Hemmings Find of the Day – 1935 Auburn 851

This 1935 Auburn 851 for sale on Hemmings.com has certainly led an eventful life, as the seller tells the story. Originally built in right-hand drive for export to England, its noble owner took it to Paris where the Third Reich seized it and presumably bombed around Europe in it before it somehow went back to […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – birthplace of the American automobile?

Amid all the celebrations of Mercedes-Benz’s 125th anniversary this year, it’s worth keeping in mind that Daimler and Benz were not the inventors of the automobile. Inventors of the internal combustion automobile perhaps, but the automobile’s history well precedes 1886, as we see from this unassuming piece of property in Hinsdale, New Hampshire, for sale […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1975 Hurst/Olds

While it’s all too easy to compare the 1975 Hurst/Olds to its predecessors and find it lacking, not too many people bother to compare it to its competition, which in the mid-1970s was actually lacking. To see how it’s held up over the last 35 years, let’s take a look at this refurbished 1975 Hurst/Olds […]