Rocket car, Philbert, Camarito

Since sharing several photos from his collections earlier this month, Charlie Beesley has been hard at work building a blog to showcase said photos. In among them are these three he’s shared with us, along with what he’s been able to find out about their subjects. The Leaning Tower of Niles, Illinois was built in […]

Hemmings Finds of the Day – 1974 Hurst/Oldses

Thought the only Hurst/Olds built in 1974 was a two-door Colonnade coupe, did you? Not the case at all, as we see from this pair of 1974 Hurst-built Oldsmobiles for sale on Hemmings.com, one a Delta 88 convertible and the other a very unique four-door Cutlass, both tied into the choice of a Hurst/Olds as […]

Part car, part boat, all washed up: the 1907 Ravaillier

What’s maddening about this photo of an amphibious automobile from the George Grantham Bain collection in the Library of Congress archives isn’t that it’s presented in the archives without context – we can easily find out the who, what, when – it’s that, despite all of our research, we still don’t know precisely why this […]