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AHR001 (Winter, 1973-74) Editorial Page, 2The Cars of William Walter, 3Viewpoint, 4The Packard Clipper, Make or Model?, by Charles H. Hebb, 4Elwood Haynes – His Car and His Company, 6The Grant, by Richard B. Brigham, 8A Wrap-up on the Red Bug, 10The Argonne – Power and Speed with Economy, by G. Marshall Naul, 12Back Cover: Famous 1915 Cadillac advertisementFront Cover: Elwood Haynes, 1857-1925
AHR002 (Summer 1974) Editorial Page, 2William Walter – a Follow-up, by Alessandro Sannia, 3Viewpoint, 4Make or Model Question Again, by Frank T. Snyder, 4The Red Wing – A Request For Information, 4The RedWing, 6Some Other Grants, by Stanley K. Yost, 7-11Bowen – A Name From the Past, by Maurice A. Harrison, 12-13The Steel Swallow, 13Cars to Be Identified, 14The Armac, 17Veteran Two-Strokes, An Exercise in Comparison, An Exercise in Comparison, by Mike Worthington-Williams, 18MG How It All Began, by Richard L. Knudson, 24The Peters, 28Front Cover: Mr. William Walter, founder of the Walter Automobile CompanyBack Cover: 1907 advertisement for the Walter carInside Front: 1913 ALCO LimousineInside Back: 1911 ALCO Roadster
AHR003 (Spring 1975) Editorial Page, 2Viewpoint, 3Dr. Ferdinand Porsche – A Chronological History of His Life and Accomplishments, 5J.J. Cole and the Founding of the Cole Motor Car Company, by Robert F. Croll, 9“Ask the Man Who Owns One” Packard Slogan, 14Random Notes on the Roebling-Planche, 15The Willis 9: The Silent Wonder, by Stanley K. Yost, 17Packard Monoblock 12, 20Caskets and Bathtub “Bodies” Form the Link, by Rolland Jerry, 21Ohio Electric Car Co. Factory, c. 1975, 25Identification Requested, 26 Front Cover: Prof. Dr. Ing. h. c. Ferdinand Porsche, engineering genius and designer of some of the world’s finest motor carsBack Cover: Volkswagen advertisement of 1962, the first of an award-winning seriesInside Front: 1914 S.G.V. Touring carInside Back: 1920 Owen-Magnetic Roadster
AHR004 (Winter 1975-76) Editorial Page, 2Viewpoint, 3Cleburne Motor Car Manufacturing Company, by D.J. Kava, 4John N. Willys, by Richard B. Brigham, 5More About Coles, by Maurice A. Harrison, 8The Establishment and Growth of the Peerless Motor Car Company, by Dr. Robert F. Croll, 9The Automotive Industry, 1915, by Harlan Appelquist, 151915 Production Figures, 17Identification Requested, 18Dr. Fredinand Porsche, Part 2, 20Fey of Minnesota, by Stanley K. Yost, 22Some Surviving Pennsylvania Auto Plants, by Donald J. Summar, 26The Dormandy – Made in a Shirt Factory, by Keith Marvin, 30Front Cover: John N. Willys, about 1917Back Cover: Overland advertisement, The Automobile, May 13, 1915 Inside Front: John Willys with 1927 Whippet RoadsterInside Back: 1924 Winton Six
AHR005 (Spring 1976) Editorial Page, 2Viewpoint, 3The Duesenberg Plant, by Fred Roe, 3Automobile Post Cards, by Richard J. Sagall, 4Charles W. Nash, by Richard B. Brigham, 61909 American Motor Car Industry Production Figures, by Harlan E. Appelquist, 9Ocean To Ocean in the LA Times Special, 1912, by Dick Philippi, 25The One and Only Frontmobile, by Arthur B. Graisbery, 28Identification Requested, 30The Fadgle Flexible Car, 32The Penn service Car, 32Front Cover: Charles W. Nash, about 1930Back Cover: An Ad for the JefferyInside Front: 1913 American UnderslungInisde Back: 1907 Aerocar, Model D
AHR006 (Spring 1977) Editorial Page, 2Frontmobile Does Exist, by Ralph Dunwoodie, 3Frontmobile Update, by W.J. Lewis, 3America’s Forgotten Industry, by Henry H. Blommel, 51918 Frontmobile Touring Sedan, by Dean Batchelor, 6-8Cleburne Motor Car Company, by D.J. Kava, 9The Great “Pioneer” Fiasco, by Max Gregory, 11Oliver Evans – The Magnificent “Mud Machine”, by John M. Peckham, 13The Schoenig Kerosene Carriage, 25A Follow-up on the Fey (and Other Minnesota Makes), by Stanley W. Liszka, Jr., 26Steam Carriages for the Common Roads, 27Highlights of the Development of Moto Meters, Part 2, 28As They Are Now (Car plants), 40Identification Requested, 42Front Cover: Oliver Evans, 1755-1819, American inventorBack Cover: Luck Truck Ad of 1912Inside Front: The Dogue Creek Mill reconstruction Oliver with Evan’s designed apparatusInside Back: 1905 White Staamer, Model E, 15 hp.
AHR007 (Fall 1977) Editorial Comment and Corrections, 2Viewpoint, 3Oliver Evans and Other Pioneers, by Fred Hayward, 3Krastin Survivor – 1898 or 1902-1903, by Grace Brigham, 4Ransom E. Olds, by Richard Brigham, 5American Fiat is Still a Landmark, by Fred Roe, 15Postwar Automobiles and the Future – A Quantitative Look, by G. Marshall Naul, 6Atlanta’s Two-Mile Motordrome, by E.L. Balderson, 11The Rise and Fall of New York’s Automobile Industry, by Gary Levine, Ph.D., 16The Safety Buggy Company, by Donald J. Summar, 26The After Life of the Argonne, by Fred Roe, 28Index to the First six Issues, 29Front Cover: Ransom E. Olds, Pioneer Automobile MakerBack Cover: Packard advertisement, 1914Inside Front: Taking delivery of the first Dodge Car, November 14, 1914Inside Back: 1928 Stearns-Knight
AHR008 (Winter 1977-78) Editorial Page, 2Viewpoint, 3The 1901 Olds Fire, by D.J. Kava, 4The Early English Steam Coaches, by Fred Roe, 5The Cars of Minnesota, by Elliot Kahn, 5Canadian Chapter of SAH Formed, 6Robert S. McLaughlin (of GM Canada), 7Studebaker: The Last Day of Production at South Bend, by John Ernst, 11The Craven Foundation Museum Museum and Restoration Centre (Toronto), by Lois A. Watson, 12Bill Gray, by R. Perry Zavitz, 16Wihtout Horses, 18As They are Now (California Car Manufacturing Plants), 22Front Cover: Robert S. (Col. Sam) McLaughlin. Back Cover: Gray-Dort advertisement, from MacLeans’s Magazine,January 24, 1918. Inside Front: 1925 Brooks Steamer, owned by the Craven Museum, TorontoInside Back: 1909 Tudhope. This was the first gasoline driven vehicle purchased by the Bell Telephone Company of Canada
AHR009 (Summer 1978) Editorial Page, 2Metz Hubcap Identified, by Ralph Dumwoodie, 3Adams Car – “A” for Adams, by Harry Pulfer, 4Charles Y. Knight and the Silent Knight, by Denney Freeston, 6Many Design … Few Successes:Dickerson Rotary Valve, 14Bingham Piston Valve, 15Royce Pistone Valve, 15Reynolds Rotary Disc Valve, 15Fischer Crescent Slide Valve, 15Mead Rotary Valve and the Speedwell Car, 16American Sleeve Valve, 17Dodgeson Rotary Valve, 17Burt-McCollum Singcel Sleve Valve, 20The K-D Car: The Other Knight, 22The Diffident Ziegler, of Distinct Documentary Deficiency, by Max Gregory, 23A Tale of Two Uptons, by Donald J. Summar, 27Front Cover: Charles Yale Knight, Drawing from 1926.Back Cover: Lyons-Knight advertisement from the Chilton Automobile Directory, AprilInside Front: 1919 Brewster-KnightInside Back: 1921 Handley-Knight touring car, from Motor Age, November 18, 1920
