5-11 November: Motoring Milestones
Discover the most momentous #motoring events that took place this week in history …… 130 years ago this week, William Steinway, a member of the piano-making family, acquired the rights to build Daimler #cars in the United States [6 November 1888]…….. 110 years ago today, in his most ambitious political effort Democrat Henry #Ford lost a…
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…
27 March – 2 April: Motoring Milestones
Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones includes: Mille Miglia, Vauxhall, Tucker and MG cars. 110 years ago this week, Vauxhall Motors Ltd was registered in Great Britain [27 March 1907]. The first model was just five horsepower, had no reverse gear and cost £136 – a goodly sum at the time. A…
16-22 May: Motoring Milestones
16-22 May 110 years ago this week, Louis Henry Perlman of New York City applied for a patent for his invention of the demountable tire-carrying rim, similar to those used on today’s cars, but wider [21 May 1906]. The patent was issued 4 February 1913 (U.S. No. 1,052,270). Perlamn’s innovation that made possible the spare…
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