would fit right in at the SEMA show. They don't know what they're missing. What is it? The New Beetle RSi started life as an outrageous concept introduced during the...Read More | Bellaire, Texas, 1950s Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1950s Location: Bellaire Boulevard and South Rice Avenue, Bellaire, Texas Source: Houston Area Digital Archives What do you see here?...Read More | | Tuesday, November 1, 2016 | New regulations could allow American cars to come back from Cuba Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photo courtesy Gavin in the UK. Regulations passed last month designed to ease trade restrictions with Cuba could permit the Forties and Fifties American cars still prowling the streets of Havana to make their way back to their homeland either for restoration or for good. The regulations, announced with much fanfare for their provision lifting restrictions on the amount of Cuban rum and number of Cuban cigars travelers can bring back from the country, also include a number of other provisions encouraging joint...Read More | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1965 Ford Econoline camper van Posted by Kurt Ernst - >From the seller's description: 1965 Ford Econoline Camper Van. It is in great condition and is in great working order. There are no major rust issues and everything is in working order. Not many of these vans are still around, and very few have as little rust as this one does. Camper top was done by "travel top", but I am not sure exactly when, Camper conversion looks to be from the late 60's to early 70's. I have never had any issues with the van and it has always ran strong. At one point it appears someone had a ...Read More | Rolling Bones Hot Rods coming to the Saratoga Auto Museum Posted by David Conwill - A gathering of Rolling Bones creations at the Bonneville Salt Flats in 2011. Photo by Peter Vincent. Hot rodding was born as a pure pursuit of speed, but as factory efforts caught up to and finally outstripped modified old cars, the hobby became as much about looking good as going fast. Few cars better express the aesthetic of vintage velocity than those that come out of the Rolling Bones Hot Rod Shop in Greenfield Center, New York. The fellows behind The Rolling Bones, Ken Schmidt and Keith Cornell, have deve...Read More | So what's your Hemmings Find of the Day? Posted by Daniel Strohl - You know all those Hemmings Finds of the Day? The classifieds that we editors have been picking from Hemmings.com based on our own inscrutable criteria? (Hint: We picks what we likes. And we likes a lot.) Now's your chance - tell us what catches your eye in the Hemmings classifieds. Here's how it works: Go to the classifieds. Browse for your favorite car, or maybe for a car you've always wanted, or maybe for something that's just unusual enough to make you stop in your tracks. If you're having trouble finding som...Read More | Year, Make and Model - 1966-'77 Ford Bronco Posted by Mike McNessor - Photos by Jim Donnelly. With rumors afoot about the Ford Bronco's return, possibly for 2020, we thought it'd be a good time to take a look back at the vehicle that brought that name bucking and kicking into the American automotive lexicon. The sporty 1966-'77 Bronco is a hot collectible today, but when new it was really late to the party. In fact, it took industry-wide sales of upwards of 40,000 short-wheelbase 4x4 vehicles per year in the early 1960s before Ford finally recognized that the recreational off-ro...Read More | 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa late 1960s Location: Stationsplein 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Source: BobPieters83 via the Hemmings Nation Flickr Pool What do you see here? ...Read More | | Monday, October 31, 2016 | One tool to do it all: The Unimog turns 70 Posted by Kurt Ernst - First test drive on October 9, 1946. Chief designer Heinrich Roessler is behind the wheel while Hans Zabel, who gave the Unimog its name, stands on the right. Photos courtesy Daimler-Benz. In 1944, with Germany facing serious food shortages in the aftermath waning months of World War II, Daimler-Benz AG engineer Albert Friedrich had the idea to create an agricultural implement that could not only help to plant and harvest crops, but drive them into town was well. Later known as the Unimog, an abbreviation of Univ...Read More | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1968 Chevrolet K20 Posted by Daniel Strohl - Lifted 1968 Chevrolet K20 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: 8ft fleetside box with a frame off professional restoration. Stock body with grille and emblems being changed to Chevy and wheel weld moldings added. All cab, fenders, hood, box and tailgate have new metal panels. All trim and chrome all in good condition or new. All old paint was stripped and redone in a base coat clear coat to show finish. Glass all in good condition. Padded dash, fully gauged instrument cluster, custom steering ...Read More | John Fitch's archives donated to International Motor Racing Research Center Posted by Jim Donnelly - John Fitch racing an MG TD at Linden, New Jersey, in 1950. Photo courtesy IMRRC. Folks in the world of cars knew, admired and respected the late John Fitch. He was a racer, a patriot, a fighter pilot, a track designer, a historian of all things automotive and an inventor with traffic safety at the forefront of his research. He amassed a myriad collection of trophies, books, photos and a lot