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| Chet Herbert's Beast IV redebuts fresh off its restoration to its original configuration
Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photo courtesy NHRA Motorsports Museum. While it only took three weeks for Chet Herbert and his crew to build the Beast IV, Herbert's last and most successful streamliner, Dan Webb's restoration of the low-slung racer, which debuted last month, understandably took a little bit longer, considering that only a handful of the Beast's original parts remained after decades of reconfigurations. The earliest of those reconfigurations, in fact, took place during the car's original construction period. According to an ... Read More | | | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1993 Dodge Viper RT/10 Posted by Kurt Ernst - >From the seller's description: This Viper RT/10 chassis No. 00090 was completed at 4:00 p.m. on January 14th of 1993. Believed to be one of the very few carryover Vipers from 1992, she was delivered to her first and only caring owner of 24 years on June 14th of that same year. As one of the very first Dodge Vipers ever made, she carries the battery tray inside the trunk (later models would end up with the battery up front) and the signature antenna on her left rear fender. As part of her owner's personal museum,...Read More | After long-term vacancy, National Corvette Museum hires curator Posted by David Conwill - Derek E. Moore. Image courtesy National Corvette Museum. After a vacancy that's lasted "about a decade," according to National Corvette Museum Marketing and Communication Manager Katie Frassinelli, the Bowling Green, Kentucky, institution has announced the appointment of Derek E. Moore as curator. Moore most recently served as the Crawford Curator of Transportation History at the Western Reserve Historical Society in Cleveland, Ohio. As curator, Moore will be responsible for researching, developing and produci...Read More | | | From the parts bin - a mystery tonneau cover Posted by Kurt Ernst - When we published the last From the parts bin mystery, reader Carl Pennauchi reached out for some help in identifying a tonneau cover he'd found on a $1 table at Hershey a decade or so back. The vendor was asked what car the cover fit, but his reply was simply, If I knew that, it wouldn't be on the $1 table. Here's what we do know. The cover is made from heavy-duty vinyl, stamped underneath with FMVSS 302, the Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard relating to flammability of materials used in au...Read More | Chicago, 1970s Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1970s Location: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois Source: Chicago Museum of Science and Industry What do you see here?...Read More | | |
| THIS DAY IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY | 2/10/1942: | The last cars produced before World War II come off the production line, as ordered by the US War Production Board. | | 2/10/1942: | Pontiac halts car production due to US involvement in WWII |
| UPCOMING EVENTS 51st Annual Early Bird Swap Meet
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Hastings Boulevard Car Show
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February 18, 2017 - Memphis, IN
Sweetheart Ride Road Rally, February 18
February 18, 2017 - Fort Worth, TX
Marco Island Car Show
February 19, 2017 - Marco Island, FL
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WEEK IN REVIEW | | Thursday, February 9, 2017 | The "Egg" that challenged the Scuderia - 1950 Ferrari 166 MM / 212 Export "Uovo" by Fontana Posted by Kurt Ernst - Photos by Remi Dargegen, courtesy RM Sotheby's. With a family fortune from the textile industry at his disposal, Giannino Marzotto wasn't afraid to confront Enzo Ferrari about the quality of his racing cars. Describing Ferraris of the day as heavy and aerodynamically inefficient, Marzotto, a young but accomplished racer who'd won the 1950 Italian Grand Prix, enlisted the help of designer Sergio Reggiani and Carrozzeria Fontana to create a unique coupe, nicknamed l'Uovo (the Egg), meant to best the finest cars tha...Read More | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1960 Plymouth Fury convertible Posted by Daniel Strohl - Unrestored Golden Commando-powered 1960 Plymouth Fury convertible for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: This beautiful vehicle is a very rare 1960 Plymouth Fury Golden Commando convertible. Exactly how rare is yet to be proven, but in researching all the information I could find, it