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[…] at 54 Willian Way, Letchworth , Hertf o rdshir e SG6 2HL ENGLAND . SAH Journal No . 134 CARD PENS NEW SHIRE ALBUM Th e la test a utom ot ive titles in the Shir e Album serie s are M oto r-ca r Mascots and Bad ges by U K Chapt er […]
[…] at 54 Willian Way, Letchworth , Hertf o rdshir e SG6 2HL ENGLAND . SAH Journal No . 134 CARD PENS NEW SHIRE ALBUM Th e la test a utom ot ive titles in the Shir e Album serie s are M oto r-ca r Mascots and Bad ges by U K Chapt er […]
[…] 1922 edition of EL AUTOMÓVIL AMERICANO reported (translated): “It was a Studebaker ‘Light-Six’ model that established the best average for six-cylinder cars in the Fuel Consumption Con test, conducted by the Royal Automobile Club of Queensland, Australia. The average performance was: 12.2 kilometers per liter!” It’s interesting to note that this publication’s “Director” was […]
[…] issue , on page s 150 and 151 was “Mail for McCahill ,” with his likeness at the top of the page and this macabre notation: ” Answers to most interesting letters are prepared by Tom McCahill Reports, Inc.” PUBLIC SAFETY VEIDCLES by Kevin P. Murphy Ever since the first automobile was used to […]
[…] Paul Lashbrook, we offere d juice a nd soda to wash down pretze l s, candies and other snacks while talking about eac h oth er’s la test research, discoveries and s und ry information . About noon on Thursda y it b ega n to sprinkle a nd within a few hour s […]
[…] Voiturettes. The Delage type Y won the French Grand Prix in 1913 and to top it off won the 1914 Indianapolis 500 making for Rene ThomasÔÇÖ grea test win as a driver. Delage was the result of nearly 40 years in collecting pictures, archives, and research into the period press aimed at paying tribute […]
[…] foreground isacompleted Oldsmobile producedinthis plant, while behind itare seven others invarious stagesofcompletion. Thecaratthe right doesnotappear tobe an Oldsmobile ofany known variety. Photo from theFlummerfelt Collection,St.Catharines HistoricalMuseum. Engine testingroomwhere theengines appeartohave beenrunwhile at- tached tothe assembly standandthen installed inthe chassis inthe same room. Thecomplete chassiswithengine appears tobe that ofarunabout rather thanatonneau. PhotofromtheFlummerfelt Collection,St. Catharines HistoricalMuseum. […]
[…] Mansfield, vice president, and G. H. Townsend as secretary. In June of 1909 they showed a proto type Moreland roadster to the press. It had been undergoing testing “for several months.” Its engine was a water-cooled four of lrhead design, with its 4~ by 5*-inch cylinders cast in pairs. Much of the intake manifolding […]
[…] NNUAL SAH ASAH A WARDSWARDS SAH Journal No. 312 • September / October 2021 5 grant black Americans that most basic American rite, the family vacation. As Sorin demonstrates, black travel guides and black-only businesses encour- aged a new way of resisting oppression. Black Americans could be confident of finding welcoming establishments as they traveled for vacation or for business. Civil Rights workers learned where to stay and where to eat in the South between marches and pro tests. As Driving While Black reminds us, the Civil Rights Movement was just that—a movement of black people and their al- lies in defi ance of local law and custom. At the same time, she shows that the car, despite the freedoms it offered, brought black people up against new challenges, from segregated ambulance services to unwarranted traffi c stops, and the racist violence that too often followed. Inter- woven with Sorin’s own family history and enhanced by dozens of little known images, Driving While Black charts how the automobile fundamentally reshaped African American life, and opens up an entirely new view onto one of the most important issues of our time. —Edward Garten NJCA: Language other than English: Dansk Bilproduktion by Erich Karsholt, […]
[…] have now been published. This page contains a rudimentary table of content for every issue of the Journal from 1969 to 2013, with links to the corresponding pdf. You can get a sense of the topics covered in the Journal by scrolling down the page. You can use browser search (Control-F) to find topics […]
[…] an old SAH feature, the member survey, in this issue. He hopes to hear from a very high percentage of you on your ideas about America’s grea test automotive figure. Sam, in addition to being a professional print journalist, is also conversant with the new technologies, and I believe his ex pertise will be […]
[…] have now been published. This page contains a rudimentary table of content for every issue of the Journal from 1969 to 2013, with links to the corresponding pdf. You can get a sense of the topics covered in the Journal by scrolling down the page. You can use browser search (Control-F) to find topics […]
[…] S. Wilson asked if portions of the Dunwoodie col- lection could be digitized. K. Foster replied that the collection is photocopies of published items, which raises questions about the public domain. A. Jones mentioned some of the items are of poor quality and may not digitize well. J. Heitmann stated the question […]
