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Dymaxion No. 2 restoration underway; your help needed
We talked recently with Phil King over at Crosthwaite and Gardiner, one of England’s most renowned restoration houses, and found out that they’d not only been entrusted with the restoration of...
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Ercole! Ercole! Ercole!
Frequent commenter Gene Herman recently set his camera on stun so he could gather several examples of automotive wildlife he thought we’d enjoy. First up, his buddy Will’s 1952 Moto Guzzi Ercole. In...
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Four-Links – Quinton/Joehnck coupe, papercraft Apes, La Carrera updates,...
* Rudy Rodriguez, while known for one trendsetting hot rod pickup, is more than a one-trick pony, having built many slick period hot rods, including this restoration of the Quinton/Joehnck Competition...
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We salute you, Jeff Lane: Another Dymaxion replica on the way
Shortly after we heard about Crosthwaite and Gardiner’s two Dymaxion projects, we found out that Jeff Lane of the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, Tennessee, also has been working on a Dymaxion replica...
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Plywood cars and odd superchargers
My Mechanix Illustrated collection has been growing lately, mostly filling gaps in the 1950s and 1960s, but I’ve also been adding some issues from the magazine’s predecessor, Modern Mechanix, and...
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Wobbly wheels and early Ferraris
One thing our post from late last year on the elliptical-wheel jeep/tractor was missing was any mention of who developed that. Thanks to my ever-growing Mechanix Illustrated collection and the August...
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Four-Links – Ferguson Mustangs, fishin’ for Sambas, land-speed motorhome,...
* In our recent SIA Flashback on four-wheel-drive autos, there was a brief mention of the Ferguson four-wheel-drive Mustangs. Commenter rupewrecht uncovered a link to a German Mustang club’s website...
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The Dale brochure in full
Thanks to Kevin Gibbs, I recently got to pen one of the most interesting stories I’ve written lately. Certainly the strangest. See, Kevin wrote in asking us whether we’d heard of a fiberglass...
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Four-Links – Mack’s military might, the smallest DeTomaso, Swallow factory, 3×3
* I could pull Mack military trucks from Crismon all day long, but for those of you with such an interest, BigLorryBlog has already done some legwork, and not just on Macks built for the U.S....
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Four-Links – flying Goliath, cross country in a White, First Super Speedway,...
* What’s nicer than flying? I wish I could find a larger version of this ad posted at Racing-Retro, which features a Goliath Dreirad three-wheeler (yes, that’s redundant, but not everybody speaks...
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The Shermanator – a tracked farming implement sent backward in time…
A front-wheel-drive tractor sounds like unthinkable blasphemy in the Great Plains states. A tracked front-wheel-drive tractor? Boy, they send you to the looney bin for thinking up stuff like that....
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Richard Harp’s Jetmobile, a tripod hot rod
We previously encountered Richard Harp and his Jetmobile a couple years ago in a collection of photos sent to us by a reader, so we weren’t too surprised to come across Richard and his three-wheeler...
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My name is Otto, and I like to get blotto…
UPDATE (28.May): While I meant no disrespect to any profession or group of people with this post, I can see how some people – especially those who don’t get the Simpsons reference – might take offense....
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Models in Messerschmitts
After the streamlined cars, the alt-power GM cars, the photos from the GM Proving Ground and several others that we’ve yet to show, we’re not quite sure what to expect from David Greenlees, save for...
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Fiberglass fun in SoCal
Our friend Geoff Hacker has been living it up in the Los Angeles area the last few days, in part to help celebrate Fiberglass Day at the Petersen Automotive Museum, an event that Geoff helped plan to...
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Show coverage extra: Keels and Wheels
In May, I wrote up some snapshots from the Keels and Wheels Concours in Texas. Now, official coverage is running in the upcoming Hemmings, but there were more great stories than I could fit into the...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1954 Bond
As David LaChance remarked on this 1954 Bond three-wheeler’s license plate, “Definitely shaken and not stirred.” That David LaChance, what a comedian. Russo and Steele will be auctioning off this Mark...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1886 Benz
If you’ve happened to browse through our own Sibley Shop museum on a visit to Hemmings HQ in Bennington, Vermont, you might have stopped to marvel at our 1886 Benz replica, one of 14 such replicas...
