Anymore, the “challenge” part of the Hemmings Six Degrees of Automotive Separation Challenge has been finding a marque (or pair of marques) suitably obscure, but still with enough connectivity to the rest of the automotive world to make for an interesting exercise. As we’ve noted time and again, the most difficult thing is to find […]

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 […]

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 […]