Hemmings Daily: Ask a Hemmings Editor – Are there really shipwrecks full of old cars at the bottom of the Great Lakes?

Ask a Hemmings Editor – Are there really shipwrecks full of old cars at the bottom of the Great Lakes? While discussing the cars used as automotive riprap in the recent Brecksville carspotting post, we heard plenty of fascinating stories of cars sent to the bottoms of various bodies of water, either intentional or not. Among those stories, we also heard a couple urban legends about entire shipments of cars lost to the depths of […] Lees verder Four-Links – Barcelonnette hillclimb, Spitz Auto parts, Insolent Chariots, Panamerica Comets We know that Ronan Glon at RanWhenParked has a good eye for unusual European cars of the Eighties, Nineties, and beyond, so we're always happy to see his coverage of local European events like the recent Barcelonette hillclimb. Small, regional hill climb events and rallies are common throughout most of Europe. While I'm not dedicated […] Lees verder Hemmings Find of the Day – 1977 Plymouth Volare Premier Rust-free 1977 Plymouth Volare Premier station wagon for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: One Owner & registered in Virginia Since New, all original parts are available in the trunk; Garage Kept & insured and maintained as a Collector Car for more than 10 years; Low Mileage (estimated 130,000 & 1,000 Since Engine Rebuild […] Lees verder "Every other car on the market suddenly looked 10 years old." How the Taurus saved Ford Motor Company The Ford Taurus, as Tofer discusses in this video on the origins and development of the Eighties hit, may very well have saved the bacon of a carmaker then shedding a billion dollars a year, but it wasn't exactly an overnight hit, and its success depended on a number of key factors, from Henry Ford […] Lees verder Hemmings Find of the Day – 1978 Mercury Bobcat Villager Wagon From the seller's description: 1978 Mercury Bobcat Villager Wagon, This little 2-door station wagon has 22,000 original miles and is very original. Very few Mercury Bobcat Villagers survive today and the ones that are in existence are in poor condition. This could possibly be one of the best examples known to exist today. The exterior […] Lees verder Daily Briefing: Shelby celebration with a GT350R raffle; Win a restored and modernized 1969 Ford Bronco Courtesy of the Shelby American Collection. The members of the Shelby American Collection will host an annual car show and party at their facilities in Boulder, Colorado, later this month. Special guests will include Shelby Team drivers Allen Grant and Tom Yeager as well as Shelby American president, Gary Patterson. One of the show's events […] Lees verder Call it a 'ranch find' – the Coyote Johnson collection of muscle cars to be sold at no reserve Auctioneer Yvette VanDerBrink has a knack for finding long forgotten or previously unknown collections, thanks in part to her success auctioning the contents of Lambrecht Chevrolet in Pierce, Nebraska, back in 2013. During a 2018 Iowa auction, Yvette was approached by a man interested in selling a 40-year collection of muscle cars and pony cars, […] Lees verder