21-27 September: Motoring Milestones
Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in history ……… 160 years ago this week, brothers Philander H and Francis M Roots of Connersville, Illinois, US were issued with a United States patent for their supercharger, a design that would be extensively adopted by the automobile industry many years later [25 September…
14-20 September: Motoring Milestones
Discover the most momentous motoring events that took place this week in history……… 120 years ago this week, Andrew L Riker, driving a Riker electric racer, covered one mile in 1 minute 46 seconds, at Guttenberg, New Jersey to set a United States speed record of 33.962 mph [18 September 1900]…… 100 years ago this…
7-13 September: Motoring Milestones
Discover the most momentous motoring events that took place this weekend in history ……. 120 years ago this week, the Coppa Florio (or Florio Cup) was an automobile race first held in Italy on this day as the Coppa Brescia [10 September 1900]. It was renamed in 1905 when Vincenzo Florio offered the initial 50,000…
31 August – 6 September Motoring Milestones
Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in history …….. 120 years ago this week, the town of Flint, Michigan, began its central role in automotive history, when Charles Wisner introduced the first car built in Flint [3 September 1900]. Designed by Wisner, the car was a home-built prototype that appeared in…
24- 30 August: Motoring Milestones
Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in history …….. 120 years ago this week, the first long distance bus service in Great Britain was founded by A E Wynn of Knarsborough, Yorkshire to serve the route between London to Leeds [27 August 1900]…….110 years ago this week, Walden W. Shaw and…
18-23 August: Motoring Milestones
Discover the most momentous motoring events that took place this week in motoring history ….. 120 years ago this week, the first Pierce steam vehicle was tested without success – subsequent problems led the company to abandon steam power in favour of gasoline [21 August 1900]……110 years ago this week, the Great Chadwick Six set…
3-9 August: Motoring Milestones
Discover the most momentous motoring events that took place this week in motoring history ….. 160 years ago this week, driving a three-wheeled steam carriage, the Earl of Caithness, accompanied by his wife and the Reverend William Ross, set out on a 146-mile journey over the mountainous terrain from Inverness to Barrogill Castle (now the…
27 July – 2 August: Motoring Milestones
Discover the most momentous motoring events that took place this week in history ……. 220 years ago this week, English inventor George Medhurst was issued with a British patent for his ‘Aeolian’ engine which used compressed air to power vehicles [2 August 1800]. In his pamphlet ‘On the properties, power, & application of the Aeolian…
13-19 July: Motoring Milestones
Discover the most momentous motoring events that took place this week in history ……… 120 years ago this week, Miss Wemblyn, driving a 6-hp Panhard et Levassor, won the special Ladies Race in Ranelagh – although for women only, this race is often cited as the first female racing victory in Great Britain [14 July…
6-12 July: Motoring Milestone
Discover the most momentous motoring events that took place this week in history …….. 110 years ago this week, Charles Steward Rolls (32), pioneer aviator and co-founder of Rolls Royce, was killed when the tail of his plane snapped off in mid-air during a flying exhibition in Bournemouth, England [12 July 1910]. The third son…
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