[…] me) correspondent in Kansas. A couple of months ago Harry Pulfer offered to have this rubbing made up as a brass plate, just like the original. The result of Harry’s effort arrived just in time to be included in this issue of the Newsletter. This plate is the one and only reference I have […]
[…] gas fields , the aut hor devotes three chapt ers to his ear ly au tomotive career: the building of the Haynes “Pione er” which was first test run on July 4, 1e94 , the Ra ynes A pp er son Compa ny p eriod , and th e Haynes Aut omobile Company through […]
[…] Room of the Fisher Building in downtown Detroit. Hosted by Leland Chapter President Brian Baker, and moderated by Elizabeth Wetzel, GM Director of Design User Experience, the forty attendees were treated to an exceptional ninety minute panel discussion, conversation and question & answer session. Constance Smith is the author of the recently published book, […]
[…] up in the lap of Grace Brigham, who arranged it in chronological order and also did a tremendous amount of additional research on the subject . Her result was a 24-page article published in two parts in Automo tive History Review, numbers 5 and 6, tracing the name back to 1902 when it was […]
[…] Kettering, andthe’Fuel ofthe Future'” isthe longest articlethath ever appeared inthe Review. Itb ically isthe history ofthe technological, economic and political contextofthe use ofalcohol fuels inthe United Sta testhrough the 1930s. Igot socaught upinitthat I couldn’t bringmyself towield theblue pencil morethanlightly, somuch ofit w new. DrKovarik isAssistant Professor, Department ofMedia Studies, Radford University, Radford,Va. Because […]
[…] Ford · and Studebaker are such elusive cars as Bour-Davis, Met eor, Premocar and T uls a. T here ar e a handful of exceptions – for example the American Rolls -R oyce is conspic uous by it s abse nce — but taken by an d la rge here we hav e a […]
[…] income tax. Receipt of gifts will enable the Society to retain this classification perma~entl~ 2. Since January 1, 1978, forty-six persons have joined the Society as a result of a profile article in OLD CARS and seventy-six others have joined for a total of l22 new members. All members are encoura ged to have […]
[…] Access Alert from the Society of Automotive Historians” which provides instructions on their new usernames and passwords, which they will need to use from now on. As a result, we are happy to report that all sections of the website are now back online and accessible. Thank you all for your patience during this upgrade.
The SAH Book Signing at our Orange Field tent and our Annual Banquet at the Hershey Country Club scheduled for October 6-8 were regretfully cancelled due to pandemic concerns. These decisions were made with the health and safety of all attendees foremost in mind, while recognizing our long term relationships with the AACA, the […]
[…] didnât need a review copy, having already ordered a copy of Ebertâs book before agreeing to write this review. Both are SAH members. T he âStudebakerâ portion of the title refers to the decision process and subsequent corporate cost-cutting activities (November 1963 to March 1966) used to justify the continuance or discontinuance of Studebaker automobile production in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The âByers A. Burlingameâ portion of the title refers to the CEO and President, Studebaker Cor- poration, who setup the executive decision- making criteria (breakeven or better perfor-mance) and eventually made the historic decision to stop production permanently. With the end of its automobile production in March 1966, Studebakerâs 114-year legacy as a builder of reliable transportation and conveyance vehicles (horse-drawn wagons to Gran Tourismo Hawks and baby-blue, 2-door Daytona convertibles) ended.  The pace-setting 1962 Studebaker Avanti sports car designed by Raymond Loewy for Sherwood H. Egbert, Studebaker CEO and President (Jan 1961 to Nov 1963), was going to turn around Studebakerâs for– tunes and set the world on ï¬Â re. This is what Loewyâs 1947 and 1953 Studebaker designs had been expected to accomplish. According to Ebert, when Burlingame assumed his new leadership position, board meeting notes […]
[…] e n gin e i n co rp ora te d i n t h e back axle , so eith er th is w as an exam ple o f a fo ur c ylin der r o ad ste r o r sim ply sh ow in g th e p art […]
