Tag: Austin

  • 8-14 October: Motoring Milestones

    Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in history ……… 110 years ago this week, the first 10 mile section of the 45 mile Long Island Motor Parkway (LIMP), also known as the Vanderbilt Parkway and Motor Parkway on Long Island, New York, opened to traffic [10 October 1908]. It was the…

  • 17-23 September: Motoring Milestones

    Discover the momentous motoring events that took place this week in history ……… 110 years ago this week, the Italian Zust arrived in Paris, 49 days after the victorious Thomas Flyer (cover image) as the third and last of the 6 starters to complete the New York to Paris Race [17 September 1908]…….George E Daniels…

  • 4-10 July: Motoring Milestones

    4 -10 July  150 years ago this week, Father George A. Belcourt of Rusticoville, Prince Edward Island, Canada displayed the Ware Steam Car built by Elijah Ware of Bayonne, New Jersey that he had recently purchased – this was the first automobile on the island and is often cited as the first United States-built automobile…