• Automotive News
    America saved by investment from Nicola Bulgari on Wheels museum

    Enter benefactor Nicola Bulgari who, through his NB Center for American Automotive Heritage, has ensured a future for America on Wheels as part of a grander plan to transform Allentown into a global destination for classic car fans. Museums rely on both benefactors and visitors for funding, and when the needed traffic failed to materialize […]

  • American Car
    1963 Chevrolet Impala SS – Hemmings Find of the Day

    Turbo-Thrift inline-six to the legendary 409, which made as much as 425 horsepower. Most cars split the difference between these two extremes, and this 1963 Chevrolet Impala SS two-door sport coupe, for sale on Hemmings.com, is a perfect example. As ordered, it came with the 283 V-8 (good for 195 horsepower), mated to the two-speed […]

  • Auto Tech
    Montreal, 1960s, Quebec

    The shadows seem to indicate that we’re looking east, but there’s also the on-ramp in the foreground, the bridge in the background and the span of water in between the bridge and the opposing lanes of traffic. To confuse the issue even more, the bridge’s website has the photo adjacent to a section of text […]

  • BMW
    1974 BMW 2002/tii brochure – Big Bumper Bimmer

    Images are from the brochure collection of Hemmings Motor News This model year represented the first time we received the “facelifted” 2002, with its all-black plastic grille and larger, rectangular taillamps, along with — starting in January 1974 — the aluminum impact bumpers that added 9.5 inches and 110 pounds to the car. 1974 also represented […]

  • American Car
    1973 Mercury Cougar XR7 – Hemmings Find of the Day

    Described as a restored driver-quality car, this cat comes powered by a 351 Cleveland V-8 topped by a two-barrel carburetor, which was rated at 168 SAE net horsepower. As an XR7 version, it adds chrome rocker panels, unique wheel covers, a vinyl roof, and additional gauges, and this example was even ordered new with the […]

  • American Car
    Chevrolet in 1966, Pacer commercials, The Man With The Foot

    * If I’ve embedded this video right, it’ll be the first of several AMC Pacer commercials. Is that cowboy in line the same one from “Blazing Saddles?” Reader Gary Rynsburger sent us a link to the 1966 Chevrolet introduction video this week specifically for the camper truck chase scene toward the end, but we figured […]

  • Auto Tech
    First Camaro given a spot on the National Historic Vehicle Register

    While Camaro production officially began in August 1966, a month before Chevrolet unveiled its Mustang fighter to the public, Chevrolet needed to know that production would ensue smoothly, so the division set up pilot production lines at its Norwood and Los Angeles assembly plants to build – and in some cases re-build – 52 cars, […]

  • Cars Brands
    1968 Mercury Comet – Hemmings Find of the Day

    Whatever the engine under the hood, it’s a sharp bench-seat, column-shift-auto car that looks ready to cruise. From the seller’s description: Oddly, our sources for 1968 Mercurys show the 302 as the base V-8 engine that year (Fords could still get a 289 in 1968), but this 1968 Mercury Comet coupe for sale on Hemmings.com […]

  • Cars Brands
    1969 & Germany

    In the meantime, there’s plenty of Euro cars to identify in the background along with a couple of trucks. The farther back you go with your IDs, the more points you get. What do you see here? Not sure exactly where Porsche’s ad agency at the time shot this photo for an ad for the […]