March 4, 2011

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1970 Opel GT

BlogBy webmin March 4, 2011

They call the Opel GT the “baby Corvette” for obvious reasons, especially from the cowl forward. The less obvious reason is that many people see it as something less than a Corvette, in terms of stature. Sure, there’s no V-8 rumble coming out of the tailpipe, and there’s no Corvette heritage that goes along with […]

Class of ’86 – AM General HMMWV

BlogBy webmin March 4, 2011

In recognition of our March Military Campaign, let’s take a break from considering the collector-worthiness of all those namby-pamby civilian passenger vehicles from 1986 and look at a vehicle that has surely earned its stripes, the AM General HMMWV, a.k.a. the Humvee. Designed in 1979 to replace a number of vehicles then in the U.S. […]