Classic Car News

What a perfect HFOD to help kick off this year’s March Military Campaign – a 1944 Sherman M4A2E8 tank for sale on Hemmings.com. Any ad that includes the phrase “This is no joke” is gold in our books. Please, please, please, whoever buys this, take it to your local cruise-in and send us pictures. From [...]

1981 Nissan Skyline 2000GT-EX HR30
That’s not Newman as in muffin tops, that’s Newman as in Paul. The 1981 R30 was a watershed for the Skyline, emerging from the dark Seventies with a wedgy new design, lighter chassis and a series of increasingly powerful engines, in both four and six cylinders, the sixes turbocharged up to [...]

Commenter Timothy Wade chided us earlier this year (good-naturedly, of course) for not doing our research on the Mack T8 double-ender tank transporter that we linked to on BigLorryBlog. Well, the perfect time to present the findings of said research is now, the day we kick off our fourth annual March Military Campaign.
According to Crismon, [...]

W. Gould Brokaw at the wheel of his Renault racing car, Ormond Beach, 1904.
Dan wrote up a very thoughtful piece last week on the idea that troubled used car dealer and bootlegger Max Gerlach was F. Scott Fitzgerald’s inspiration for the Great Gatsby. It’s a theory that Fitzgerald scholars have floated before, but Dan examined [...]

Dan Focht photo from ICON
Historic Motorsports Productions has ruffled a few feathers in the vintage racing world–and  has rival publication Road & Track on board as a title sponsor–but the Bobby Rahal-fronted organization is one slick outfit, as evidenced by issue #1 of their newletter, ICON. I look forward to seeing what they can do [...]

We’re not trying to favor any one decade here – really. I just happened to stumble across this particular Cutlass Supreme while looking to see how many Eighties G-body variations are currently on the market on our website. With an asking price of $8,440, here’s the seller’s description:
1977 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme with 37,581 actual miles. [...]

1977 Nissan Skyline 2000GT-ES KHGC210
The C210,  fifth-generation Skyline, “Japan,”was launched in August 1977, with new, straighter bodylines, and less Valiant.  All the cars in the series met the 1978 exhaust emission regulations, and the new TI-EX model featured halogen headlights. The GT family included GT, GT-L, GT-EL, GT-EX and GT-ES models. A minor update in [...]

1912 Gramm truck being tested in St. Petersburg, Russia.
To say Imperial Russia’s auto industry was slow growing is an understatement. St. Petersburg, a city of 2 million people, had an estimated 1,600 private automobiles, which was nonetheless a substantial potion of the countries’ 6,000. Ford alone was going to sell over 150,000 Model Ts in [...]

1972  Nissan Skyline HT 2000GT-R KPGC110, Tokyo Motor Show
The C110 “Ken & Mary” was launched in September 1972 and three series were available: the 1600, 1800 and 2000. The 2000 Series also included a GT and the well-appointed GTX version. After the introduction of stronger exhaust emission regulations in 1975, the engine was equipped with [...]

Okay, so I’m a sucker for a station wagon, especially one with that wonderful faux wood siding that always seemed to age faster than the rest of the car. Of course, nothing screams Seventies quite like Avocado Gold Metallic (or all 27 variations of brown), which is exactly what’s slathered on this 1975 Chrysler Town [...]

In the April 2010 issue of Hemmings Classic Car (#67, out on newsstands now), I examined the history of the Chevrolet six-cylinder, a fairly simple task, considering that the website I ran before I joined Hemmings had about the largest repository of post-Stovebolt Chevrolet six-cylinder information around. And while there are all sorts of tangents [...]

Corvettes can sometimes get overplayed, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t certain variations that require you to snap to and pay attention, such as this 1957 fuelie Corvette, one of the rare airbox cars, currently for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description:
This car is complete with an outstanding documentation such as: Race reports in [...]

1968 Skyline 1500 Deluxe C10
The Skyline Legend may have started on track during the ‘64 GP, but legendary Skylines appeared with the third generation, when six-cylinder cars were put into wide production. The 1500, still one of the country’s hottest little fours, was complimented by an 1800, as well as the Van.
1968 Skyline Van 1500 [...]

Mention selling your Chevelle and some people turn into a quivering bowl of Jell-O while they ponder two-door anything (hardtop, convertible) possibilities – or so some others claim. Honestly, we appreciate the devotion to the fabled badge: attractive lines, easy to get parts (all things relative) and often equipped with an ample supply of horses; [...]