Jowett, Matra, Saoutchik: the November 1978 issue of Hemmings comes to life

If nothing else, digging through the box of archive photos from late 1970s issues of Hemmings Motor News has provided quite an education in little-known furrin’ cars. For example, I cracked open the latest box, from the November 1978 issue, and discovered three more odd cars not only worth sharing, but worth looking up to see just what the heck they are. The first one, the racy red roadster above, turned out to be a 1953 Jowett Jupiter, for sale out of Knutsford, Cheshire (probably the...

17/06/2008

just give ‘er a little push

Reader Mark Belden sent in a few photos of a couple old pickups slowly disintegrating on his in-laws’ property near Kingsbury, New York. Apparently the Studebaker was prone to transmission trouble so it got pushed over the bank sometime in the 1960s. I do not know what happened to the Ford. As the world is subdivided I’m not sure how many more old cars and trucks are left “over the bank”. That Stude sure took a tough hit when it hit bottom. And I’d bet that both trucks still...

26/04/2008

just keep throwing gingerbread at it

Recently got an email from George Albright, one of the directors of the Don Garlits Museum of Drag Racing down in Ocala, Florida, who bought a strange sport custom (I know, “strange” and “sport custom” borders on redundant) with no clue as to its history. Jim Hunnewell, Big Daddy Don Garlits chief mechanic, and I spent [...]

23/11/2007

Jo Coddington spin captured on video

By now, I’m sure you’ve seen the schadenfreude-ful story of the American Hotrodder crew at Bonneville this year. If not, read up. Just came across mention of Jo Coddington’s spin that started the whole saga is now online. Doesn’t say what caused it, but given that the salt wasn’t as thoroughly worked for Speedweek this [...]

10/09/2007

join the Hemmings Nation

Well, we finally gave in and started a Flickr group. Figure, a good portion of this hobby (you got a better word?) is about the visual aspect, and we get a good amount of photo submissions every day around here, so why not make that process easier and at the same time allow photo submitters [...]

16/08/2007