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Four-Links – De Portago, Go With Moon!, Barrmy?, Adele
* From Automobiliac comes this excellent photo of Alfonso De Portago in a Ferrari on the 1957 Mille Miglia. The color, the composition, the setting, the excitement on the spectators’ faces all give it...
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Morgan Trike for the 21st Century
Morgan images courtesy Morgan Motor Company England’s Morgan Motor Company got its start 101 years ago, building three-wheeled cyclecars that were both frugal (they were taxed like motorcycles, but...
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Four-Links – turbine car brochure, BowlMor Cadillac, H-Mod reunion, 1949 Ford...
* Barry Wolk recently pointed me in the direction of the Art and Colour blog, and while only a portion of it relates to old cars, that portion includes excellent posts like this on a brochure for...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – Badsey Bullet prototype
Hm. If we weren’t really paying attention, we might have overlooked this ad for the Badsey Bullet prototype, due to the C5 Corvette photo mistakenly uploaded in place of any photo of the Bullet...
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Morgan Will Once Again Build “A Great Babe Magnet”
Faithful Hemmings Blog readers may recall our recent entry on English sports car manufacturer Morgan, who was reportedly considering re-introducing a modern version of its first automobile, the...
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A real Orphan Baby: the Griffin three-wheelers
In the January 2011 issue of Hemmings Classic Car, which should be hitting mailboxes and newsstands shortly, I reviewed Robert Cunningham’s Orphan Babies: America’s Forgotten Economy Cars, Volume 2,...
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Velorex Rides Again
When you think of vehicles originating in the Czech Republic, or former Czechoslovakia, you probably think of Škoda. But if Škoda isn’t esoteric enough for you, you may recall the fabric-bodied Velorex...
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Microcars at Mecum, and Other Assorted Imports
Lot T136: 1964 Goggomobil TS-250 January is a busy month with regards to auctions, especially in Scottsdale, Arizona. But just after the clean-up crews have called it a day out west, things start to...
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Mercedes-Benz Is Ready To Party
So what is the traditional gift for a 125-year anniversary, anyway? Mercedes-Benz will be celebrating the 125th anniversary of the January 29, 1886, filing of Karl Benz’s patent on his three-wheel “gas...
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The TriVan re-revisited
Since the last time we’ve discussed the TriVan – way back in January 2007 – we’ve been in touch with Bill Fidler of Reading, Pennsylvania, who may be the world’s biggest fan of the diminutive...
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Four-Links – the Allard that ended American road racing, Bomonster, COPO...
* The announcement of the Springfield Vintage Grand Prix earlier this week neatly coincided with a post on The Chicane on the Fred Wacker Allard J2 that competed in the 1952 Watkins Glen road races...
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Morgan Unveils Their 21st Century Trike
Another exciting debut at this year’s Geneva Motor Show has been the long-discussed, long-awaited return of the Morgan Motor Company’s official (and officially named) 3 Wheeler. While some may view it...
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Volt’s predecessor: GM’s 512-series hybrid, electric and microcar
Enduring Automotive History Myths, No. 467 and 467a: Electric cars, while popular around the dawn of the automotive age, were quickly abandoned when the invention of the electric self-starter prompted...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – birthplace of the American automobile?
Amid all the celebrations of Mercedes-Benz’s 125th anniversary this year, it’s worth keeping in mind that Daimler and Benz were not the inventors of the automobile. Inventors of the internal...
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Microcar Megafun in Boston
Tiny vehicles of all sorts will be descending on suburban Boston this weekend for Gould’s 16th Annual Microcar & Minicar Classic Event, a gathering that promises fun for participants and...
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Happy 150th birthday, Charles Duryea!
Courtesy of the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles We recently celebrated the sesquicentennial of Billy Durant’s birth, and another key figure in the nascent American automotive industry celebrates...