AHR010 (Winter 1979-80) Editorial, 2Rotary Valve Engine Company, by Henry H. Blommel, 31909 Manufacturers, according to Horseless Age, Horseless Age 1-6-1909, 6The Trumbull Motor Car, by George S. Clark, 7Some Notes on the Number of New Makes of US Automobiles Introduced Each Year, by G. Marshall Naul, 11The Stearns-Knight Motor Car – The Beginning Years (through 1915), by Arthur W. Aseltine, 12Two Cars Compared – Austin 16-6 and Willys-Knight 20.7 Six c. 1929, by Maurice Harrison, 19The Reynolds Museum (Wetaskiwin, albert Acanada, 20Unlisted Angelinos, by J.H. Valentine, 22The Burt McCollum Engine, by Max Gregory, 4The 1904 Stewart-Garbutt Racer, by J.H. Valentine, 22The Durocar, by J.H. Valentine, 24Ross Phillips and the Golden State Motor Car Company, by J.H. Valentine, 27Front Cover: Alexander H. Trumbull, president of the American Cyclecar Company (1913), which became the TrumbullMotor Car Company in 1915Back Covers: Advertisement for a 1910 Stevens-Duryea, Horseless Age, June 30, 1909
Inside Front: Stearns-Knight racing car at Indianapolis in 1913. Inside Back: Photo of a 1909 Overland
AHR011 (Winter 1979) The Editors Page, 2Getting It Published, by R. Chris Halla, 3Locomobile’s Locomotives (Riker trucks), by L.J. Andrew Villalon, 5The Governor’s Pleasure Revisited, by Keith Marvin, 10Match That Slogan, by David W. Brownell, 13Book Talk, 14Little Known Facts, by John M. Peckham, 15Designer? Dreamer? Delightful!, by John M. Peckham, 16Front Cover: A military Riker in the heat of battle during WW I. The Literary Digest, June 8, 1918.Inside Front Cover: The Riker Chassis from a 1916 catalog.
AHR012 (Summer 1980) From the EditorFrom the ReadersLocke & Company, Custom Body Builders 1902-1932, by Harold H. Emmons, Jr., 3America’s Greatest Automotive Figures, by David L. Lewis, 9A Singular Car – The Carroll, by Donald J. Summar, 13Fuller of Kalamazoo (Michigan Cars), by James C. Peterson, 15Book Talk, 20Front Cover: 1912 Renault bodied by Locke & Company, New York.Back Cover: Advertisement for 1905 Michigan Models D & E Light Touring Cars
AHR013 (Summer 1981) From the EditorSteaming Through New England with Locomobile, by L.J. Andrew Villalon and James M. Laux, 2The Imponderable Ingredient in the Holden Recipe, by Maxwell Gregory, 10The Harmer – A Forgotten Automobile, by G. Marshall Naul, 12Custom Coach Design by Patony, Inc., by Shelby C. Applegate, 14Locke & Company During the Classic Car Era, Part Two, 1925-1932, by Harold H. Emmons, Jr., 16A Guide to Early Automotive Periodical Collectons, 28Front Cover: George P. Dorris, left. and A.L. Dyke with the one cylinder 1902 Louis car of their manufacture.Back Cover: Locomobile advertisements, 1904 and 1919
AHR014 (Fall 1981) William B. Stout, Inside CoverThe Twyford, A Pennsylvania Primitive, by Donald J. Summar, 2The Packard Electric Company of St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, by Robert E. Ankli and Fred Frederiksen, 6Book Talk, 8A Confusion of Falcons, by Keith Marvin, 9The Flipper-Roof Thunderbird, by James F. Petrik, 12From the Readers, 14References fro Researchers, 15Locke and Company, by Harold H. Emmons, 22Front Cover: William B. Stout (1880-1956)Back Cover: Advertisement for the c. 1956 Mercury XM-Turnpike Cruiser
AHR015 (Fall 1982) From The Editor: The pneumatic Tire inventions of Robert W, Thomson, 1Thomson’s Road Steamers, 3Gustav Heine and His Cars, by Kevin Scott Tikker, 10From the Readers, 17The Automobile’s Bicycle Heritage, by Frank C. Carson, 20Bool Talk, 25Minor Engine Manufacturers, by G. Marshall Naul, 26Front Cover: Replica of an original Thomson tireBack Cover: Cowboy’s Dream Car Works Like a Horse on Famed Texas “King Ranch”
AHR016 (Summer 1984) Rambler Assembly Line, 1908Letters from Our Readers, 4The Origins of the Roamer, by Fred Roe, 5Mr. Duryea and the Eaton Manufacturing Company, by Keith Marvin, 9Automotive Deception at Indianapolis, by Jerry Gebby, 12Background on Blomstrom, by James C. Petersen, 14Some Still-unanswered Questions, by Fred Roe, 16The Beardsley Electric Car, by James H. Valentine, 18Passenger Car Registrations-1921, by Harlan Appelquist, 20Front cover: Two Roamers on Display Back Cover: Advertisement for a 1916/1917 Roamer
AHR017 (Fall 1984) Body Drop Station on the Packard Assembly Line – 1937, 2Letters from Our Readers, 4The 1967 Fiat Dino Coupe, by Ken Browning, 5The Pierce-Arrow and the Pennsylvania Garage, 9The Not-So-Merry Murray-Mac, by Arthur Lee Homan and Keith Marvin, 14Mr. Christen Remembers the Automobile, 20Front Cover: Ink Drawing of a Fiat Fiat Dino Coupe, 5Back Cover: Advertisement for the 1917 Murray Eight Roadster
AHR018 (Spring 1985) Elmore Prototype, 2Editorial Comment and Letters, 4A Very Special 1931 duPont, by Dr. B.L. Mundhenk and Richard E. Reigel, 6Coventry Motor Mills, by Max Gregory, 8Identification at Last! (Vivinus), 11Foreign-Bodied Stutz Cars, by James F. Petrik, 12Some Cars of the Presidents, 14Willys Station Wagon Prototype, 16FWD — The Workhorse of the First World War, by Cyril Posthumus, 17The 1908 Road Runner, by Jim Valentine, 19Book Reviews, 22Front Cover: Advertisement for the 1920 Du Pont SpeedsterRear Cover: Factory Photo of the 1922 Earl Sedan
AHR019 (Fall 1985) Photo, the First S.S. Jaguar, 1935, 2Badge Engineering Among the Behemoths – Fact or Fancy?, by Keith Marvin, 4The History of the Jaguar, Part One, by Sir William Lyons, 10The Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild Competition, 14The Beginnings of Car Production in Czechoslovakia up to 1945, by Marian Suman-Hreblay, 17Coventry’s First Motor Cars, by David G. Styles, 21Front Cover: Sir William Lyons (Jaguar)Back Cover: 1946 Willys Prototype
AHR020 (Summer 1986) Editorial CommentThe Phantom of Cincinnati, by Keith Marvin, 4Tales of the Beaver Six-Fact or Fancy?, 8Armaretta, by Rick Lenz, 12The History of the Jaguar, Part Two, by Sir William Lyons, 13Book Reviews, 22Front Cover: The (Eagle) Car That Never WasBack Cover: 1910 KATO 1 1/2 ton truck built by the Four Traction Auto Company of Mankato, Minnesota
AHR021 (Winter 1986-87) Editorial Comment Sodomka – Fine Coachwork From Czechoslovakia, by H.J. Mueller, 4Fine Coachwork from Czechoslovakia, by H.J. Mueller, 4Designs by Professor Enrico Bernardi, 6Moving with Midgets, by Gordon Eliot White, 7La Voiture à Vapeur de Cugnot – Translation and Discourse, by Charles Wakefield Bishop, 9Albert Champion’s Little Spark Plug Company and How it Grew, by Robert F. Gibson, 17The Norwalk Underslung, 20Book Reviews, 22Front Cover: Cugnot Steam Vehicle of 1770Back Cover: Advertisement for 1913 Willys 3/4-Ton Utility Truck
