A Man And His 1968 Camaro, And How The Car Is The Important Link In His Life Story
Each and every one of us behind the scenes, as well as most of you reading this, have a story that involves a car and how it changed some facet of your life. For some, it’s the one car that...
Blog War: This Ford C-750 Cab-Over Custom Is A Direct Shot – Better Duck, Lohnes!
Does it seem like this particular blog war is…well…not so much a war? It’s kind of hard to go to battle over Tonka trucks, because if you’re reading this site and you...
Rust In Peace: A Collection Of RHD American Cars Found Near Cape Town, South Africa
Bryan Thompson is an automotive designer and Hemmings contributor who recently spent some time in South Africa. While tooling around shortly before having to catch a flight, he stumbled upon what...
This MotorWeek Mustang vs. Trans Am vs. IROC-Z Shootout Might Be The Most Cringeworthy Review We’ve Ever Seen
Going through YouTube and watching old car reviews is pretty cool…both to see just how far we’ve come from what used to be top of the line, and to see cars we look at as classics (or at...
Blog War: This Is The Finest 1953 Diamond T Truck In Existence – Complete With Original Cummins Power
It is one thing when exotic or rare cars come up for sale in “survivor” status. One would expect that they’d be under excellent car because they were expensive and rare from the...
Historical Footage: A Quick Look At Some Bad Commercials…How Did They Expect To Sell Cars With These?
The idea behind a car commercial is simple: figure out how to grab the attention of a couch potato and sear the idea that your car is the one for them into their brain. Simple, right? Not really....
Random Car Review: The 1980 Chevrolet Camaro Hugger Z28
Towards the end of the second-generation Camaro’s life, there were some interesting, if not outright cool special versions coming out, the Cheverra and the Yenko Turbo-Z coming to mind...
Good News, Aussies: The Holden Commodore Name Will Live! Now, About The Car It Will Live On…
Before you really start belting out the cheers, let’s be up-front: only the Holden Commodore nameplate will remain. Unfortunately, GM still hasn’t reconsidered it’s position when it...
Random Car Review: The 1957 Chevrolet 150 “Black Widow”, The Race Car GM Built To Skirt GM Rules.
The story starts with the 1955 LeMans. On lap 35, Pierre Levegh swerved his Mercedes 300 SLR to miss Mike Hawthorne’s Jaguar D-type, clipped the back of Lance Macklin’s Austin-Healey,...
Sneak Preview: Ford’s Upcoming Focus RS Getting Sideways
Ford Performance stole the show in Detroit, and that was just their opening act. Hot on the heels of the GT350R, Raptor and GT is the new-for-the-U.S. Ford Focus RS. Not much has been confirmed for...
Cool Trucks Of All Shapes And Sizes From The Last Somernites Cruise! Lots Of Neat And Classic Iron
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Its time for the workhorses. I don’t think I have ever seen so many ’47-’54 Chevy pickups in one place at one time. These things were slammed,...
Gasser Circus: Check Out England’s Coolest Gassers In Action At Shakespeare County Raceway!
(PHOTOS BY STUART MITCHELL) – Gassers are among the most popular style of nostalgia drag cars here in the USA and they are apparently filling the same role in the UK as well because...
Dyno Fail: This Hemi Ram Shoots It’s Driveshaft Out Like A Cannon Shot
The driveshaft is truly an underrated part of a vehicle. The amount of stress that one puts up with day to day under basic driving is a engineering marvel. A driveshaft in a heavy vehicle, such as...
Close Call Video: A Semi Hauling Doubles Loses Control On Black Ice Right Behind This Guy And He Films It All Without Panicking
When you hear screeching tires and see a semi-truck losing control behind you, what would you do? Would you stand on the gas and get out of the way? Would you make peace with yourself and wait until...