more in his travels, and thanks to his sons, John, Christopher, and Stephen Fitch, that trove has been donated to the Intern...Read More | 10 reasons to consider a 1970s personal/luxury coupe for your next weekend cruiser Posted by Thomas A. DeMauro - 1974 Pontiac Grand Prix. Brochure and advertising images from the author's collection. If you recoil at the sight of landau tops, opera windows, barrier-busting bumper designs, pillow-top crushed velour seats, double-digit 0-60 times and speedometers that top out at 85 MPH, you should stop reading now, as this blog is not for you. If, however, you're like me and you still recall the rolling chandeliers of the 1970s fondly whenever you see one, and if the ever-escalating prices of the 1960s rides you revere hav...Read More | Firestar 500: the De Lorean follow-up that DeLorean disowned Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photos via PhotOhio.org. In late 1985, probably more people talked about the De Lorean DMC-12 than at any other time in the car's history. Its namesake had the year before beat the cocaine trafficking charges against him, the press followed his every move, and there was that one movie that featured the car that summer. John Z. DeLorean wanted a piece of the action. No matter that he no longer owned De Lorean Motor Company. He'd just build another DMC-12 but call it something else: the Firestar 500. Not long...Read More | Las Vegas, 1950s Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1950s Location: Third and Fremont, Las Vegas, Nevada Source: Michael McQ What do you see here?...Read More | | Sunday, October 30, 2016 | Hemmings Sunday Cinema - creature feature four-pack Posted by Daniel Strohl - 'Tis the season. That is, 'tis the season for awful B-grade (at best) horror flicks hazily recalled from staying up way too late watching basic cable. And if you think we're talking "Christine" or "Maximum Overdrive" or that James Brolin flick "The Car," you haven't been watching Hemmings Sunday Cinema for long. No, we're digging deep for this week's lineup, and we've found four of the cheesiest automotive-themed made-for-TV schlock films made. Now all we need is the Cryptkeeper cackling some awful puns about each....Read More | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 XL Posted by Daniel Strohl - Super Performance 406-powered 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 XL for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: Built in the Los Angeles and stayed in CA 40+ years until it was purchased by a gentleman in MI. It remained im MI for about ten years before I purchased it and brought it home to NY to finish the job started in MI. The car was a solid no rust, all original metal car to start with and was dissasembled and brought down to bare metal. Each body panel was blocked and sanded to better than factory standards. ...Read More | Four-Links - boomerang Packard, Nota, Ford and Checker's transit bus, Packard plant graffiti Posted by Daniel Strohl - What's the likelihood of running across your first car? If it's something as durable and as distinctive as Steve Rall's 1949 Packard, probably not that low. The Lincoln Journal-Star tells the story of Rall and his Packard and the journeys each took to their recent reunion. * Over on the AACA forums, Spencer Yarrow recently showed off his new acquisition, a Sydney-built Nota racing car, somehow all intact, unrestored, and fully documented. * Checker might be best known for cabs and maybe its civilian ca...Read More | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1950 Plymouth DeLuxe three-passenger coupe Posted by Kurt Ernst - >From the seller's description: 1950 Plymouth Deluxe business coupe. Excellent condition! 38,050 guaranteed original miles! I have owned this car for almost 9 years and it is absolutely the finest 1950 Plymouth coupe I have ever seen. It starts, runs and drives just like a brand new car. All systems function perfectly and it drives great! It runs straight and true down the highway and both the steering and body are tight. No rattles or even wind noise and it rides very nice on the wide white radials. Dependable a...Read More | LAST WEEK'S MOST READ World's largest Ford museum to close, may sell entire collection at once Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photos by Bruno Costers. Two years after shifting its focus to attract younger visitors, the world's largest Ford museum - the Den Hartogh in the Netherlands - has failed to attract a new executive director and has announced that it will close in another month or so. According to a report on MuseumActueel.nl published earlier this month, the Den Hartogh Ford Museum in Hillegom will close December 1 with the retirement of the museum's current director, Greske Rust. Rust, daughter of museum founder Piet den Hart...Read More | LAST WEEK'S BEST DISCUSSION Open Diff: What car are you constantly defending? Posted by Kurt Ernst - First, second, and third-generation Mazda Miatas. Photo courtesy Mazda USA. It happened again today. After two days of harping by a reader on the Mazda Miata's blandness, I felt compelled to chime in, speaking in defense of the finest British roadster to ever come out of Hiroshima, Japan, in the words of our own David LaChance. Those who've driven a Miata in a proper sporting manner understand that this car may be many things, but bland isn't one of them. Its styling may be too "cute" for som...Read More |
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