[…] were at least two. SAH Journal No. 308 • January / February 2021 7 Versare double-tandem, gas-electric truck. According to research published by the Motor Bus Society, the Versare Corporation of Watervliet, New York, built this prototype in 1926 using tandem units with electric drive in the rear axle of each tandem. “The Versare Corporation was basically a motor bus builder but is believed to have built three prototype heavy-duty trucks with various wheel arrangements. The one in the photo is believed to be carrying Eaton axles. It was later sent to the Army Ordnance Department at Fort Holabird, for testing. Apparently, none of these prototypes resulted in any produc- tion models and the fi rm basically ceased operations by 1929.” —Kit Foster Rubber-tired, steering rail-type trucks allowed maneuvering on city streets.Rubber-tired, steering rail-type trucks allowed maneuvering on city streets. As seen in As seen […]
[…] intogetting the damaged Whitleysbackintotheairasquickly aswe could. We were responsible notonly forrepairing them,butalso for getting themflight tested and,forthis purpose, weused a nearby airfield whichhadbeen commandeered forus. One ofthe questions Ihave been asked many timesis, “Why didwechoose thename ‘Jaguar’?” Fall 1985 William Lyons(S.S.Jaguar 100)about towin andmake the best laptime ofthe day inthe “trade” raceatthe S.S. Car […]
[…] were foundries and machine shops. The fust Hanomag steam locomotive was made in 1846 and gas engine production was taken up in 1877. In 1880, Hanomag was testing an internal combustion engine in a small locomotive. Hanomag’s wealth, however , was based on the steam locomotive with the Meyer-type engine since 1861, the Mallet-type […]
[…] nominations should be submitted to: Patricia E. Chapp e ll, Chair 215 Peirce Road Deerhurst Wilmington, DE 19803 USA SILENT AUCTION BENEFITS SOCIETY Ninety seven bidders con tested for the 4521ots offered in the Society ‘s 1993 silent auction of automotive books, literatur e, and automobilia. Auction chair Karl Zahm reports that the event […]
[…] an engine we could finish the car. When it was done we drove it to the freight depot for shipment to Chicago. This was the only road test these cars got. If they made it to the station they were considered o.k. These were Bour-Davis cars – not Shad-Wycks. There was a lot of […]
[…] Norman, OK 97cprice@gmail.com Matt & Nancy Oleksiak (4783) Oakton, VA molekappraisal@outlook.com SAH Journal No. 303 • March / April 2020 4 DUESENBERG DAYSDUESENBERG DAYS T heir name became synonymous with over-the-top elegance and performance, but these two brothers, raised on a midwestern farm, took on the racing world with little more than their own ambition and “can-do” ingenuity. In the period of their grea test success they were perpetually just scraping by, always nearly out of time and money. In the slang of the day, a “Duesenberg hose clamp” was a scrap of baling wire, and a “Duesenberg day” meant working 18 hours straight. Fred and Augie Duesenberg immigrated to Iowa from Germany in 1885 at ages 8 and 5. At age 17, Fred began working for a farm implement dealer, where he showed great aptitude and began his mechanical education. His younger brother soon followed him, and as things progressed they built and raced bicycles and started to dream about the new age of automobiles, developing their fi rst gasoline engine around 1900. Fred worked for the Rambler Motor Car Company in Kenosha, Wisconsin, for a few years and they both worked for the Mason Motor Car Company, where they fi rst the company’s racing cars, before striking out on their own. Eddie Rickenbacker was one of their early drivers. He reported in his autobiography that when he began working with them in 1913 the Duesenbergs had only “seven silver dollars and one cat.” He continued: “At Sioux City we were so broke that I could not garage the cars but kept them under the grandstand. The crew slept on cots in a little adjoining room and ate on credit at a nearby greasy spoon. I talked a local farmer into giving me room and board for $2.50 a week, also on credit. After we won the $10,000 fi rst prize, I told him, we’d have plenty of money.” 1 […]
[…] at 3:00 in the morning where they were to be reviewed by Ford, but then later turned over to Packard for manufacture.  Most of the prior appraisals of Olleyâs careerâlong work, ï¬Â rst with RollsâRoyce, and then later his years with General Motors have consisted of explications of and appreciation for Olleyâs technical contributions which, without question, became the foundation for all future studies of chassis design and handling characteristics. Accordingly, little attention seems to have been given to Olley the man, a quiet automotive pioneer who didnât get a lot of publicity and indeed largely shunned the spotlight during his career. Seemingly little atâ tention has been given to the man who declared that âPrediction of future trends is dangerous ground because engineering is an art.â And little attention still has been given to his view that while we now know more about vehicle dynamics ââ¦the missing link in studies of handling is lack of understanding of the driver.â  Several questions arose in this reviewerâs mind including, in the context of the history of automotive engineering, the questions of A SPECIAL PRE-PUBLICATION PRICE FOR SAH MEMBERS: $65 (THE PUBLICATION PRICE WILL BE $75) AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT IN LATER JUNE. SAH Journal ⢠May […]
[…] Mans on Saturday, February llth, taking the TGV from the continued on pag e 15 Some Observations on the Health of the Hobby jim Crabtree raised valid questions about the future of car clubs and automotive history research in “Writing the History of Our H obby” in issue 218. Attracting younger members is going […]
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