AHR022 (Fall 1987) A Muddy Virginia Road of 1906, 2Willys Knight’s Great Six, Model 66, by Karl S. Zahm, 4The Center of the Automobile Industry, by Kit Foster and Marshall Naul, 10I Can Dream, Can’t I?, by Cecil Stockard, 141912 Croxton Mail Trucks, 14The Riley Cycle Company, by David G. Styles, 15Front Cover: 1933 Riley Nine race carBack cover: c. 1908-10 Browniekar
AHR023 (Summer 1988) More Spinning and Weaving at the Motor Mills, by Max Gregory, 3The Curious History of the Meteor, by Keith Marvin, 5The Foresight of Henry Ford, by Tom Crotty, 8American Lorries in the First World War, by Paul Berliet, 10The Four-wheel Drive Airmobile, by Jim Valentine, 17Uppercu’s Ultimate For the Upper Echelon, by Keith Marvin, 20Book Reviews, 23Front Cover: The 1916 Milac Racing CarBack Cover, 1913 Alco Model 2-T Two-Ton Truck
AHR024 (Summer 1989) Editorial CommentRemembering: Peter Helck’s Americana, by Chester J. Haines, 2Right-hand Steering: Practicality or Tradition?, by Keith Marvin, 7A.C. – The Cyclecar Years, by A.B.I. Dick, 10The 1962 and 1963 Thunderbird Sports Roadsters, by James F. Petrik, 14Trucks on the Western Front During the First World War, by James M. Laux, 18Front Cover: Midnight on the Road sketch from life by Peter Helck, and 1942 Mack ad from Collier’s Magazine, September 26, 1942Back Cover: 1918 GMC-Columbia Anny Ambulance, formerly in Long Island Auto Museum. Henry Austin Clark
AHR025 (Spring 1999) Editorial CommentGeorge W. Dunham: Twentieth Century Engineer, by D.J. Kava, 2The Crosley “Quicksilver” Engine, by Jim Hockenhull, 8Tatra T77: Pioneer of Streamlining, by Dr. Jan Tulis, 10The Origins of Front Wheel Drive, by Charles W. Bishop, 11The Fabulous Fageol, by J.H. Valentine, 14Nothing is New but the Name, by Fred Roe, 18Tracing Automotive History, by Keith Marvin, 20Front Cover: George W. Dunham, prolific inventor first chief engineer of Hudson Motor Car Company.Back Cover: George Dunham’s 1909 Model Twenty in the Michigan snow.
AHR026 (Spring 1991) Editorial CommentThe Lincolnshire Giant-Killer, by David G. Styles, 2Sebring- Vanguard CitiCar: The Dawn of a New Age, by Patrick R. Foster, 9The Pennsylvania Turnpike: America’s First Superhighway, by Bob Hall, 12The Raleigh: Explorer or Princess?, by Keith Marvin, 15Engineering the Model A, by Leslie R. Henry, 18Front Cover: Raymond Mays on the starting line at the Shelsley Walsh hillclimbBack Cover: The Pennsylvania Turnpike, America’s first superhighway
AHR027 (Summer 1992) Editorial CommentYesterday’s Hero, by Patrick R. Foster, 2How the Rambler Got its Name, by John A. Conde, 25Herbert Akroyd Stuart and the Fuel Injection Engine, by Max Gregory, 8Crown Coach: California’s Specialty Builder, by J.H. Valentine, 12Columbia: Gem of the Highway and of the Fire Service, by Kit Foster, 17The Mentor, by Keith Marvin, 20Front Cover: Edmund Anderson, AMC’s director of styling from 1954 -1963Back Cover: Edmund Anderson’s design for the 1963 Rambler Classic nears completion
AHR028 (Winter 1993-94) Editorial CommentThe Coming of War: How Government Regulated the Production of Civilian Passenger Cars, by Taylor Vinson, 2Sigmund Haugdahl: Swift Norwegian, by Martyn Flower, 7John D. Davis and the Transcontinental Auto Trip of 1899, by David L. Cole, 10Riley Nine: The Wonder Car, by David G. Styles, 19The Fageol Modular Automobile: Too Little Too Soon?, by J. H. Valentine, 24Front Cover: Advertisement for the distinctive 1942 Oldsmobile “B-44″Back Cover: The Riley Nine Monaco prototype, announced at Shelsley Walsh in July 1926
AHR029 (Fall 1995) Editorial CommentThose Elusive Vehicles: A History of the S.A.H., by Grace R. Brigham, 3Joseph Renshaw Brown: The Prototype Pioneer, by John M. Peckham, 11A Sports Car for Edsel Ford, by W. Dorwin Teague, 18The Forgotten Land Speed Record of 1905: A Short History of the Dufaux Racing Cars of Switzerland, by Ferdinand Hediger, 24The Car Comes to the Comics, by Keith Marvin, 28Front Cover: “Old Car Sleuths,” an original drawing by Alexander Telatco, 1962Back Cover: The 1905 Dufaux straight eight, 100 hp racing car
AHR030 (Summer 1996) Special Edition on Deusenbergs in Europe From the Editor, LettersThe First Duesenbergs in Europe, by Fred Roe, 2Duesenberg’s Model J in Europe, by Jacques Rousseau, 4L’Avion de la Route (The Airplane of the Road), by Alain Dollfus, 8Duesenberg Literature Issued by Motor De Luxe, by Thomas T. Solley, 17Duesenberg at Le Mans, by Taylor Vinson, 19Roster of European-Bodied Duesenbergs, by Fred Roe, 20Roster of US-Bodied Duesenberg Model Sold/Used in Europe, by Fred Roe, 34The Last European-Bodied Duesenberg, by Sam Fiorani, 40Front Cover: Motor de Luxe publicity card, Paris Salon, Oct. 1930.Rear Cover: Drawing from Franay custom body portfolio
AHR031 (Summer 1997) Auto Carriages, by John Philipson, Inside Front CoverEditor’s Notes, 2Comments on Past Issues, 3Those Elusive Vehicles, CHpater 3: The Hunt for Firsts and Specialties, by Grace R. Brigham, 5The Cars of Kaiser Bill, by Frans Vrijaldenhoven, 13The RAF, Austria-Hungary’s Knight-engined Car, by Marian Suman-Hreblay, 18The Jelcz Truck and Bus of Poland, by Robert Pryzybylski, 201953 Corvette EX-122: The First V8 ‘Vette, by Don Keefe, 23A Square Deal to All, by John E. Smith, 26Front Cover: 1886 Benz MotorwagenInside Rear Cover: Ad for Chevrolet Dealers, April 1941Rear Cover: 1920’s advertisement for the Georges Irat automobile
AHR032 (Spring 1998) The 1996 Automotive History Conference: The American Automobile Industry: Past, Present, Future. Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan Editor’s NotesHenry Ford and the 20th Century, by David L. Lewis, 4Henry Ford, Charles Kettering and the “Fuel of the Future, by Bill Kovarik, Ph. D., 7Made in Dixie But… The Anderson Motor Co. and the Problems of Financing and Acceptance of a Southern Made Automobile, by Craig S. Pascoe, 28The Psychotechnologist & the Good Driver: Granting Admission to Road Society, by Daniel M. Albert, 38Unionization Efforts at NASCAR, by Harry Carpenter III, 43Abstract: The Automobile in the American Imagination, by Wesley Swanson, 49Abstract: Recasting the Machine Age: Henry Ford’s Village Industries and the Vision of Decentralized Technology for Modern America, by Howard P. Segal, 50Abstract: The Failure of Fordism: Ford and the Reform of the Automobile Repair Industry 1913-1940, by Stephen L. Mclntire, 50Abstract: The Role of the Small Manufacturer in the American Motor Car Industry, by Sinclair Powell, 51Abstract: Medium Priced Automobile Producers: Technological Change and Consolidation, 1928-1941, by Robert R. Ebert, 52Abstract: The Hybrid Cars of the 50’s and their Influence on the American Automotive Industry, by Paul Sable, 53Abstract: The Arsenal of Democracy: America’s Auto Industry at War, by Thomas L. Brownell, 53Abstract: