Hemmings Find of the Day – 1975 MG BGT

At first glance, this 1975 MG BGT for sale on Hemmings.com looks like a rather clean rubber-bumper example, which is already fairly uncommon here in the States. Then you see that the seller swapped in an 215-cu.in. V-8 stroked to 266 cubic inches and fitted with all sorts of chrome and go-fast goodies. Sneaky, sneaky. […]

SIA Flashback – 1952 Meteor: Canada’s Upscale Ford

Canadian cars tend to receive little serious consideration by American classic car writers. For example, to the best of my knowledge, Arch Brown’s article on the 1952 Meteor in SIA #74, April 1983, is the first on a Canadian-specific vehicle in the magazine’s run, 13 years after the magazine started. Fortunately, he gets straight to […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1979 AMC Concord

It would take some rather ostentatious displays of plumage to make this 1979 AMC Concord for sale on Hemmings.com any more typical of the 1970s. On the one hand, there’s the Magnum 500 wheels and the 304-cu.in. V-8, while on the other hand, there’s the brown slathered all over it, inside and out. We’d like […]