Hemmings Classic Car

Jim Menneto, President Jonathan Shaw, Director of Product Terry McGean, Editor-in-Chief Richard Lentinello, Executive Editor Kurt Ernst, Editor, Hemmings Daily Mike McNessor, Editor, Hemmings Motor News Catherine Gee Graney, Managing Editor Thom

It finally happened. After nearly a lifetime of waiting, I now own a Corvair. It’s a classy-looking 1963 Monza convertible, black with a red interior and white top. Although it has the desirable 102-horsepower engine option, it’s a three-speed manual

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be acknowledged as the designer behind the “coffin-nose” Cords of 1936-’37, but he was preceded by an equally capable designer who unfortunately died quite young, before he could build the kind of reputation that would follow men like Buehrig, Harley

Henry Ford was notoriously reluctant to change the Model T, his “Universal Car,” which he felt was more than adequate for the transportation needs of America and the world. Dissent on this point was treated harshly. According to Ford biographer Rober

I GREATLY ENJOYED THE ARTICLE about Terry Gale’s one-off 1955 Nash Ambassador Pinin Farina prototype in HCC #177. I can add a chapter to the car’s history. When I saw it at the Rambler Ranch several years ago, I told Terry that I immediately recogniz

Recently I was going through my large collection of automobile and truck advertisements, sorting out ones I want to keep and ones I want to give away. (My office is getting a little too cluttered.) There were so many great ads — American Austin, Dues

A little over a month ago, one of my colleagues read over an article I’d submitted and suggested some changes to make it more accessible to the general reader. He told me what I’d written “seem[ed] a little inside baseball.” It was solid advice and I

Many forward-thinking automotive designs, cutting-edge engineering principles, creative innovations, and distinctive body styles stemmed from America’s vast array of Independent automobile companies. American Motors, Franklin, Hudson, Hupmobile, Nash

IT WAS A CRISP, EXTREMELY BRIGHT, perfect late summer day on September 10, 1965. As I drove my 1963 Checker Marathon through the gates of Westover Air Force Base in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, that early afternoon, I realized that I was leaving a

Mass-produced cars of any era from any country were made just good enough. Not exquisitely, not painstakingly, but good enough. They were designed to last for years, be reasonably dependable, and look decent, but they were also built to sell for a pr