Nippon Ford, by J. Scott Mathews, 55Abstract: Global Reach: The Diffusion of American Power and Influence in the World Automotive Industry 1896-1946, by Gerald T. Bloomfield, 56Abstract: Employee Empowerment at Delphi Packard Electric: Successful Union Management Cooperation, by John A. Marino, 56Abstract: A History of Automotive Electrics as Seen Through Wiring Diagrams, by M.D. FACS, 58Abstract: The Development of GM’s Chairmen: The Extraordinary Role and Impact of the New York Treasurer’s Office 1919-1996, by William P. Mackinnon, 59Abstract: The First Century of the Automobile as Seen in Showroom Sales Literature, by Torrey H. Brinkley, 61Abstract: Early Automobile Manufacturing in London, Ontario, by Douglas Leighton, 62Abstract: “Millions of People are Wealthy”: The Automobile Industry as Contested Symbol of American Progress, by Amy Bix, 62Abstract: The Evolution of the American Automobile, by Richard P. Scharchburg, 48Abstract: Doughboys and Grease Monkeys: American Soldiers Learn to Repair the Motor Truck 1916-1918, by Kevin Borg, 54Abstract: The Impact of American Manufacturers in Britain on the Decline of Indigenous Manufacturing, by Thomas G. Velek, 57Abstract: From the “Rapid Conveyance” to the “Studebaker Salesman”: Commercial Advertising and the Commerce of Democracy, by C.T. Walters and T.N. Walters, 60Henry Fords Ford I and II, on steps of the Henry Ford, Front Cover1896 Ford Quadricycle in 1933 with Henry Ford, Back Cover
AHR033 (Fall 1998) Editor’s Notes, 4Comments on Past Issues, 5Developing General Motors Chairmen: The Extraordinary Roll of GM’s New York Treasurer’s Office Since World War I, by W.P. Mackinnon, 960 Years of General Motors in Switzerland, by Ferdinand Hediger, 19Two Aspects of Buick: David Buick’s Missing Link, by Keith Marvin, 23Harlow Curtice, Buick, and and 1948 Model You Never Saw, by Richard H. Stout, 27Those Elusive Vehicles, Chapter 4: Associations and Clubs, by Grace R. Brigham, 30Cars Made in Uruguay (1955-1977), by Alvaro Casal Tatlock, 37Front Cover: 1938 Cadillac Sixty SpecialRear Cover: 1937 Ford, converted to producer gas, in South American race during World War II
AHR034 (Spring 1999)
Proceedings of the 1998 Automotive History Conference. Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Michigan
Editor’s NotesGetting Started in Automotive History, by Sinclair Powell, 4Milk Consumption, Milk Distribution and the Rise and Fall of the Divco Truck Company, by Robert R. Ebert, Ph.D., 6Workplace Culture: The Link Between Production and Quality, the GM Lordstown Assembly Plant 1966-1997, the GM Lordstown Assembly Plant 1966-1997, by John A. Marino, 16Boys Just Wanted to Have Fun: Remembering G.M.’s Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild (1930-1968), by John Jacobus and Skip Geear, 21Parade Car (Presidential Limousines), by John Christie, 34Abstract: The Automobile as Artifact: Automobiles in an Archaeological Context, by R. Scott Baxter, 40Abstract: The Car as a Museum Artifact, by Jerzy Chlopicki, 40Abstract: Driving Into the Past: Women Writers and the Paradox of Automobility, by Deborah Clarke, 41Abstract: A Decade of Tension (1966-1988) Politics; Environment: United States Car Industry, by Joop Schopman, 42Abstract: Moving Relationships: Comparing the Corporate and Personal Practice of Naming Automobiles, by Jameson M. Wetmore, 42Abstract: British Car Culture, by Thomas G. Velek, 43Abstract: Carlore: Mid-course Correction and Further Directions, by L. Michael Bell and Tim Lundgren, 44Abstract: Folding Money: A History of Folding Camp Furniture and Auto Tourism in America, by Bruce N. Wright, 45Front Cover: Cover ar from “The Guildsman,” official magazine of the Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild, Vol. 1 No.1, April 1934Rear Cover: The 1961 presidential Lincoln Continental limousine, before its post-assassination modifications
AHR035 (Winter 1999-00) Flyin High: Some Auto Builders Who Took to the Air Editor’s Notes & LettersBy Land, Air, Sea – Packard!, by Robert J. Neal, 4Alfa and Alfa-Romeo, by David G. Styles, 15John Davenport Siddeley, by Grahame Orme-Bannister, 21Riley’s Venture into Aviation, by David G. Styles, 30The Plymocoupe Airplane, by Curt McConnell, 36Book Reviews, 40c. 1927 Armstrong-Siddeley Cotswold Tourer, 14HP, Back CoverFront Cover: Ralph De Palma in one of three Packard-built and powered 1923 Indianapolis 500 carsRear Cover: “What Customers Think of Their Armstrong-Siddeley.” Rear cover of a c. 1927 catalogue
AHR036 (Summer 2000) Proceedings of the 1996 Automotive History Conference. Peterson Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, California Editor’s NotesMotorcycles, Model T’s, Buicks, Busses, and “Boss Ket”: Flexible’s Early Years (1913-1942), by Robert R. Ebert, 4Dreaming of What Might Be: William Stansell, London Motors and the London Six 1921-1926, by Douglas Leighton, 20“You Know Me!” Barney Oldfield and the Creation of a Legend, by Mark D. Howell, 26The Birth of the American Sports Car Culture: When Motor Racing Was a Sport, by Richard Knudson, 31The Emerging China Auto Market, by John A. Marino, 35Abstract: Auto Racing as a Means for Fund Raising and Development, by Ken Berg, 41Abstract: The Rouge – Ford’s Manufacturing Marvel: The Early Years, 1915-1928, by Paul Maghielse, 41Abstract: Indiana! What Might have Been?, by Dennis E. Horvath, 42Abstract: The Dixie Highway! A Return to Yesterday, by Kevin Clemens, 42Abstract: The Automobile, Dominant Symbol of the 20th Century, by Thomas Brownell, 43Abstract: American Cars: Sub-culture in Finland, by Arto Elomaa and Vappu Ikonen, 43Abstract: Auto-phobia in American Literature: The Challenge for Motorsports, by Patricia Lee Yongue,Ph.D., 44Abstract: To Spread its Wings: The Animation of the Automobile, 1896-1903, by Nancy Koppelman, Ph.D., 45Abstract: Anxiously Popular: Women and the Automobile Culture of the Early 20th Century, by Deborah Clarke, 46Abstract: Cultures of Automotive Technology: Competing Visions of the Electric Vehicle, 1965-2000, by David A. Kirsch, 47Abstract: Woodies, Workhorses and the Wonderbread Generation: The Rise and Fall of The Station Wagon and the Emergence of the Minivan, by Thomas Adamich, 48Abstract: Cause or Effect? Los Angeles Racing Venues, by Harold Osmer, 40Front Cover: Barney Oldfield at the tiller of the 999Rear Cover: A London Six sedan, at the Boer War Memorial in Victoria Park, London, Ontario, 1921
