Pearl Harbor and the last 1942 Packard

Today, as I’m sure you’re all aware, marks the 69th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the event that ultimately led the United States into World War II. Coincidentally, while recently browsing the Making of Modern Michigan online photo database, I came across this picture of the last 1942 Packard built before the company […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1931 Henney

You all know Henney as the coachbuilder that turned out plenty of funeral cars, especially for Packard later in the companies’ existences. But in the 1920s and early 1930s, the Illinois-based company also built a very limited number of passenger cars (live passenger cars, that is), including this 1931 Henney convertible, which is being touted […]

T-Bird Leads the Flock at Mecum Kansas City

The top sale from Mecum’s Kansas City Auction last weekend was this 1957 F-code Thunderbird, one of between 208 and 211 T-Birds built in 1957 with a McCulloch VR57 Phase II supercharger. The car, which sold for $186,000, was restored by Hill’s Automotive of Racine, Ohio, and has won honors from the Classic Thunderbird Club […]