REVISED AND UPDATED — Would you treat your modern car this way? Could your vehicle even stand this punishment? Watch an ordinary Dodge four-cylinder sedan perform incredible feats in this legendary 1920s film. Continue reading
Category Archives: Auto History
Video: Summers Goldenrod Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Check out this excellent new video from The Henry Ford featuring one of its prized possessions, the Summers Brothers’ Goldenrod. Fifty years ago this week, Goldenrod ran 409.277 mph, a record speed that stood for 42 years. Here’s the story. Continue reading
Video: TV Tommy Ivo Builds a Fuel Dragster, 1965
In this three-minute film clip, watch TV Tommy Ivo assemble his tube-framed dragster and install a supercharged, nitro-guzzling Chrysler hemi V8. Here’s a rare and special look at drag racing machinery circa 1965, check it out. Continue reading
Jim McCraw visits the 2015 California Hot Rod Reunion
With words and photos, veteran automotive journalist Jim McCraw reports from one of the premier events of the vintage drag racing movement, the California Hot Rod Reunion. This time he’s taken a close-up perspective—check it out. Continue reading
1963 Corvette Sting Ray: Biography of a Sports Car
Here’s a rare 1963 General Motors film showcasing the design and development of the all-new Corvette Sting Ray—includes a look inside the GM Technical Center and a visit with Mr. Corvette, Zora Arkus-Duntov. Enjoy! Continue reading
Cars of the Ohio State Highway Patrol
The State Highway Patrol of Ohio has used all manner of interesting vehicles for pursuit duty over the years. Here’s a quick historical survey. Continue reading
Engine or Motor? An 1896 Perspective
What is the correct term for the internal combustion powerplant that propels an automobile? Should we call it an engine or a motor? Is either term acceptable, or neither? Here’s the view of one magazine editor in 1896, and his take may surprise you. Continue reading