Hemmings Auto BLog

Four-Links - micro Crosley engine, high schoolers restoring Mohs, a Road Runner van?, a front-wheel-drive tracked motorcycle?

2009-03-28T12:05:47Z

* There’s plenty of operational quarter-scale engines out there, but most of them are scale versions of the small-block Chevrolet V-8, so Bob Finlay’s 3/10-scale Crosley four-cylinder is a bit unique. He’s apparently been working on it for about a year and expects to make it operational soon. Though somebody needs to tell him that [...]...(read more)

Six Degrees of Automotive Separation: Volvo and DAF

2009-03-27T16:00:23Z

While researching a story recently, Koch came across the Internet’s worst “six degrees” type association exercise at Seven Degrees of Austin Seven. We figured we could do much better here on the blog, and we figured you’re all bored out of your gourds on Friday afternoons, so we’re announcing the Hemmings Six Degrees of Automotive [...]...(read more)

Project Cars from the Past: 1934 Buick

2009-03-27T12:04:20Z

Found at Hershey 2003 - Chocolate Field North - 1934 Buick Series 40 Sedan. It was so long ago, I don’t remember the asking price, but the seller did scribe a chalk note onto the left front fender stating, essentially, that it was a barn find. Buick’s Series 40 was new in 1934, introduced as the company’s [...]...(read more)

Art Deco Coincidence?

2009-03-26T19:04:24Z

I picked up a neat Hohner Echo Elite harmonica last week for a very reasonable price. I am not a professional but I can play a few tunes on a standard Marine Band model. The Echo Elite really caught my eye because it had a very familiar art deco style to it. It is one of [...]...(read more)

Lost Chevrolet dealership: Honolulu, Hawaii

2009-03-26T16:07:22Z

Jim Kelly, who already showed us a pretty nifty AMC dealership in Honolulu, Hawaii, has been out there looking for more old neat Hawaii dealership photos and recently came across these four photos of Aloha Motors, once the Chevrolet and Oldsmobile dealership in Honolulu. What set Aloha Motors apart from its competition was its four-story [...]...(read more)

Good guy gone

2009-03-26T12:00:01Z

We want to recognize the regrettable truth that Lloyd Ruby died this week, a guy who’s warmly remembered by people who followed all kinds of motorsport but still should have been a lot more famous. Ruby was 81 years old when he passed away on Tuesday in his hometown of Wichita Falls, Texas. Two thoughts if [...]...(read more)

More toys

2009-03-25T19:34:38Z

A box full of toys arrived on my doorstep yesterday, which is usually my cue to a) put together a couple of emails that may or may not turn up in your in-box every Thursday (Want to sign up for Hemmings’ free weekly email? It’s real simple.) and b) goof off the rest of the [...]...(read more)

Only in your dreams

2009-03-25T16:07:32Z

Pretty regularly, we get contact from people who want to have their cars featured in Hemmings Classic Car as a Driveable Dream, an unrestored original. Based on some such inquiries, we feel as if it might be helpful to show you what a DD ideally is. Last week, we got a letter and photo from [...]...(read more)