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Hemmings Daily: A little Studebaker V-8 history with one of the most successful Stude drag racers

A little Studebaker V-8 history with one of the most successful Stude drag racers
In every niche in the collector car world, there are people you stop and listen to, no matter the occasion. When it comes to Studebaker drag racing, that person is Ted Harbit, who's been campaigning the cars from South Bend on dragstrips since the Fifties. We've covered Ted's Flyin' Tomato in the pages of Hemmings […]
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Hemmings Find of the Day: 1947 Mercury woodie
Unrestored 1947 Mercury woodie station wagon for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: A Clean and near complete Woodie. It was a southern California Beach Patrol car, back in the day. Real California Black Plate Car. It was brought to the east cost in 1969. It was driven the last 200 miles of the […]
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Australian government leaning on GM to keep Holden historical collections down under
With last month's sudden announcement that GM will kill off the Holden brand as it pulls out of right-hand-drive markets, Australian government officials have made it clear that they expect GM to leave its Holden concept cars and other historical items in Australia rather than ship the whole lot back to Detroit. "The Government expects […]
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Murray City, Utah, 1970s
Date: 1970s Location: Murray City, Utah Source: via University of Utah Digital Library What do you see here?
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WATCH THIS: Some mystery-history on the White Pearl
If you saw the lead story in this week's Muscle Machines newsletter, you've no doubt seen this killer '57 Ford full-custom that comes with its own great history. The John North "White Pearl" is not only a (mostly) original, survivor, mid-century custom, but it's also running a rare E-Code Ford 312 c.i.d. V8! Sounds good, […]
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Way-back muscle mills: when "crate" was what you sat on!
This week on the Muscle Machines newsletter, we're featuring something a little different: a very kewl survivor "East Coast" custom in the John North "White Pearl" '57 Ford for sale on hemmings.com. Thing's got a hot E-Code Y-block in it and hearing it run in the listing's video reminded us how cool early power always […]
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Find a 'Bu, 'Vette in the snow, Hershey hillclimb, and more: the photos worth more than a thousand words
Would you look at that: More photos from our readers! Which is great, because all of you who responded to our last reader photo roundup pretty much unanimously endorsed the idea of doing this on a regular basis. We'll start with the photo above that Herb Hale sent in after leaving a couple comments on […]
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