AHR037 (Spring 2001) Editor’s NotesLetters to the EditorBunkie Knudsen’s Bumpy Ride at Ford, by David L. Lewis, 8Sir Herbert Austin Courts Henry Ford, by David G. Jones, 10Henry Ford’s Rear-Engine Front-Drive Patent, from Automotive Industries, 13The History of Steam Carriages in Germany 1803-1873, by Dean Lehrke, 14America’s First Automobile Show, by John A. Conde, 18Those Elusive Vehicles, Chapter V: Plants and their Vehicles, by Grace R. Brigham, 26The Great Oldsmobile Plant Fire of 1901, by provided Ralph Dunwoodie, 33The Rocket Engine Story by One Who Was There, by F. Gibson Butler, 34Found! Nash-Healey X-7, by James C. Mays, 38Front Cover: 1949 Olds 88 serving as the Pace Car at the Indianapolis 500 Rear Cover: Nash-Healey X-7 prototype
AHR038 (Winter 2002) After Versailles and Before the Iron Curtain Fell: An Introduction to Some Vehicles of Central and Eastern Europe Editor’s NotesThe Far Away Country (Czechoslovakia), 4Passenger Cars Produced in Czechoslovakia 1925-46, 7 The Aero Family – A Memoir of 80 Turbulent Years, by Vladimir Kabes, Jr., 21The Myron: Czechoslovakia’s Unknown Car, by Jan Tulis, 26The Effect of the Magosix on the Hungarian Auto Market, by Brooks T. Brierley, 28The History of Ford in Hungary, by Pal Negyesi, 33The Vehicles of Poland’s Prewar Army, by Robert Przybylski, 37Persu, a Romanian Study of Aerodynamics, by Ralf J.F. Kieselbach, 42The Soviet Auto Industry 1917 to 1953, by Michael D. Besch, 44The Origins of the ZIS 110, by Robert Przybylski, 52Front Cover: Poster for the Aero automobile, 1929, by Frantisek Zelenka (b. 1904; d. 1944, Auschwitz)Rear Cover: Factory sales catalogue for the 1936 Tatra 77a
AHR039 (Fall 2002)
Proceedings of the Fourth Automotive History Conference, April 2000. Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum, Auburn, Indiana
Why Indiana?, by Gregg Buttermore and Jon Bill, 4The Luxury Car Market in the 1920s: Competition, Efficiency, and the Case Of Stearns-Knight, by Robert R. Ebert and Jaclyn L. Gribben, 8The Cole is Equal to the Sum of Its Parts and Greater Than Any One of Them, by Leroy D. Cole, 26Elizabeth Junek: Racing the Bugatti, by Patricia Lee Yongue, 32John Steinbeck: Car Guy or Consumate Raconteur, by Kit Foster, 40Michigan’s Motor Cities: We Put the World on Wheels, by William Ruxton Chapin, 45Abstract: 1908-11 Buick: “Race Cars from Hell”, by Terry Dunham, 481908-1911 Buick Buick “Race Cars from Hell”, by Terry Dunham, 48Abstract: American Speed Culture in the 1950’s and the Emergence of Stock Car Racing, by Ben Shackleford, 50American Speed Culture in the 1950s and the Emergence of Stock Car Racing, by Ben Shackleford, 50Abstract: Cars on the Tube and the Silver Screen: Automotive Product Placement in TV and Motion Pictures – 1950-2002; Societal and Legal Implications, by Thomas A. Adamich, 55Abstract: A High-banked Learning Curve: Putting Motor Sports Within Academia, by Mark D. Howell, 51Abstract: Sports Car Racing as a Distinct Form of Motor Sport, by Janos Wimpffen, 52Abstract: Mr. Ford Comes to London, Ontario, by Douglas Leighton, 52Abstract: Around the World Again, by Kevin Clemens, 53Abstract: Fidel’s Cuba – Treasure Island of American Cars, by Rick Shnitzler, 54Abstract: My Mother the Car? Auto Bodies and Women’s Bodies in Contemporary Women’s Literature, by Deborah Clarke, 56Abstract: Studebaker’s Centennial: Studebaker Serves as a Model of the Evolution of The American Automobile, by Dennis E. Horvath, 57Abstract: Car Sharing: An Exploration of the “Car-Lite” Lifestyle, by Tom Brownell, 58Front Cover: 1935 Auburn 851, courtesy Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg MuseumRear Cover: from the 1913 Cole Blue Book, courtesy of Leroy D. Cole
AHR040 (Summer 2003) Transportation Writers 40 Years of Age and Under Editor’s Notes and LettersDriving the Dream – The History and Motivations Behind 60 Years of Automated Highway Systems in America, by Jameson M. Wetmore, 4Scorching Through 1902: “The Automobile Terror”, by Michael L. Bromley, 20The Litigation of Auburn Automobile Co: The Historian’s Use of Legal Resources, by Thompson Smith, 26If Only in Another Time … The Story of the DeVaux-Hall Motors Corporation, by Keith R. Jones, 42Fiat as a German Manufacturer, by Peter Engelhard, 46The Fabulous Club de Mer: An In-depth Look at the Most Exotic Pontiac of The 1950s, by Don Keefe, 52The Return of the Red Oval, by Sam Fiorani, 58Front Cover: Ettore Bugatti at the wheel of an underslung vehicle he built in 1901Rear Cover: Arkansas migrant child, Berrien Co., Michigan, 1940
AHR041 (Spring 2003) Editor’s NotesMini: The Creation of a Cultural Icon 1959-2001, by Dean C. Ruffilli, 4Scooters in America: The Future is in the Past, by Owen Thomas McDonough, 18Automobiles And Arms, by Ferdinand Hediger, 26An Even Smaller Crosley: An Oehrli Proposal, by Darwyn Lumley, 40John O’Hara and the Automobile, by Macdonald H. Leach, 48Front Cover: The original Mini, in the opinion of some, the most influential car of the second half of the 20th centuryRear Cover: A 1926 Franklin and 1926 Wills Sainte-Claire car mentioned by John O’Hara in his stories
AHR042 (Fall 2004) Proceedings of the Fifth Automotive History Conference, March 31-April 3, 2004. Dayton, Ohio Reo and Diamond Reo: The Rise and Fall of the World’s Toughest Truck, Part 1, by Robert R. Ebert and Timothy Fijalkovich, 5The Decline of Pierce-Arrow in the 1920s, by Roger J. Sherman, 21For Official Use Only: The Army Goes Car Shopping, by Arthur W. Jones, 28Early Automobiles and Airplanes: The Cultural Lag, by Michael L. Bromley, 37Elwood Haynes – Hoosier State Auto Pioneer, by Taylor Vinson, 62The Chapin Cars I Remember Well, by William R. Chapin, 63Abstract: Mitsubishi: Airplanes and Automobiles, by Thomas F. Saal, 32Abstract: Displaying the Automobile: Early Auto Shows in London, Ontario, by Douglas Leighton, 49Abstract: John Jerome’s Death of the Automobile Revisited, by Tom Brownell, 49Abstract: “Hollow, Rolling Sculptures”: How the Automobile Came to Art, by Michael A. Jacobsen, 50Abstract: Race Men and Race Cars, by Deborah Clarke, 54Abstract: Land Speed Record Attempts and Aircraft Engines, by Ron Shook and Jessie L. Embry, 55Abstract: The Business School Curriculum: A Study of Automotive History, by Pat McInturff and C.E. Tapie Rohm, 55Abstract: The Cole Flyer: The Story of the First West-to-East Transcontinental Flight, by Leroy D. Cole, 56Abstract: U.S. Copyright Issues for Automotive Historians in Publishing and Academe, by John A. Marino, 58Abstract: Buick’s Engineering Advances (1904-1963), by Terry Dunham, 58Abstract: “Martyrs to the Cause of Good Roads”: Towards a History of the International Good Roads Tour of 1920, by Dean C. Ruffilli, 61Abstract: Harriet Quimby: Autos Before Aircraft, by Patricia Lee Yongue, 62Front Cover: Orville Wright with an Essex Terraplane coupe outside the Hudson plant, Detroit.Rear Cover: Model T Fords of the U.S. Army at the Classification Park in France, awaiting disposition in June 1919.
