Six Degrees of Automotive Separation – Hummer vs. Unimog

Never let it be said we don’t listen to suggestions. Frequent Hemmings Six Degrees of Automotive Separation Challenge participant marmer recently told us he’d like to see an occasional return to the “classic” Six Degrees format, in which you find as many different possible connections between two automakers that we post. Many of you also […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1919 Pierce-Arrow

After this morning’s post on the Kaiser articulated bus, another bus seemed appropriate for the Hemmings Find of the Day, thus we’ve picked this 1919 Pierce-Arrow inter-city 17-passenger bus. From the seller’s description:
This 1919 Model is believed to have run between Wallace and Burke Idaho and was given a complete restoration by Ron Fawcett […]

Shirl Greer, 1935-2010

Almost unnoticed, a really good guy and good racer passed away last week. Shirl Greer was a Georgia native, a true Southern drag stud, who improbably became the NHRA’s Funny Car national champion in 1974 under some wild circumstances. Greer had been in ill health, and passed away at a hospital in Johnson City, Tennessee. […]