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History Archive
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Homebuilt Camper From 1935 – Built For $85, Carried Family Of Nine 30,000 Miles All Over The country
Posted on June 12, 2018 | 19 Comments(first posted 4/10/2013. I have home-built campers on the brain) Ah, the good old days, when Dad spent his weekends for five months building a camper on the back of […] -
Automotive History Capsule: Chrysler’s 1958 Auto-Pilot -56 Years Before Tesla’s Autopilot
Posted on January 23, 2018 | 48 CommentsThere’s been lots of debate about Tesla’s use of the term “autopilot” for its suite of advanced driver assistance features. Some have suggested that the term is misleading, as it […] -
CC History: Great Grandma and Grandpa Day-Trip Southern California – 99 Years Ago!
Posted on December 31, 2017 | 23 CommentsSwanfeldt Tent and Awning Building, ca. 1930 (Image courtesy USC Digital Library) Journal of Mrs. J.O. Withers (Arah Hatton Withers) Original written in 2.75 in. x 4 in. leather-covered […] -
1962 Plymouth & Dodge Article Postscript #2: Do They Have Winter Garden Parties in Detroit?
Posted on December 6, 2017 | 17 CommentsAnother detail from my 1962 Plymouth & Dodge article I forgot to elaborate on: the most almost-universal version of these cars’ origins is that Chrysler’s Bill Newberg heard (or overheard) […] -
CC History: A 1929 Letter To DAF’s Founders – About (Not) Throwing Snowballs
Posted on November 19, 2017 | 7 CommentsGentlemen, When throwing snowballs and rubbing snow your personnel acts in a very rude and harsh way, not only toward our factory girls, but also toward the ladies of our […] -
CC Humor: Going MAD at the Drive-In
Posted on October 30, 2017 | 13 CommentsOf course, any compendium of mid-century car humor can’t ignore the phenomenon of the drive-in movie theater. Most are gone now, but enough remain that you can still take your […] -
1904-1909 Fiat 60 HP: The Tallest Production Passenger Car Ever
Posted on October 29, 2017 | 38 Comments(first posted 2/10/2013) It’s common to associate Fiat with tiny Italian buzz-bombs. But Fiat was a pioneer in the early days of the automobile, and quite on the opposite end […] -
The Brazilian Air Force and the Planes that Defined Us, Part Two: Peace Time
Posted on June 24, 2017 | 12 Comments“The necessity is the mother of invention“. And during war time, “necessity” is a constant companion in every single step towards victory or defeat. It can be translated as “surviving” […] -
The Brazilian Air Force and the Planes that Defined Us. Part One: War Time.
Posted on April 22, 2017 | 38 Comments(first posted 4/22/2017) April 22 is the most important day on the history of the “Força Aérea Brasileira”. On this day in 1945, FAB set its own record […] -
The Scout Gets Seriously Tarted Up By The Swiss: Monteverdi Sahara & Safari And Felber Oasis
Posted on March 7, 2017 | 32 Comments(first posted 12/5/2011) Look (sort of) familiar? If you were a well heeled European in 1976, would you pay well more than a top-line Range Rover for it? Felber and […] -
The Best Definition of the Term ‘Sports Car’? And the First American Sports Car
Posted on February 8, 2017 | 30 Comments1906 Stanley Model H “The Gentleman’s Speedy Roadster” Yesterday’s post on the 1987 Camaro IROC and subsequent discussion about whether the term ‘sports car’ applied to it had me reaching […] -
Pop Print/Mod Top Genesis?
Posted on February 5, 2017 | 23 Comments(first posted 10/6/2012) What inspired Plymouth to offer the Mod Top option on the 1969 Plymouths? Quite possibly it was the paint jobs created in 1966 by Chicago […] -
Shorpy’s Time Machine: Sausalito Harbor Circa 1959
Posted on January 22, 2017 | 27 Comments(click picture for larger view) (for those of you not around back when it was first posted in 2012, this is an exceptional parking lot shot) CC Reader fastback sent […] -
Automotive History: The Arbel Symétric – The Atomic Prius That Came And Went
Posted on November 9, 2016 | 22 CommentsThe recent article on the Dale three-wheeler re-kindled an interest of mine in bizarre automotive swindles. The Tucker precedent is of course so notorious as to having warranted an entire […]