AHR043 (Spring 2005) Editor’s Notes and CorrectionsEve’s Conquest of the Steering Wheel: Gender and the Automobile in Interwar France, by Adam Stanley, 4Reo and Diamond Reo: The Rise and Fall of the World’s Toughest Truck, Part 2, by Robert R. Ebert and Timothy Fijalkovich, 24Brazil’s Auto Industry – A Concise History (1891-1991), by Albert R. Mroz, 38The Rise and Fall of Hall-Scott, Engine Manufacturer, by Ric A. Dias and Francis Bradford, 50A Buick for Barwani, by Kit Foster with Keith Marvin, 64Front Cover: Renault advertisement by Raymond Leowy, Vanity Fair, February 1927.Rear Cover: The first mass-produced car in France, the Citroen 5 CV, c.1922
AHR044 (Fall 2005) Editor’s Notes, Letters and CorrectionsDémandez à Celui qui en Possède Une: Packard in Paris, by Marc-Antoine Colin, 4The Fascination of 12 Cylinders, by Valerio Moretti, 14Louis Renault and Adolf Hitler: Their First Meeting, by Patrick Fridenson, 21Kaiser Assembly in Rotterdam, by Frans Vrijaldenhoven, 27Roman S.A.: Medium and Heavy Duty Trucks in Romania, by Tom Brownell , 32The Early Years of Fiat in the Italian Royal Army, by Alessandrio Sannia, 36Front Cover: Drawing of a 1929 Packard from French Packard Importer Barbezat. For the complete ad, see p. 9.Rear Cover: A Packard 120 convertible pictured in the monthly French magazine L’Auto, June 1939
AHR045 (Spring 2006) Editor’s Notes, Letters and UpdatesThe Fast and the Furious: The Victoria Police and Changing Definitions of Speed and Speeding 1900-1930, by Rick Clapton, 4History of Chicago’s Motor Row, by David Kerr, 14Little Cars on the Big Salt, MG and the Bonneville Salt Flats, by Ron Shook and Jessie Embry , 23Mann and Overton and the Austin 12/4: How a Dealership Affected the Future of the London Taxicab, by Bill Munro, 32The Pennsylvania Auto Motor Company: A Concise History of the Company and its Car, by Kenneth H. Stauffer, 40Lost Tunnels of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, by Gregg D. Merksamer, 48Front Cover: 1947 MG TC MidgetRear Cover: 1954 MG TF cockpit, from a factory brochure
AHR046 (Fall 2006) Proceedings of Sixth Automotive History Conference — “Engines of Change: The Automobile and its Influence.” Studebaker National Museum, South Bend, Indiana April 4-8, 2006 Editor’s Notes, Letters and Corrections Packards From South Bend: Economic Perspectives on “The Last Packards “ Decision, Part 1, by Robert R. Ebert, Ph.D, and Niccole Pamphilis, 4American Runabouts Abroad, by Arthur W. Jones, 16The Shift From Shift to Shiftless: Transmission Advances in U.S. Cars (1929-55), by Byron Olsen, 25Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.: The Prescient Organization Man, by Jace Baker and Pat McInturff, 42Abstracts of Other Papers Presented, 48Book Review: Elwood Haynes — Hoosier State Auto Pioneer, by Taylor Vindson, 62Message from the Conference Chair, by Kit Foster, 71Front Cover: Tooting the horn for the 1937 StudebakerRear Cover: Front cover of The Studebaker Wheel for October 1930
AHR047 (Spring 2007) Editor’s NotesGeneral Motors: Innovations in American Social Class Structure, by Katharine Mechler, 4Letters, 27Packards From South Bend: Economic Perspectives on “The Last Packards “ Decision, Part 2, by Robert R. Ebert, Ph.D, and Niccole Pamphilis, 30The Aluminium Piston Story, by Graham Orme-Bannister, 39Mobilizing the Nation: an “Interview” with Howard E. Coffin, by D. J. Kava, 50Front Cover: Howard E. Coffin with a 1906 Oldsmobile prototype Model S
Rear Cover: 1941 Packard One-Sixty Convertible Coupe
AHR048 (Fall 2007) Editor’s Notes, Correction, and Letter to the EditorThe Road Less Traveled: Automobiles in French Colonial Indochina, by Ryan S. Mayfield, 4Muscle Cars Down Under, by Adrian Ryan, 18Making the Pace – Motor Pacing for Bicycle Races, 1896-1903, by David Manson, 22Elegant and Mysterious: Sr. Anasagasti’s Dream, by Alvaro Casal Tatlock, 25A Summary of the Yugoslav Auto Industry’s Historic Evolution and its Economic Drivers Until the Crisis of the 1990s, by Peter Englehard, 28Automobile History Crossword, by Phil Mathews, 37Two Review Covers Never Used 38-39Abstract: Our Town’s Crown Jewel: A Vehicle Assembly Plant, by Thomas A. Adamich, 48Abstract: The Changing Face of Automotive Marketing: Indiana-built Automobiles Serve as a Model of the Evolution of Automotive Advertising, by Dennis E. Horvath, 49Abstract: The Greatest Century: The Impact of Autos on American Lifestyles, by Donald D. Patterson, 50Abstract: Mobile Homelessness Cars and the Restructuring of the American Home, by Deborah Clarke, 51Abstract: Flint & The Buick: Where Fantasy Became FACT-ORY, by Leroy D. Cole, 52Abstract: Eights – The Engines That Powered the American Dream, by William M. (Bud) Gardner, 53Abstract: The Great Valve-in-Head Mystery, by Terry Dunham, 54Abstract: Renault at Montlhéry: Letters of Ellery I. Garfield, by by Patricia Lee Yongue, 56Abstract: From France to France: Automobile Racing Before NASCAR, by Harry Carpenter, 57Abstract: The Automobile and the Massification/Democratization of Sport (Football) in South Africa, 1945-1975, by Cornelius Thomas, 58Abstract: A Review of the Derham Body Company Operations – 1917 to 1954, by Dale K. Wells, 59Abstract: Canadians, Americans and the Early Automobile Industry, by Douglas Leighton, 59Abstract: The Automotive Psychology of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo: Motivational Research and the Expressionistic Automobile, by Dave Duricy, 60Abstract: From Conceptualization to Public Showing: Brawn to Beauty, History of the American Pickup Exhibit at the Alfred P. Sloan Museum, 1919-2011, by Tom Brownell, 61Front Cover: Somewhere west of Laramie – A wealthy Vietnamese in his ’20s DelahayeRear Cover: A Restored Anasagasti in Argentina
AHR049 (Spring 2008) Editor’s Notes and CorrectionsDavid D. Buick and the Wolverine, by Kevin M. Kirbitz, 4Creating Order out of Chaos: Establishing Financial Security for NASCAR, by Harry Carpenter III, 12Reviewing Canadian Commercial Vehicles, by R. Perry Zavitz, 23Carrossier van Rijswijk & Zoon of Holland, by Frans Vrijaldenhoven, 33Abstract: Making Room for the Automobile: The Development of the Garage in Rural Belgian Flanders, by Els de Vos, 37SAH 40th Anniversary CommemorationFront Cover: A 1937 BuickRear Cover: 1938 Chevrolet with roof modifications by van Rijswijk
