9-15 January: Motoring Milestones
Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include…. Soybean car, Ford Model T truck, Auto Workers Union, Edsel, Pontiac, and Jim Clark. 110 years ago this week, the Luverne Automobile Company was incorporated in Minnesota, US with A D LaDue as President, E A Brown as Vice President, S C Rea as Secretary,…
19-25 December: Motoring Milestones
Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: Ford Capri, M4, Sunbeam, Rolls Royce, Minardi, and Formula 1. 90 years ago this week, the first US built Rolls Royce Phantom I was completed and delivered to Harry C Orndorff of Rhode, Island [21 December 1926]. Like the Silver Ghost, the Phantom was constructed…
24-30 October: Motoring Milestones
Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: M25, Margaret Thatcher, Craig Breedlove, Queen Elizabeth II and Ford Taurus. 80 years ago this week, the 3,000,000th Buick was presented to Arthur Lee Newton, President of the Glidden Buick Corporation in New York City, the marque’s largest dealer [25 October 1936]…… 70 years ago…
17-23 October Motoring Milestones
Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: Elvis Presley, power steering, Ford Cortina, TVR , Formula 1 and Jaguar XJ5. 125 years ago this week, a one-mile dirt track opened for harness races at the site of the present-day Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville, US [21 October 1891]. Harness racing proved a…
25-31 July: Motoring Milestones
25-31 July Cars, people and events in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: Richardson Pan-American Highway Expedition, Jaguar, Bob Dylan, German Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher and the Hindhead Tunnel. 100 years ago this week, Dave Lewis drove a Crawford to victories in the 5 mile and 50 mile events at Des Moines Speedway in Des Moines, Iowa,…
27 June – 2 July: MOTORING MILESTONES
27 June – 2 July 115 years ago this week, the Paris–Berlin Trial began [27 June 1901]. The race is in retrospect sometimes referred to as the VI Grand Prix de l’ACF. Run over 687 miles and three stages (June 27th Paris-Aachen – 285 miles; June 28th Aachen-Hanover – 278 miles and June 29th Hanover-Berlin…
25 April – 1 May: Motoring Milestones
MOTORING MILESTONES 25 April – 1 May Cars and people in this week’s Motoring Milestones include: Higham-Thomas Special Babs, UAW, Ford GT40, Park-O-Meter, New York Auto Show and Formula 1. 190 years ago this week, Londoner, Samuel Brown was granted British Patent No. 5350 for the first practical internal combustion engine [25 April 1826]. A…
29 February – 6 March: Motoring Milestones
29th February – 6th March 120 years ago this week ….. Charles Brady King, an American engineer and entrepreneur (6th March 1896) test drove his first car in Detroit, Michigan, US in front of hundreds of spectators at speeds up to 7 mph, becoming the first man to drive a car in the Motor City.…
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