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*Update* At the bottom of the post. The Baby Vanderbilt Cup events were staged as a supporting series for some of the Vanderbilt Cup Races, which were held in California between the years of 1914 and 1916. The Junior Racing Association of America was another series that also sanctioned its own races and was intended as way of training…
By Robert D. Cunningham By 1932, output of cars and trucks at the American Austin Car Company, in Butler, Pennsylvania, had reached 100 per day, a number that far outpaced demand. For a full year, new vehicles piled up in steel buildings near the loading dock as Depression-beaten distributors struggled to sell inventory. The…
This cute little American Austin “Bottling Baby” may have been one of a batch that were made up for the Baltimore Coca-Cola Bottling Co. salesman to make their sales calls. This car is numbered twenty-eight on the cowl and the little roller skate would have been the perfect car to draw additional attention to the…
Updated: Thanks to contributor Robert D. Cunningham we now know the complete story of this car which can be read at the end of this post below. Tiny or “baby cars” as we often refer to them are usually interesting because of their cuteness or unique styling, which is the case with today’s feature automobile. The lead…
Art Smith, a pioneer aviator from Fort Wayne, Indiana, began his career in flight while becoming fascinated in 1909 after studying how birds flew. He then compared what he had learned while observing birds, with what he had read about aviation and the Wright Brothers experiences. Soon Smith became enamored with the idea and set out…
This amazing little two-door sport phaeton was apparently being constructed by the young man posing in it. The time frame appears to be circa 1932-’33, which is based on the modern styling of the grille and shell and the lines of coachwork being built on the diminutive chassis. The metal work is first rate and…
Updates I & II – Over five and a half years ago Ivan Pozega posted the photo below courtesy of the Cliff House Project of a mystery racing car and a motorcycle identified as a 1914 Harley Davidson Model 10F on Ocean Beach in San Francisco, near the site of the old Cliff House. Since that time no one…
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