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We are sorry to only be hitting on two out of eight cylinders after competing in last weekend’s VSCCA Mt Equinox Hill Climb, although this image from the Farm Security Agency at the Library of Congress Digital Collections that passed across our digital desk this morning is still of interest. The photo was taken in…
The pair of two-tone blue and white sedans in the lead image parked out in front of Al Fink’s modern new car dealership building appear to be twins? We are wondering if the scoop like object at the top of the rear quarter panel below the rear window on the car on the right-hand side…
Today we have a special video treat presented by United States Steel filmed at the 1964 New York World’s Fair showing in the futurist on site Sinclair gasoline station in detail. The action at the gasoline station in the film presented by United States Steel begins at the 1:50 minute mark with views of some…
By David Greenlees: This is the second part of this story and this installment of it features a custom built-up-ten-piece roller bearing crankshaft for a Mark IV 427 c.i. Chevrolet V-8 engine that was used in NHRA Championship Race meets in the 1970s. If you are new to this series of posts you can look…
The left-hand side of today’s feature image dated November 10, 1937, contains a view of Horvitz Motor Sales which was located at 5555 Penn Ave. in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, PA. The right-hand side of the photo contains a Gulf Oil Company filling station on property owned by W. L. Mellon and to…
Seeing a need for a modern high-speed-gasoline-powered train car for short runs the Clark Equipment Company of Buchanan, MI constructed a pair of “AutoTram” Streamliners in 1932. The vehicle in the lead image weighed twenty-six thousand pounds and seated forty passengers in the all-aluminum alloy coachwork featuring a forced ventilation and heating system, it was…
Only a short post today because we are busy this week and next preparing the 1800s racing car to get it ready for the VSCCA Mt Equinox Hill Climb here in Southwestern Vermont. The event will be held next weekend on August 1oth and 11th and if you will be or can be in southwestern…
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