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Merriam-Webster defines, El·e·gance as dignified gracefulness or restrained beauty of style – tasteful richness of design or ornamentation, and these are the very same requirements that it takes for an automobile to win the coveted Best of Show award at the Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance. This sleek and sophisticated Lancia which was chosen for the top…
One of the most recognized oil and gasoline symbols from the past is the Mobil “Pegasus” Flying Horse. It origin goes all the way back to 1911 when the Rochester, New York-based Vacuum Oil Company branch in Cape Town, South Africa, began using the attention-getting symbol. The emblem was soon adopted by the parent company and…
A wildfire that has been burning in the hills near Big Sur on Northern California’s spectacular coastline for close to a month put a damper on the 2016 Pebble Beach Tour D’Elegance. It was shortened to thirty-five miles from its usual seventy and traveled north this year on the majestic Seventeen-Mile Drive next to the ocean. The…
Henry J. Kaiser was a man who did not take the easy path in any of his many business ventures – He thought big and built Liberty ships at seven Kaiser shipyards during and after World War II; earlier was a major contractor at the Hoover Dam, and also formed the Kaiser Steel and Kaiser…
Number seventy of the “Kodachrome Image Series” begins this week with a colorful early fifties image of a vintage Phillips 66 service center on opening day. The creme and maroon colored prefabricated building is of the type that many oil companies used in the time period and could be assembled in as little as few days…
Today’s feature is a series of photos of the 1960 Detroit Auto Show that was held at the new Cobo Hall on November 14, 1960, with auto and truck manufacturers 1961 models on display. The facility was built on the shores of the Detroit River in the southwestern portion of the downtown Detroit located between Jefferson…
We have been following and posting photos and information for a number of years about early “Baby Cars” that were constructed during and after the 1912-’14 cycle car fad for racing, entertainment, and general use. Of particular interest are those which were used in the Junior Racing Series of America, a supporting series for the Vanderbilt Cup Races…
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