Hemmings Daily: Thanksgiving leftovers: Winter car tips and staff favorites

Tom? I called up to my 18-year-old son, who was in his room. What? he replied. Come down to the living room, please. Why? Because I want to show you this vintage film I found on the Internet Archive. Now? If I wanted you to come down here later, I wouldn't be calling you now. So yes, now. That's how this little exercise began, with all the excitement that typical 18-year-olds usually muster up for doing anything with their parents. Though my son h [View in Browser | Subscribe]( [Hemmings Daily] Thursday, November 28, 2019 ANNOUNCEMENTS The Hemmings office is closed for the Thanksgiving holiday, and we're taking a break on the website as well. Just in case you need some car stuff in between helpings of turkey, here are some seasonal stories and staff favorites (plus a fresh Find of the Day) for your reading enjoyment. ["Make Winter Driving Safer" in the early 1980s]( ['Make Winter Driving Safer' in the early 1980s]( Posted by Thomas A. DeMauro - Tom? I called up to my 18-year-old son, who was in his room. What? he replied. Come down to the living room, please. Why? Because I want to show you this vintage film I found on the Internet Archive. Now? If I wanted you to come down here later, I wouldn't be calling you now. So yes, now. That's how this little exercise began, with all the excitement that typical 18-year-olds usually muster up for doing anything with their parents. Though my son h... [Read More]( [Sponsor]( [Hemmings Find of the Day: 1987 Toyota Corolla]( [Hemmings Find of the Day: 1987 Toyota Corolla]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - Right-hand-drive 1987 Toyota Corolla for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: This original Japanese imported AE86 is finished in brown exterior with custom interior. Paint is driver quality with some bubbling and imperfections not uncommon to vehicles of this age. Car has been lowered with front coilovers and upgraded shocks and springs in the rear Wheels are real work meister 3 piece wrapped in older Dunlop tires all around. Car has been modified and upgraded with the following - Freshly ...[Read More]( [Tech 101: Preparing your vehicles and summer toys for winter]( [Tech 101: Preparing your vehicles and summer toys for winter]( Posted by Jim O'Clair - A snowbound 1967 Buick LeSabre. Photo by dave_7. Once again, as fall winds down towards the short days of winter and much colder temperatures, it is time to store away that classic or summer recreational vehicle. The effort you expend in properly storing your recreational vehicles and classic cars over the next few months will pay large dividends when the thaw of spring and the warmth of the returning sun urges you to begin outside enjoyment once again. Most of the suggestions we offer are easily available and...[Read More]( [Sponsor]( [Open Diff - your worst winter driving experience]( [Open Diff - your worst winter driving experience]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - 'Tis the season. 'Tis the season for slushy, skiddy, screamy white-knuckled times on the highway, that is. The season for determining the limits of your driving ability and of the capability of your tires. The season for budgeting a few hours for what should be a 15-minute round trip. The season for a nice snowy winter drive. A good half of the comments in the recent Toronto carspotting article related some of your most miserable experiences driving through winter storms. Like PatW's 5-mile trip through 20 inches...[Read More]( [The vilification of Leo Beebe: Ford's mission to win Le Mans in 1966]( [The vilification of Leo Beebe: Ford's mission to win Le Mans in 1966]( Posted by Hemmings contributor - Leo Beebe at Le Mans in 1966. All photos courtesy of Ford Motorsport. Editor's note: This piece comes to us from Hemmings reader and contributor Frank Comstock, a friend of the late Leo Beebe. "Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success." Henry Ford "Great leaders inspire a sense of mission. Good people with a proper sense of mission will find a way to get the job done." Leo Beebe Fifty years have elapsed since Ford Motor Company's overwhelming vic...[Read More]( [In his own words: Mario Andretti on his highs and lows in the Indy 500, and why it's still a career-defining race]( [In his own words: Mario Andretti on his highs and lows in the Indy 500, and why it's still a career-defining race]( Posted by Kurt Ernst - Editor's Note: This year marks the 50th anniversary of Mario Andretti's win at the 1969 Indianapolis 500. Following our coverage of this in last week's Hemmings Daily, we were given the opportunity to speak with Mario and get his own take on the 1969 race, the controversy surrounding the events of 1981, what may be lacking in today's drivers, and whether or not we'll ever see another American atop an F1 podium. KE: At the conclusion of the 1969 Indy 500, you called your victory "my biggest win." In the years si...[Read More]( [Sponsor]( [The story behind that photo of the Pinto in front of the Mt. St. Helens eruption]( [The story behind that photo of the Pinto in front of the Mt. St. Helens eruption]( Posted by Daniel Strohl - A towering plume of ash rises in the distance of the photo, swirling with menace and threat, lightning arcing within it. As if to accent the peril, the canyon of trees that frame the gray clouds themselves have gone dark toward their tops, occluded by unseen looming clouds of ash. One shaft of morning light still reaches the lower branches of the trees, splashing over a cut of greenery and the least probable thing in the photo: a red Ford Pinto with a blue dirt bike hitched to its bumper, angled across a forest road...[Read More]( [This Day in Automotive History] THIS DAY IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY 11/28/1895: 1st American Auto Race, Chicago UPCOMING EVENTS [CruisinNocona.Org]( December 6, 2019 - Nocona, TX [Gateway Classic Cars Customer Appreciation Holiday Party]( December 7, 2019 - La Vergne, TN [Gateway Classic Cars Customer Appreciation Holiday Party]( December 7, 2019 - Lake Mary, FL [Gateway Classic Cars Customer Appreciation Holiday Party]( December 7, 2019 - West Deptford, NJ [Gateway Classic Cars Customer Appreciation Holiday Party]( December 7, 2019 - Deer Valley, AZ [Gateway Classic Cars Customer Appreciation Holiday Party]( December 7, 2019 - Ruskin, FL [See All Events]( [Sponsor]( FEATURED AUCTIONS [1956 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz]( [1956 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz]( [1970 Chevrolet Chevelle]( [1970 Chevrolet Chevelle]( [1975 Chevrolet C20]( [1975 Chevrolet C20]( [1963 Rambler 660]( [1963 Rambler 660]( [1970 Chevrolet Camaro]( [1970 Chevrolet Camaro]( [1966 Chevrolet Chevelle]( [1966 Chevrolet Chevelle]( [1975 Volkswagen Westfalia]( [1975 Volkswagen Westfalia]( [1973 Dodge Monaco]( [1973 Dodge Monaco]( [1970 Mercedes-Benz 300SEL]( [1970 Mercedes-Benz 300SEL]( [1975 Bultaco]( [1975 Bultaco]( [1967 Shelby GT500 restored Instrument cluster]( [1967 Shelby GT500 restored Instrument cluster]( [$3,500]( [View All Classifieds]( FEATURED IN THE BLOG [Ford Times magazine presents the 1970 Fords]( [Ford Times magazine presents the 1970 Fords]( [Project Apollo, Part VIII: Squeak, Rattle, Roll]( [Project Apollo, Part VIII: Squeak, Rattle, Roll]( [See All Featured Blog Posts]( FOLLOW US: [Hemmings Instagram]( [Follow us on Twitter]( [Join us on Facebook]( [View our Flickr pool]( [View Newsletter Archives]( Hemmings Motor News will not sell or share your e-mail address with other companies. 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