Editor’s note: The 2016 Hemmings Motor News Great Race, presented by Hagerty, kicked off last Friday with the Hagerty Trophy Run. Senior editor Matt Litwin is reprising his support role on the Hemmings Team, and will be providing us with dispatches from the road throughout the race. Below is his recap for Friday’s Trophy Run […]
With a name like The Finest Automobile Auctions, one would assume that the upstart company’s debut live sale, tied to The Elegance at Hershey Concours d’Elegance, would be priced beyond the means of the casual collector. 1923 Hupmobile Series R-11. Photos courtesy The Finest Automobile Auctions. While nine lots did break the six-figure barrier, there […]
Entered by Mazdaspeed, the normally aspirated, rotary-powered 787B completed 362 laps, besting a trio of Tom Walkinshaw Jaguars that finished in second through fourth places, sporting their famed Silk Cut livery. The second-place TWR team finished two laps behing the 787B, which featured the driving talents of a trio of experienced, but relatively young, Europeans: […]
Starting from scratch can be both complicated and expensive, making the purchase of an already-built car, in need of slight refurbishing, all the more attractive. This 1927 Ford Model T speedster, for sale on Hemmings.com, appears to be a good starting point, as it comes complete with a Frontenac overhead-valve head (originally distributed by the […]
Only a building here or there happens to have avoided the wrecking ball or the remodeler’s touch over the last half-century. What do you see here? We’ve seen a little of the Hartford suburbs in the series of photos Joe Sokola sent us already, but a big batch toward the end takes us out to […]
America was clearly a different place back then. If ever there was an era of false advertising claims, the 1950s had to be it. It seemed as if you could have said – and claimed – anything about the thingamajig you made and market it as such. Not only wouldn’t you have been sued, but […]
Electric race cars built to similar chassis specs as modern Formula 1 cars would be crazy cool, but drivers changing cars midway through each race to compensate for limited battery life? Hmmm. Also, the series’s stated premise — a platform for developing electric-vehicle tech — sure sounded important, but is this racing, or R&D? When […]
Nowadays, finding a decent sports car that keeps the computers to a minimum — and the pedals at exactly three — is becoming increasingly difficult. Today it seems the less you want on your car, the more you have to pay, on top of an already high price tag. Go back a decade or two […]
Here are ways to fix some common problems yourself. Not every infliction on your car’s exterior needs to land you at the mechanic’s, though some should early on so that you don’t need a more major repair (and incur a bigger expense) later. Touch up nicks sooner rather than later Touch-up paint won’t adhere well […]
A better name for the technology is air springs, as air suspension is essentially an alternative to the more familiar steel springs found on most cars and leaf springs found on older trucks. A lot of new cars and trucks are available with air suspension. As the name suggests the technology uses air to cushion […]
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