[…] photographs and data, mainly Australian, as well as col ored prints of veteran and vintage cars now in Australia. No. I Book is out of print and costs over $100 on the second-hand market. No. II is still available from the Charity Trust for Aus. ~40 and is of special interest to the Society […]
[…] space as the 2018 show, but while last year had some open spaces at the back of the third hall, this yearâs Rétro was chock-a-bloc SAH Journal No. 297 ⢠March / April 2019 6 from beginning to end. The high-end classic car dealers had taken advantage of available space by enlarging their displays. In fact, the hectares of red Ferraris tended to blend in with one another, such that nearly all dealers had placed some sort of dusty barn ï¬Â nd (either real or simulated) out front in order to draw in foot trafï¬Â c.  Anniversaries are a perennial pastime at Rétromobile. Twenty- nineteen marks 60 years since the British Mini made its debut. The organizers marshaled 24 of them covering the lifetime of the ï¬Â rst generation, including such variants as the Mini Moke, the Wolseley Hornet, the Mini Marcos ï¬Â berglass kit car and the 1995 Rover Mini Cooper Monte Carlo.  The cyclecar, a low- cost, lightweight open personal vehicle, enjoyed a very brief vogue in the United States in 1914. In Europe, however, where cars were comparatively more expensive and more highly taxed, its popularity lasted more than a decade. Prominent among the cyclecars was the Bédélia, a tandem-seat belt-driven con- veyance built in Paris from 1910 to 1925. The Friends of Bédélia club managed to gather 14 of the 18 known survivors in a large display. Unusual variants included a competition model and an ambulance, the latter essentially a Bédélia with an ironing board on the bonnet. Fondation de lâAutomobile Marius Berliet is a perennial exhibi- tor at Rétromobile, and this yearâs theme was massive. The former automobile and truck manufacturer, now absorbed into Renault, brought an immense T100 le Géant du Desert  (the Giant of the Desert) to the show. When built in 1957, it was the largest truck in the world, measuring more than 15 feet high, 15 feet wide and weighing 112 tons. The engine was a 30-liter Cummins V-12 diesel, developing 700 horsepower. Four were built, for the oil and mining industries. The T100 at Rétromobile spent its career in the oil ï¬Â elds of Algeria, before returning to the Fondationâs museum in Lyon.  Last yearâs popular véhicules […]
[…] by two-cylinder engines and by 1905, total floor space at the Kenosha factory was 14 acres, with another 33 acres of ground area available for expansion and testing. All Rambler models underwent road testing on one of the in dustry’s first “proving grounds.” SAH Newsletter No. 24 – Page 10 Thomas B. Jeffery […]
[…] hon o re d that you ha ve apprecia te d the b oo k, which is rea lly th e work of my lif e, the result of my 50 years of passion and career as a motor journalist. Please, I welcome you to get to know the Polish motor industry better. A […]
[…] workable plan to get the Newsletter on a regular, dependable schedule is long overdue. Because this paper is produced at a price which just barely covers the cost of the materials involved, we have had no choice but to give our regular customers the first claim to our time. And there always seems to […]
[…] displays. One senses, however, that the intensity of the displays is not due to a lack of planning or a runaway acquisitions policy, but is, rather, the result of an enthusiastic and ongoing effort to make as thorough a presentation as possible of the vehicles produced in the region. The pride and care with […]
[…] h as a lot to offe r : the beginnings and develop ment of a techno logy that many today cons ider to have had the grea test impact on our soci ety, colorful entreprenuers and their success stories, the thrill s of the racing circuits. And that is all from the previous century. […]
[…] Matt joseph Keith Marvin Bill Cameron From: John S. Burnham, 354 Dogwood Ave., Brighton, CO 80601. When I looked at the Gebby Mystery Car in the la test journal , at first glanc e I thought it might be the Bucci ali that Peerless ran on their test track. But the date is wrong- […]
[…] want to find out, and he will send you, without charge, a list of what is available in his archives together with a quotation of his postpaid cost to send copie:; of this m ateria l to you. On open-ended research or, as Ralph says, “just plain page thumbing,” the fee is negotiated and […]
[…] makes “a dent ” in the 90 percent of information about pre-WW ll American dirt-track racing that has gone unac knowledged. uch a “dent,” howev er, would cost the car owner a bundle at the body shop. Dirt Track Auto Racin g metic ulously retrieves that lost history from myriad small town newspapers , […]
[…] The Tiger was offered in both two and four-passenger models and was powered by a Farmer 4-cylinder water-cooled engine. The 2-passenger version, which weighed only 750 pounds, cost only $300. From : Jerry E. Gabby, 310 Appalachian Drive, The Highlands , Route 6, Tucson , AZ 85704. The enclosed photograph may add a little […]
[…] won his second world championship. Now it involves at-home viewing of real-time, in-car camera images on a flat-screen TV. Has Formula One left behind its gritty, dangerous and somewhat esoteric past to become a cross between the World Cup and Disneyland (think Miami)? How much of its new global popularity can be summed up […]
[…] Director s become open annually . Dire ctor are elected from a slate presented ia ballot mailed to all member in late s umm er, with the result s presented at the Annual Meeting at Her shey in October. Any member wi hing to become more involved in the Socie ty ‘s affairs and […]
[…] Many of the institutions capable of housing archives and making them available insist on outright gifts, others require ongoing support payments in order to help underwrite the costs of caring for the material. The consensus of the committee was that SAH’s most benefi cial role would be as information resource and adviser to collectors, […]
[…] s t ands for now. You will be noti fied of any changes. The volunteers are much appreciated and we hope that there will be much good results by the time we have our next annual meeting. Any entries sent to any of these points must contain your name and the reference to the […]
[…] Deborah Simonton maintainswith respect togender ideologies and technology inthe workplace, menwere to be the ones torepair andmaintain machinery. Inan argument reminiscent of Mohun’s analysisoflaundry workers, Simonton sta testhatwomen “werenot supposed tounderstand machinesand were onlytotend andoperate them.”67 Thus itshould notbesurprising that women wereveryrarely depicted in advertisements forgoods such motor oil. Utilizing thattype ofproduct would necessitate […]
[…] ained by Ma r sh a ll i-;’a ul sc a ling the illu strations . Hy sc a ling give s the sa m e ””.,. result which ra ise s th e pos sibility of th er e being two ch assi s leng ths as I also h a ye ano […]
[…] two oval rearwindows. Inearly 1927, the Nash wasreplaced byanAuburn 8-88 “Brougham.” Thiswasadefinite improvement! Ithink thecar was are- titled 1926(Fig.4). The Auburn Automobile Co. was considered somewhatofarevolving door fordesign andengineering personnel. Atmy level, thiswas mani- fested bynew anddifferent pupilsat school. Somewould bearound fortwo or three years andwould disappear. Cornelius vanRanst, Jr.and Sr.lived up the alley […]
[…] RATE From Christopher G. Foster, 1102 Long Cove Road, Gales Ferry, Connecticut 06335:-1 was interested to see Marshall Naul’s analysis of Model A survivorship in the la test SAH !ournal, because I have long observed that A‘s enjoyed longev Ity and popularity far beyond that of their contemporary rivals. Marshall s explanations, while logical, […]
[…] or to the rear . •e8’Ie, Ie. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Much of this account is based on an article which appeared in the Findlay (Ohio) Repub1ican- Courier, as the result of the efforts of Thomas J. Miles, William Phillips, (who owns a 1914 Grant) and Don Smith, who has researched much of Findlay’s early history. Their […]
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