AHR050 (Fall 2008)
Proceedings of Seventh Automotive History Conference: “The Search for Performance and Reliability, Competition and the Development of the Automobile.” Nashville, Tennessee, April 2-5, 2008
From Aerodromes to Race Courses: the Evolution of Sports Car Racing in Southern Ontario, Canada, After World War II, by Douglas Leighton, 5Barré Lyndon: How One Writer Reflected the Popularity of Motor Sports in Prewar England, by the Rev. Dr. Richard L. Knudson, 10The Race That Wasn’t a Race: The Mobilgas Economy Run 1936-1938, by John A. Heitmann, 20History and Performance of the South Korean Automobile in the Domestic and United States Markets, by Robert Ebert and Mariel Montoney, 27“A Wonderful Set of Brains”: Norval Hawkins and Henry’s Model T, by Bob Casey, 46Abstract: Making Room for the Automobile: The Development of the Garage in Rural Belgian Flanders, by Els De Vos, 37Abstract: William C. Durant: America’s Pre-Eminent Entrepreneur, by Jace Baker and Pat McInturff, 38Abstract: Eudora Welty’s “Losing Battles”: Women, Cars, and Family Values, by Deborah Clarke, by Deborah Clarke, 38Abstract: The Evolution of Buick Racing and Performance, by Terry B. Dunham, 39Abstract: Centennial Recollections of General Motors: Sights and Sounds of Auto Pioneers, by Lawrence R. Gustin, 40Abstract: “Put the Pedal to the Metal”: The Impact of the Campbell Cosworth Casting Process on the International Motor Racing Scene – 1980s and Beyond, by Thomas A. Adamich, 41Abstract: Marathon – Nashville’s Hometown Car, by William H. Pryor, 42Abstract: The Business of Hot Rods: A Southern California Industry, by Dick Dixon, 44Abstract: Ben Gotoff and His Scrapbook: The Charmed Life of an American Outlaw Racer (1908-1920), by Dale K. Wells, 45Front Cover: Easter and Thompson, who won the 1908 Menor Parkway Sweepstakes in a Buick Rear Cover: 1984 Ford (UK) HS 200 with Cosworth-derived engine
AHR051 (Spring 2009) Editor’s Notes, Corrections, Letters to the EditorGearing Up to Produce the First Dodge Brothers Automobile: A View From the Inside, by Charles K. Hyde, 4George Weidely and his Engines, by Bill Greer, 10Understanding Why Adler Left the Automotive Industry After World War II – an Approach from the Perspective of Subjective Economics, by Peter Engelhard, 20Consumers, Cadillac, and Civil Rights: The Social and Cultural Impact of the Automoile in Ebony 1945-1965, by Peter Cajka, 31Australia’s Own Car Comes of Age: The 1968 Holden Monaro, by Paul Murrell, 44Front Cover: 1939 Adler TrumpfRear Cover: 1907 Mitchell
AHR052 (Summer 2010)
Proceedings of the Eighth Biennial Automotive History Conference Tupelo, Mississippi, March 25-27, 2010
From the EditorSights and Sounds of Automotive History, by Lawrence R. Gustin, 4Commander, Stillborn Scion of the Ogren, Stillborn Scion of the Ogren, by Keith Marvin, 9Detour at the Home Front: Canada’s Wartime Industries Transit Plan, by Jason A. Chiu, 14Pioneers in Four-Wheel Drive and Four-Wheel Steering, by Albert Mroz, 36LettersFront Cover: Catherine Durant, William Crapo Durant’s second wife, about the time of her marriage in 1908Back cover: Miss Phennette Miller prepares to christen the first Sacramento-built Golden West truck
AHR053 (Fall 2011) Abstract: Missing Generations: Innovation during Economic and Environmental Crises, 1961-75, by Ann Johnson, 41Abstract: Factors Contributing to the Failure of General Motors, by Louis Fourie, 42Carbon E7 Police vehicle, Cover, 27 (5-photos)From Garfords to Fords, Prosperity and Crisis in the Lorain County Auto Industry, by Robert R. Ebert and Amanda D. Wyant, 4What the Doctor Ordered, Early Automobile Manufacturing in Ohio’s Mahoning Valley, by John A. Marino , 19What the Doctor Ordered, by Early Automobile Manufacturing in Ohio’s Mahoning Valley, 19Indiana’s Little Detroit, The Automotive Industry and Its Effects on Connersville, Indiana, by Richard A. Stanley, 22Bumpy Road, The History of Ford in Germany 1903-1931, by Stefan Bauernschmidt, 28Fatal Attraction, Staying in Step with Benefits Policy at General Motors, Staying in Step with Benefits Policy at General Motors, by Michael Smitka, 34Front Cover: Carbon Motors E7 police carBack Cover: Short-lived Carroll automobile built in Lorain County, Ohio
AHR054 (Fall 2012) Made in China, Daniel F. Myers and the Minsheng Truck, by Elizabeth Myers, Josephine B. Howe and Erik an Ingen Schenau, 4Making Room for Beetle, Volkswagen’s Impact on the German Motor Industry, by Peter Engelhard, 14The Automobile, the Interstate and Suburbia, New-found Freedom at the Expense of Downtown in 20th Century America Andrew J. Mabon, by Andrew J. Mabon, 22Front Cover, Germans enjoy a picnic with their new VolkswagenBack Cover: Presenting the first Minsheng truck, Liaoning Trench Mortar Arsenal, China, June 19, 1931
AHR055 (Fall 2013)
Proceedings of the Ninth Biennial Automotive History Conference Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 12-14, 2012
Politics and Profitability in South Africa, A Case Study of Toyota and Lexus, 1961-2011, by Hans Heese, 4The Barcelona Cluster, Hub Firms & Business Cycles in Spain’s Automotive Industry District, by Jordi Catalan Vidal, 12Motorisierung, The German Motorization Program 1933-1939, by Anders Ditlev Clausager, 23The Automobile Industry Paradigm, Economies of Scale, Economies of Scale, by Michael Wynn-Williams, 32Abstract: Stealing Cars: Some International Aspects of Auto Theft, The Unites States and Mexico, by John Heitmann, 40Abstract: Creating an American Icon: Theodore F. MacManus James R. Adams and the Coming of Cadillac, 1909-1956, by Edwin Benson, 43Front Cover: Elizalde goes racing in a Barcelona-built Tipo 20C.Back cover: An MG 6 built by MCI Motors in China, and since from PKD kits at Longbridge, UK, since 2011