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Four-Links – Spaceballs car, Turbo Phantom, Freddie Ford, electronic highway...
* We are indebted to Jesse, the justacarguy, for enlightening us as to the whereabouts of the hovercar from Spaceballs, one of the greatest films of all time. According to the placard with it in the...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – homebuilt reverse trike
Props to the builder of this 1989 Honda Goldwing-based airplane-bodied, reverse trike for sale on Hemmings.com for the tiny propeller up front. From the seller’s description: made into a airplane car....
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Four-Links – Ernie Adams revisited, Maratuech, Atomitron, saxomophone
* While we’re patiently waiting for Jeff Diehl’s full documentary on Ernie Adams’s dwarf cars, there’s this video that’s been making the rounds this week with a closer look at Adams’s dwarf Mercury. *...
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Four-Links – another Buckminster Fuller streamliner, Arrowhead teardropper,...
* What car guys most know Buckminster Fuller for is the Dymaxion three-wheeled streamliner, but perhaps more car guys would be familiar with him if his plan to build a four-wheeled streamliner with...
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Charlie Beesley’s car pictures, part 2 – Oddballs and Weirdos
All photos courtesy and copyright Charlie Beesley. People do strange things with cars. And while Charlie Beesley didn’t purposefully look for pictures of motorized oddballs and weirdos, they do seem...
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Cars of Futures Past – Dymaxion 4D Transport
The restored Dymaxion #2 returns to the National Automobile Museum. Photo courtesy National Automobile Museum. Architect and visionary Buckminster Fuller had a dream of creating a better world, one in...
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From the archives: Bob Keyes’s TriVette
The 1970s were a troubling time for Detroit and the economy in general. Inflation, recession and the oil embargo all helped create a new demand for small, efficient and economical automobiles. The...
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Small shipments only: 1967 Solyto Break Camping to cross the stage
1967 Solyto Break Camping. Photos courtesy Auctions America. Europeans have different requirements for delivery vehicles than Americans, and in cities where streets often date back to the Middle Ages,...
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Arsonist damages two vehicles in attack on National Automobile Museum
The Ed Roth High Flyer trike shortly after the fire. Photo courtesy National Automobile Museum. At about 2:45 Friday morning, an arsonist threw a rock through the front door of the National Automobile...
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Four-Links – Frank Sinatra’s Zebra car, honeymoon Toyopet, XJ13 wreck and...
* This week, Clasp Garage took a look at the zebra-styled Mustang that George Barris built for Frank Sinatra – specifically for his movie “Marriage on the Rocks.” * One of the many vehicles that was...
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Four-Links – Holden Hurricane revisited, Tri-Magnum, Miss Bacfire, Ford’s SOHC
* The restoration of the Holden Hurricane concept car by Holden took place back in 2011, and while we already hit it up for Four-Links back then, Car Build Index this week assembled a big batch of...
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Not your average beer truck: 1930 Morgan Super Aero van
1930 Morgan Super Aero with custom van body. Photos by author unless otherwise indicated. Ron Garner has a taste for the unusual, as demonstrated by his four-plus decades of Morgan ownership. While...
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Wheel Stories from the Patent Files: The Mathis VL 333
Editor’s note: Ryan Chirnomas is a patent attorney and classic car enthusiast in Washington, D.C. In this series, he examines the intersection of those fields by looking at design patents—which...
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Petersen Museum launches campaign to fund restoration of its 1948 Davis Divan
1948 Davis Divan, from the Petersen Museum’s collection. Still grab from video below. The Davis Motorcar Company built just 17 examples of its three-wheeled cars before production ended in 1948, but...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 2005 Campagna T-REX
Canadian builder Campagna has been building its T-REX cyclecars since the late 1980s, which makes them among the oldest brands on the market (Morgan excluded, of course). With a four-cylinder...
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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1943 NSU Kettenkraftrad
The problem with motorcycles is this: They aren’t very practical on snow or ice, or even in deep sand and mud. The logical solution is to own something with more wheels and additional capabilities,...
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