seems Plymouth records have a hard time deciphering between Fury's, Fury Golden Commando's and the Golden Commando Convertibles. An accounting of all the various options that were available is even harder to find. The...Read More | 30-year collection of Ariel two-stroke motorcycles heads to auction Posted by Kurt Ernst - Ariels from Clive Pearson's collection. Photos courtesy H&H Classics. After surviving two bankruptcies and two world wars, British motorcycle manufacturer Ariel faced a new challenge in the closing years of the 1950s. Cheap commuter motorcycles from domestic and foreign suppliers presented a growing threat to its market share, and in response, Ariel revamped its product line to focus exclusively on small-displacement two-stroke bikes. Throughout 2017, auction house H&H will be offering a 30-year collectio...Read More | Reminiscing - Oh, that Roadmaster! Posted by Richard Lentinello - Brochure images courtesy Old Car Brochures. During the Depression years of the 1930s, and into 1940, my father kept driving his 1929 Hudson Super Six. It was getting quite shabby and worn when Dad had a chance to buy a one-year-old 1939 Buick Special. The local Hudson dealership had not survived the Depression years, so we became a Buick family and Dad stayed with Buick the rest of his life. Enter his three teenage boys, all licensed to drive, and, of course, we tended to drive every opportunity possible. ...Read More | Clearwater, Florida, 1965 Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1965 Location: Pier 60, Clearwater, Florida Source: Jim and Chester's Garage What do you see here?...Read More | | Wednesday, February 8, 2017 | A hybrid of a different kind: The 1955 Chrysler Ghia ST Special Posted by Kurt Ernst - Photos courtesy Hollywood Wheels. History has a way of blurring details, particularly when exact records are lacking. Take the Ghia-bodied Chrysler Special models of the early to mid-1950s by way of example: Some were built as show cars, while others were crafted by the Italian coachbuiilder as limited-production customs, though few authorities can agree on an exact number by model. The last of these American-Italian hybrids, the ST, debuted in 1954, and it's believed that just four were built. On Friday, March...Read More | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1975 Chevrolet Caprice convertible Posted by Kurt Ernst - >From the seller's description: 1975 Caprice Classic Convertible, Factory Big Block 454 Engine (rebuilt) with automatic trans (rebuilt). The car is garage kept and is fully loaded with a/c, ps, pb, pw, power door locks, cruise control, tilt steering wheel, rear window defogger, six-way power seat, power trunk, dual exhaust, gauge package, AM/FM 8-track, glass rear window, wire wheel hub caps. The car had a frame-up restoration done in 1998. Find more Chevrolets for sale on Hemmings.com....Read More | Chip Ganassi presented with the 2017 Phil Hill Award by the Road Racing Drivers Club Posted by Kurt Ernst - Chip Ganassi accepting the Phil Hill Award from Bobby Rahal. Photo by Brian Cleary, courtesy RRDC. Since 1993, the Road Racing Drivers Club (RRDC) has annually presented its Phil Hill Award to a candidate who has "rendered outstanding service to road racing" as a driver, team owner, or member of a sanctioning body. For 2017, the award was presented to Chip Ganassi, the first (and so far, only) owner to have achieved victories at the Indianapolis 500, the Daytona 500, the Brickyard 400, the Rolex 24 at Daytona, th...Read More | Still Untamed: 1969 Jaguar E-type/XK-E" brochure Posted by Mark J. McCourt - Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News, courtesy of Bruce Zahor No, there's nothing racy about the above photo, just a wholesome young lady and her car... Okay, so you don't have to be Freud to see that the American branch of Jaguar Cars was selling more than basic transportation in 1969. But sex appeal has always been part of the Jaguar mystique, a key partof the high-value sporting/luxury equation that this automaker has pulled off so well for so long. That year would represent r...Read More | Mountain View, California, 1964 Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: 1964 Location: NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California Source: NASA What do you see here?...Read More | | Tuesday, February 7, 2017 | A Hine's with "25 Varieties" - Oliver Hine's 1933 Ford five-window coupe Posted by Kurt Ernst - Photos by Jim Coventry, courtesy Auctions America. Oliver Hine didn't set out to build a custom that would set the show