Hemmings Find of the Day – Retro pup trailer

Now this is tailgating. At least the “tail” part of it. The Ariel Corporation of Mount Vernon, Ohio, commissioned Kentucky Trailers in 2008 to create this lovely polished trailer for use at trade show. It harks back to the days when federal length and weight restrictions limited most over-the-road rigs to a single axle on […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1912 Autocar Type XXI Omnibus

According to our reference books, the Autocar Type XXI, rated at two tons, rode a 97-inch wheelbase and took its power from an 18.1hp opposed two-cylinder engine with a three-speed transmission and, uncommon for a solid-tired truck from this age, shaft drive. For that reason, we say that this 1912 Autocar Type XXI omnibus for […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1969 Intermeccanica Italia

The story of the Intermeccanica Torino/Italia is one that doesn’t get repeated often nowadays. It started with Jack Griffith, the New York car dealer (see “Hot Rod Hero,” HMM #92), who attempted to follow up his TVR-based Griffith 200 and 400 with the clean-sheet, Bob Cumberford-designed, Mark Donohue-engineered, Chrysler V-8-powered Griffith 600, but ran out […]