Class of ’86 – AM General HMMWV

In recognition of our March Military Campaign, let’s take a break from considering the collector-worthiness of all those namby-pamby civilian passenger vehicles from 1986 and look at a vehicle that has surely earned its stripes, the AM General HMMWV, a.k.a. the Humvee. Designed in 1979 to replace a number of vehicles then in the U.S. […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1984 GMC

When I was a kid, reading off-road magazines instead of doing my homework, I recall seeing ads in the back of those magazines for kits to rebody a 1973-1987 GM full-size truck into a Hummer replica. I thought it was a great idea – in Ohio (as well as in any northern clime), there were […]

Six Degrees of Automotive Separation – Hummer vs. Unimog

Never let it be said we don’t listen to suggestions. Frequent Hemmings Six Degrees of Automotive Separation Challenge participant marmer recently told us he’d like to see an occasional return to the “classic” Six Degrees format, in which you find as many different possible connections between two automakers that we post. Many of you also […]