[…] intervi ews with virtua lly eve ryone in vo l ved, int ern al comp a ny documentation (m e mo s, deve lo pm e nt test re p o rt s, race re po rts}, previo usly unpub lish ed phot ograp hs, and cont e mp ora ry press coverage. In […]
[…] Gosden contributed a copy of an item in the February 1914 issue of Cyclecar & Motorette which states that the Valley Boat & Engine Company was road- testing a cyclecar ofits own which would probably be named the Faultless, a name applied to Valley’s line of motor boats. This car does not appear to […]
[…] ce is used Instead ). Do not use fancy Inden tin g ol paragraphs or sentence s unless it is for a quoted excerpt To cut typesetting costs, we pr efe r t o use as uncomplicated a layout as possi ble. Please sp e ll correc tly . This Is especially Imp ortan […]
[…] e ch niq ue o f g ettin g as clo se to th e prim ary so urc es as possib le th ro u gh exam in atio n o f p ub lis h ed c o nte m pora ry n ew s a n d s im i«” la […]
[…] SAH Journal ⢠July / August 2015 11 were the feature race (the course was limited to 2000cc), it also featured the Class F Modi- ï¬Â ed cars which included a Porsche Spyder, the Lester MG, a pair of Siatas and a heavily modi- ï¬Â ed MG TC. The start-ï¬Â nish line was located halfway down Main Street, just across from a favorite establishment, the Round House Bar.  When I showed up to enter, I drew some smiles and comments, especially from the Tri- umph TR crowd. Not only was there never a Morgan to win at Put-in-Bayâ¦Â none had ever ï¬Â nished. The reason?âit seems that near the end of the Cooper Straight, just before turning right back onto Main Street, an old section of concrete roadway had âheavedâ as a result of winter freezing, which launched the faster cars for a distance of 20 to 40 feet in the air. In previous years a couple of Morgans had experienced their battery crashing through the wooden ï¬Â oor where it lived, ending their efforts. As a result, I went over and tightened down everything I could think of.  The race was 12 laps around the 3.1 mile course, starting with a rolling start halfway down Main Street. You turned right near the end of Main Street, then had a short run untill you hit a half right onto what was called the Airport Straight. It was about a mile long and did go past the airï¬Â eld.  I need to digress. There were two ways to get to South Bass Island. First, by ferry boat. But, if you didnât have a vehicle, you could ï¬Â y in on an honest- to-God original Ford Tri-Motor transport. I recall at one point during the race a Ford Tri-motor was coming in on ï¬Â nal approach on the runway next to the road. I have no idea what the landing speed was of the plane, but I passed him and left him behind. My Morgan had a top speed of about 105mph, so it had to be landing at much less. […]
[…] or window. To find an issues of interest, you can browse the SAHJ subject index as well as the SAH table of contents index. You can also search the contents of both the SAH Journal and the Automotive History Review by using the search box below. Go to the Links for Back Issues Recent […]
[…] and flea market par excellence, which begins the next day, February 11 and continues through Sunday, February 20 at the Porte de Versailles. Once again, the all-inclusive cost of dinner is 455FF. The Society is grateful to Laurent Friry who has seen to all the details. If you plan to come, please send a […]
[…] OCTOBER 2019 ISSUE 300 SAH Journal 1 R 6 H S W H P E H U 2 F W R E H U 2 Contents PRESIDENTâS PERSPECTIVE THE ANNUAL SAH AWARDS PRESENTATION, HERSHEY, PA ON THE ORANGE FIELD YOUR NEW ESSEX IS HERE! BOOK REVIEWS THE SAH AT 50: ONE PERSPECTIVE SAH Journal ISSUE 300 ⢠SEPTEMBER /O CTOBER 2019 3 4 6 10 12 15 12/12/14/16/18/110/1 Jan/Feb Mar/AprMay/JunJul/AugSep/OctNov/Dec 1/31 3/315/317/319/3011/30 […]
[…] chassis,buthad aplainer bodywith bench-type frontseat,andwas priced at$1085. Obviously, it was Barley’s bidforbusiness inalower pricecategory. The old Halladay linehad included amodel inthis price class, as well asalarger andmore costly model thaneither ofthese new ones, theModel 0, which wascontinued. TheRoamer became Barley’s bidtotake hiscompany intotheranks ofthe nationally knownautomobile manufacturers. The Roamer seemstohave been inspired byameeting in […]
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