Martha and the Vandellas vs. Los Fabulosos Cadillacs

Noting all the attention we’ve given Ford factories in recent weeks here on the Hemmings Blog, Joe Hedio, aka diskojoe, thought we’d appreciate the above Martha and the Vandellas music video for their song, “Nowhere to Run,” which takes place inside a Ford assembly plant while it’s churning out Mustangs. Joe writes:
Judging from the “WTF” […]

Argentine flower car restoration continues

As promised, Fernando Aguerre, he of all the cool barn finds in Argentina, sent along a picture of his flower car restoration’s progress. Here he notes that it’s going from the mechanic’s shop to the electrician’s shop to get wired, but you can also see how the body looks all spiffed up. “They just started […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1940 Ford

Where other, larger, funeral cars end up with funky profiles to fit the body style, this 1940 Ford appears to have a roofline lifted straight from its coupe and thus looks more organic than most Cadillac or Packard-based flower cars. Though, that begs the question makes one wonder: When this was new, who would have […]