Houston diary: roundup

You know you’ve had a good trip when a 1958 Aston-Martin DB Mark III drophead coupe is relegated to “leftover” status. But when you shoot 2,800 images, covering nine cars, an auction and a concours, it’ll happen.

This was a challenging midday shoot (in 90-plus degrees and high humidity, blech), but the car was sufficiently exquisite […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1955 Jaguar XK-140

While most customizers of the 1950s took up torch and lead against domestic 1950s bruisers, a few did apply those same methods to European cars, as San Jose resident Joe Wilhelm did with this 1955 Jaguar XK-140. While many of the modifications might not have held up well to our modern aesthetics (or, possibly, even […]

Swedish meatpacker

Admit it, you love this. We’re preparing to run a retrospective of Volvo in motorsports within the pages of Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car, and came across this archival photo, with a major assist from Volvo history keeper Claes Rydholm. In company folklore, this is the toughest Volvo competition sedan ever produced.

Volvo’s dealers in California […]