A few months ago, in the Lost and Found pages of Hemmings Classic Car, we began the hunt for the remaining Mechanix Illustrated Specials, a type of do-it-yourself car that capitalized on the late 1940s/early 1950s sport-special craze, but which combined elements of early kit car building, hot rodding and junkyard digging. Mechanix Illustrated offered […]
Harold Cleworth is a name familiar to aficionados of fine automotive artwork, and to faithful readers of Hemmings Classic Car alike. You may recall Harold from his September 2006 Auto Art profile, and we’re pleased to congratulate him on his noteworthy contribution to this year’s edition of the incomparable Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance: the official event […]
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 […]