We mentioned a few weeks ago that Corky Coker’s team of restorers and wrenches were putting the finishing touches on Coker’s replica of the 1911 Indy-winning Marmon Wasp in advance of the centennial celebrations at the Indy 500. It hasn’t had much time to gather dust since then, as Coker has pressed it into publicity […]
Congratulations go this morning to Doug and Howard Sharp, the father-and-son team from Fairport, New York, who won this year’s Great Race on Friday in their 1911 Velie H1 Racetype. While longtime competitors in the Great Race and in other vintage car rallies, this year’s event proved far from smooth sailing for the team, as […]
This image has been floating around the offices here at Hemmings for so long, we’re not sure who sent it to us or when. What we do know, besides the date of the photo, is that it depicts Thomas Edison (and presumably his wife Mina) within Edison’s compound in West Orange, New Jersey (now a […]