AHR056 (Fall 2015) LettersFrom the EditorFunction or Form? A Design Comparison of the Ferrari GTO and the Shelby Daytona Coupe, by Alan Yankolonis and Dr. Frederick Simeone, 4Taxation and Tribulations: The Origins and Consequences of the British Horsepower Tax, by Anders Ditlev Clausager, 14 They Had Faith in America: Norman de Vaux, E.J. Hall and the De Vaux Automobile, by Ric Dias, 28 Front Cover: A Ferrari 250 GTO and Shelby Daytona Coupe from the Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum, showing remarkable similaritiesBack cover: A Freestone & Webb-bodied Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith, first registered on 9th June 1948
AHR057 (Winter 2017) LettersFrom the EditorThe Historic Electric Vehicle Industry: The Case of Baker and Rauch & Lang, by Robert R. Ebert, Ph.d., 4A Portuguese Hybrid Car from the Early 20th Century: A Case Study on Innovation Towards Energy Saving, by José Barros Rodrigues, Ph.d., 26 Front Cover: The electric-powered Baker Torpedo Kid (#999) with its contemporaries in 1903Back cover: A patent drawing of Alberto Antunes’ compressed air-powered automobile of 1910
AHR058 (Spring 2018) From the EditorFirm Competitiveness and Postwar Economic Integration in Europe: The Case of Volkswagen in the ECSC and EEC, by Grace A. Ballor, 4The History and Evolution of Motometers, by Francis G. Clax, 18The Trailer Revolution: The Origins of Recreational Vehicles in American Culture, by David Burel, 30Front Cover: An electric-powered 1912 Rauch & Lang VictoriaBack cover: A vintage countertop display for Boyce Motometers
AHR059 (Spring 2019) From the EditorAuthentic Nostalgia: Engaging Millennials and Gen Z with Our Automotive Heritage, by Katya O. Sullivan, 4Current Issues and Challenges in Doing Automotive History Scholarship, Moderated and Transcribed by Dr. Ed Garten, 22Where on the Web Is Dorothy Haener?, by Chris Lezotte, Ph.D., 34As I Was Motivatin’ Over the Hill: Becoming “Cadillac” in Popular Culture, by Elton G. Gounn, 50Motor Racing in Heritage, Culture and Preservation: Making the Past Come Roaring Back to Life, by Matt Harvey, 66Making a Nation of Drivers: Driver Education and Sportsmanlike Driving, 1936-1975, by John Heitmann, 76Studebaker-Packard Corporation: Factory-Dealer Relations 1956-1966, by Robert R. Ebert, Ph.D., 84Front Cover: The actual Mustang used by Steve McQueen in the movie Bullitt, at the Second International Drive History Conference Back cover: “Studebaker Legends” display at 2016 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals in Rosemont, Illinois
AHR060 (Fall 2019) From the Editor InsideThe Welch Motorcar: The History of an Early General Motors Acquisition, by Louis F. Fourie, 4A High Price for Perfection: The Saga of the Gaylord, by Don Keefe, 18Universal Cars: The North American Motor Vehicle in World Markets, by Arthur W. Jones, 34Front Cover: The lone surviving Gaylord. Back Cover: A very rare 1908 Welch Model 4L seven-passenger touring car
AHR061 (Spring 2020) Editor’s NotesTruck Driver’s Blues, by James Todd Uhlman, 4The Soft Sell: Gender, Advertising, and the Chevrolet Corvair, By John E. Mohr, 24 The Rough Road Ahead: Cuba, the Spanish American War, and the Development of Good Roads in the US, 1880-1916, by Andrew James Clyde Hart, 38‘Der Porsche vas Pushin’: A Case Study of Porsche’s Expansion in the US Market and its Cultural Impact on American Consumers, by Keenan Shimko, 50So, Whatever Happened to General Motors in Dayton, Ohio? — A Panel Discussion, Moderated and Transcribed by Ed Garten, 66 Front Cover: Cover of the record album “Diesel Smoke” from Gusto Records Rear Cover: The Deeds Barn Gang, 1952
AHR062 (Spring 2021) Editor’s NotesMcCann & Me: One Woman’s Experience in Detroit Automotive Advertising, by Christine Lezotte, PhD., 4 The 20th Century Automotive History of Argentina, by Louis F. Fourie, 18 Gendering Mopeds in Taiwan: A Gender History about Mopeds and Their Designs, by Kuan-Hung Lo, 34 Early Racing Rivalry in Texas: The Witch of Wall Street, Her Son, and Howard Hughes Sr., by Wayne Moore, 48 Racing Professionals and the “Race that Wasn’t a Race”: The Gilmore and Mobilgas Economy Runs, by Dave Hermanson, 54From the Assembly Line to the Credit Line: A Brief History of Automobile Financing, by Kevin M. McDonald, 62 Letters to the Editor: A Response to “Whatever Happened to General Motors,” AHR 61 (Spring 2020), pp. 66-81, From Patrick Bisson, 76 Front Cover: Photo of a GM car in a McCann Advertisement from the 1970s.Rear Cover: Aerial of the GM Tech Centre in facing north in the 1970s
AHR063 (Spring 2022) Editor’s NotesErskines, Rocknes, and Champions: Studebaker’s Journey to the Low-Priced Market, by Robert R. Ebert, 4U.S. Automobile Safety Principles and Strategies of the 1950s and 1960s, by John L. Jacobus and Evelyn Jacobus, Contributor, 24The Origins of NASCAR and American Stock Car Racing: The Development of an Historiography, by H. Donald Capps, 44 Demystifying the Fork-Tailed Devil: The Origins of 1950s Tailfins by Elton G. McGoun, 62 Texas Automobiles, Assembly Plants, and Fraudsters: 1900 – 1950, by Wayne Moore, 74Put it in Drive: Hydra-matic Shifting Through History by Bob Elton, 84 Front Cover: Steering wheel and dash of Hydra-matic powered Oldsmobile
Rear Cover: Inside the 1957 Cornell-Liberty Safety Car
AHR064 (Summer 2023)
Editor’s Notes, 2
The Evolution of Holden Unibody Design, by, Louis F. Fourie, 4
Arthur Bishop – Steering to Achievement, by Dr. Norm Darwin PhD.,16
Creative Tension: The Re-Ignition of the Holden Design and GM Design Relationship, 1990-2020, by John Field, 22
Women & Automobiles Across Two Continents: An [Unfortunately] Brief Historiography of Women’s Automotive Scholarship in Australia and America, by Christine Lezotte PhD., 30
Cooperation and Competition: How Packard, Studebaker, Nash, and Hudson Faced Each Other, and the “Big Three,” During the 1950s, by Stuart R. Blond, 44
Models of Automotive Firms Past and Present: Insights from Transaction Cost Economics and Industrial History, by Mark P. Forbes, 62
Mediating the World Class Imperative: U.S. Automotive Journalism, the Big Three, and the Globalized Automotive Industry of the 1980s, by Vincent L. Stephens, 76