Category: Motoring Milestones

Discover the most momentous motoring events that took place this week in history …… 120 years ago this week, the world’s first postage stamp featuring an automobile was issued in Buffalo, New York by the United States Post Office Department as part of the Pan-American commemorative series – the vignette of the 4c stamp is […]

Discover the most momentous motoring events that took place this week in history ……. 130 years ago this week, Joseph Day applied for a British patent for his of the valveless two-stroke engine [14 April 1891]. On the original design there were two flap valves – one in the inlet port, where you would probably […]

Discover the most momentous motoring events that took place this week in history …… 120 years ago this week, the first formal automobile race in Great Britain was staged at the Crystal Palace in London and won by Charles Jarrott driving an 8-hp Panhard et Levassor [8 April 1901]……… Frederick W. Ball was issued a […]

Discover the momentous mooring events that took place this week in history ……… 160 years ago this week, the appositely named George Francis Train began operating his trams along the Bayswater Road in London, from Notting Hill to Marble Arch [23 March 1861].The tram proved a commercial success, because of the smooth and even rails […]

Discover the most momentous motoring events that took place this week in history …… 160 years ago this week, Jean-Joseph Etienne Lenoir was issued a patent for his “Air Engine”, an important ancestor of the modern internal combustion engine [19 March 1861]…….120 years ago this week, the California Legislature authorised counties, cities and incorporated towns […]

Discover the most momentous motoring events that took place this week in history…………. 120 years ago this week, fire destroyed the Olds Motor Works factory in Detroit, Michigan [9 March 1901]. According to legend Olds employee James Brady pushed a Regular Runabout, affectionately called the Curved Dash, out of the building to safety. Over the […]

Discover the most momentous motoring evnts that took place this week in history ……….. 110 years ago this week, a Saurer 4.5 ton truck, built by Adolphe Saurer in Arbon, Switzerland, arrived in San Francisco, California, completed a demonstration drive from Denver, Colorado, US [1 March 1911]. This truck was later shipped to Pueblo, Colorado […]

Discover the most momentous motoring events that took place this week in history ……….. 100 years ago this week, Ralph DePalma won the featured 50 mile AAA Championship race on the 1.25 mile Los Angeles Motor Speedway board track [27 February 1921]. DePalma averaged 107.39 mph at the wheel of a Ballot. DePalma, Roscoe Sarles, […]

Discover the most momentous motoring events that took place this week in history ……. 190 years ago this week, Sir Charles Dance began a steam carriage service between Cheltenham and Gloucester, England – running four times daily, for a number of months – using vehicles designed by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney [21 February 1831]. But the […]