How old's old enough? States consider revising criteria for antique vehicle registration

Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photo by Trenten Kelley. While one state legislator's attempt to restrict the definition of antique vehicle has been negated, another state legislature intends to do something similar, rolling back the cutoff date to 30 years. Connecticut's proposed changes to its rules for registering antique cars, buried toward the end of H.B. 7050, An Act Concerning Enhancements To Municipal Finance And Accountability, would make two significant changes. First, it would amend the state's definition of antique, rare, or spec... Read More

Hemmings Find of the Day - 1967 Volvo L3314 HT Laplander

Posted by Daniel Strohl - Unrestored 1967 Volvo L3314 HT Laplander for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: The Volvo L3314 is a four-wheel drive, forward control cross-country truck, specially built for service under arduous conditions. The L33 series was offered with different body-variants such as hard-top, half-cab, soft-top, or special versions mounting anti-tank weapons. Our version here is the L3314HT, hard-top with mechanical winch, in fantastic mechanical and cosmetic condition. Aside from an off-colored paint j...Read More

1958 Packard declared "King of Kustoms" at 2017 Sacramento Autorama

Posted by Kurt Ernst - Rita, the 1958 Packard roadster created by John D'Agastino and Oz Welch. Photos courtesy Sacramento Autorama, except gallery images by Dan Stoner. It began life as a 1958 Packard Hardtop, and according to owner and designer John D'Agostino of Celebrity Kustoms, may well be the last Packard ever built. After seven years of work by Oz Welch (and others), D'Agostino's Packard is now a two-seat roadster named Rita, a nod to silver screen siren Rita Hayworth. Last weekend the car picked up one of the coveted "Big B" a...Read More

Hard top...soft life - Triumph's TR3

Posted by Richard Lentinello - Magazine ad from the author's collection. Remember the scene in the movie Viva Las Vegas when Elvis and Cesare Danova (aka, Count Elmo Mancini) are lying under the Count's Ferrari when Ann-Margret walks into the garage? Evidently she's experiencing car trouble with her white Triumph TR3A, and asked Elvis and the Count to check it out, although Elvis was checking out more than just the little Triumph. Four years before Viva Las Vegas was released, the Standard-Triumph Motor Company placed this full-page, bl...Read More

Chicago, 1973

Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: October 1973 Location: Dan Ryan Expressway, Chicago, Illinois Source: John H. White, EPA's Documerica (via) What do you see here?...Read More