Houston Diary: Day 5

Rather than showing page after page of cars, Hemmings show coverage focuses on getting a smaller number of in-depth stories, little vignettes into why a given car is important to someone. So at the Keels & Wheels Concours today, I enjoyed spending time with owners, and hearing their stories.

I think my favorite was John Sweney […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1949 Triumph 2000

Allegedly the last production vehicle with a rumble seat (though there were plenty of one-offs since), and certainly the shortest dual-windshield vehicle ever, this 1949 Triumph 2000 for sale on Hemmings.com with its whitewalls looks very much like a European reflection of 1930s American art deco streamliners. From the seller’s description:
Rare left hand drive, dual […]

SIA Flashback – Moxie’s Four-Legged Productmobiles

We’ve seen the Buick-based Moxiemobile puttering around the swap fields at Hershey (and the Rolls Royce-based Moxiemobile a couple years ago at Amelia), but never got the entire story on the added equinity of said productmobiles until we came across Marc Stern’s article on them in SIA #68, April 1982. We wonder now exactly how […]