Freestone & Webb is not a household name in America, even among cognoscenti, but in England, the London-based coachbuilding firm is of some renown. Most of their output–as many as 15 cars a year at their peak–was on Bentley and Rolls-Royce chassis, and they were stalwarts at the London Motor Show, where they won their private […]

A few months ago, in the Lost and Found pages of Hemmings Classic Car, we began the hunt for the remaining Mechanix Illustrated Specials, a type of do-it-yourself car that capitalized on the late 1940s/early 1950s sport-special craze, but which combined elements of early kit car building, hot rodding and junkyard digging. Mechanix Illustrated offered […]

Ah, fickle fame. We’ve heard many stories about what happens to the cars from Overhaulin’ after their 15 minutes of fame. Some people can’t afford the insurance on them after they’ve been tarted up, while some people didn’t appreciate the modifications made to their cars. Of course, others could very well just be concerned with […]