world on fire and continue to win awards nearly six decades after it was built. Instead, he wanted a car to go drag racing, but by 1953 it was clear that his 1933 Ford five-window coupe was destined for glory in another arena. Nicknamed 25 Varieties, a spin on his name, the number of cars that contributed to the build and condiment maker Heinz's famed "57 Varieties," the distinctive custom heads...Read More | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1971 Volkswagen Type 3 Fastback Posted by Kurt Ernst - >From the seller's description: Motorcar studio is pleased to offer this rare 1971 Volkswagen Type 3 Fastback. A great-looking, honest example with 74,000 believed to be original miles and three owners from new. Sold new in Virginia where it stayed with its original female owner for over thirty years before moving to South Carolina. Recent, quality, glass-out, fender-off repaint in original Kansas Beige. No evidence of accident damage or rust repair ever. Original paint remains in door jambs and trunks; we are es...Read More | Multiple states look to amend license plate laws for historic vehicles Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photo by the author. About a month into the new legislative session for many states, at least six have introduced bills that would provide for greater freedom for displaying license plates on older vehicles. Of the six, five would allow single license plates while the other would provide for historical plates: New York's Senate Bill 832, introduced January 5, would introduce an exemption to the state's two-plate standard only for historical vehicles registered as such that weren't "manufactured with a num...Read More | Lost and Found overflow - prewar cars Posted by Daniel Strohl - A few years ago, we made the informal decision to stop including most prewar cars in the Lost and Found department in Hemmings Classic Car. While we have nothing against prewar cars, we discovered that entries featuring them tended to draw fewer responses than entries featuring newer cars. But that's not to say that we stopped receiving prewar L&F submissions; in fact, we've received a rather steady diet of them, and it's disappointing to see them go unanswered in a file folder here. But while we essentially ...Read More | Mountain View, California, 1950s and 1970s Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1970s (above), circa 1956 (below) Location: NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California Source: NASA ...Read More | | Monday, February 6, 2017 | "Reborn" Range Rover to debut at Salon Retromobile Posted by Kurt Ernst - Launched in 1970, Land Rover's Range Rover SUV was designed with an ambitious goal in mind: to be as functional on-road as it was off-road. Early advertising referred to it as "a car for all reasons," and buyers agreed, making the Range Rover a sales success that remains in production nearly five decades later. Early examples are now sought-after collectibles, which is why Land Rover Classic will debut the limited-run Range Rover Reborn series at Salon Retromobile, taking place from February 8-12 in Paris, France. ...Read More | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1964 Studebaker Champ Posted by Kurt Ernst - >From the seller's description: Produced from 1960 to 1964, the Studebaker Champ was the first major redesign of Studebaker's truck line in more than ten years. Although the cargo bed and chassis were carryovers from previous models, the Champ cab was an all new design based off the Lark which has only been introduced the year before and as a result, the new Studebaker Champ was the first American truck to offer the ruggedness of a pickup with the comfort of a car. This 1964 Studebaker Champ is powered by a two-barr...Read More | Exclusive dinner highlights IMSA history Posted by Jim Donnelly - Kevin Cogan driving the IMSA GTP Zakspeed Roush Ford Mustang to a third-place finish at Road Atlanta in 1982. Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company. We'll say this: If you're interested in attending a spectacular presentation this April 1 on the history of the International Motor Sports Association, act quickly because just 100 fan tickets will be available for sale. Being presented at the Wally Parks Motorsports Museum in Pomona, California, the dinner will salute the history of IMSA from its founding by J...Read More | Farewell to a friend Posted by Don Homuth - At speed at Portland International Raceway, with my wife in the passenger seat. We are doing about 75 mph into turn 1. Photos by or courtesy of author. Well, old friend, it's time. After 39 years of genuine pleasure at being your owner/driver, your story will now continue with someone else. I've managed to find someone who will re-do and upgrade you to a different level. He will keep you with the same or even better level of care than I have. Says you will get a leather interior, a wool headliner, and be ...Read More | Cleveland, Ohio, 1955 Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: circa 1955 Location: Propulsion Systems Laboratory (above), Altitude Wind Tunnel (below), Cleveland, Ohio Source: NASA What do you see here? ...Read More | | Sunday, February 5, 2017 | Italian cars and American cars: Who begat whom? Some examples of pre- and postwar influence, coincidence and serendipity (part 2) Posted by Hemmings contributor - Text and photos by Matteo Giacon, except where noted. Fins And Two Tones : When Imitation Becomes An Art Back in those hectic Fifties days, to the contrary of what Italian car fans coming from foreign countries could think, it almost seemed that every standard-production Italian car had to offer all the American marvels, namely more chrome, ever more striking colors, and those rear appendages otherwise known as fins. These latter items also became Pinin Farina trademark, and the most renowned Italian coachbu...Read More | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1956 Jeep CJ-5 Posted by Daniel Strohl - Unmodified 1956 Jeep CJ-5 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: It was a one owner, garaged Jeep for 57 years; meticulously maintained by professionals, and was basically a City Jeep. The Jeep has 102k miles. It is an older restoration in time but not miles: including all running gear, body, paint, suspension, seats, and is in great condition. It runs, starts, drives, stops, looks and handles great. The Jeep has new tires and rims ($750) with only 100 miles on them. I have receipts for t...Read More | Four-Links - globetrotting Graham, Enfield in Africa, cab wars, Celica resto Posted by Daniel Strohl - "We should not teach them to be afraid," Hermann Zapp said of the four kids he and his wife had while on a 17-year road trip around the world behind the wheel of a 1928 Graham-Paige. "We should teach them to take some risks we should build people who are adventurous, who will discover, who like to change things." (via) * Then again, for anybody planning a trip through western Africa on bike, this account at ShotsFromTheBar.com is equally terrifying and enlightening. (via) * After the recent Uber he...Read More | Hemmings Find of the Day - 1991 Nissan 300ZX 2+2 Posted by Kurt Ernst - >From the seller's description: The car presented here is an absolutely pristine, absolutely original 1991 Nissan 300ZX 2+2. The car was found in a barn in 2009. Including myself, it's never been owned by someone under the age of 60 and both of the previous drivers were women; it has never ever been in an automatic car wash; never driven in the snow and has only 35,600 original miles on it. The passenger's seat has rarely been used and the back seats never been used. In terms of maintenance, the car comes with a ...Read More | LAST WEEK'S MOST READ Inspired by a '36 Packard, the Mulholland Speedster is America's Most Beautiful Roadster for 2017 Posted by Kurt Ernst - The '36 Packard-inspired Mulholland Speedster, the 2017 AMBR winner. Photos courtesy Rod Shows. When one thinks of custom roadsters, Packard probably isn't the first automaker that comes to mind. Perhaps it was this think-outside-the-box creativity, along with flawless craftsmanship, that prompted judges at last weekend's Grand National Roadster Show to select Bruce Wanta's Mulholland Speedster, built by Troy Ladd and Hollywood Hot Rods, as America's Most Beautiful Roadster (AMBR) for 2017. It isn't correc...Read More | LAST WEEK'S BEST DISCUSSION One-off LeMans gives glimpse into alternate universe in which Pontiac built the El Camino Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photos courtesy Leake Auction Companies. Once every 10 years or so following Chevrolet's introduction of the El Camino, somebody connected to the Pontiac division decided that it too needed a business-in-the-front-party-in-the-back sedan pickup in its lineup. As history in our universe has proven, a production-line Pontiac-badged El Camino never happened, but the 1968 LeMans Safari Pickup headed to auction next month shows what such a vehicle could have looked like. Adirondack Auto Sales might sound like a use...Read More |
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