Hemmings Daily: Opening up a door to the past from an old Ford nursery truck

Opening up a door to the past from an old Ford nursery truck [Editor's Note: After telling us the story of his grandfather's 1964 Chevrolet-turned-sawmill, Brian R. sent along this story of how at least part of an old Ford pickup truck he found made its way back to the family that once owned it.] One Sunday afternoon in January 2017 my family and I were returning home […] Lees verder Hemmings Find of the Day, 1973 Citroen AK 400 It's a 1973 Citroen AK 400 for sale on Hemmings.com (via the same seller offering the stretchy Citroen HY van highlighted in a previous FOTD). From the seller's description: Top quality, body-off chassis restoration. Newly remanufactured high compression 602cc engine, rebuilt transmission and disc brakes upgrade. The first part of the restoration was performed by […] Lees verder When Brooks Stevens dreamed of desinging a Citroen DS The Citroen DS had an uphill battle coming into the U.S. market for many reasons we won't run down here. Suffice it to say, none of those reasons (save for maybe the headlamp issue) had to do with styling. Regardless, Brooks Stevens apparently thought that what the Goddess needed was an American-style makeover. Or, at […] Lees verder Detroit, 1961 Date: November 1961 Location: Detroit, Michigan Source: Win Brunner, via Detroit Public Library Digital Collections What do you see here? Lees verder Social media is no place to sell car parts Once upon a time, there was a barbaric sport known as "ferret legging," covered in some detail by Outside magazine in 1983. The gist of it is this: Participants, exclusively men, don baggy white trousers—sans underwear—with drawstrings at the waist and ankles. An agitated ferret is dropped into the waist of the pants, the drawstring […] Lees verder Hemmings Find of the Day: 1926 Ford Model T hot rod Mickey Himsl-built 1926 Ford Model T-based hot rod for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: The legendary "Moonshiner" was the result of a 4-year build by hot rod legend Mickey Himsl. This was a special display vehicle at the 50th Anniversary of the Grand National Roadster Show, and won 2015 Best in Class at […] Lees verder Bill Akin's Indy roadster restorations brought all those old races he heard on the radio to life The annual Indianapolis 500 sounded so distant to young Bill Akin, listening to every lap and hanging on to every word that came through the transistor radio from his home outside Nashville. Over the years, television broadcasts and Internet coverage may have made the Indy 500 more immediate, but restoring the actual cars that ran […] Lees verder