Automotive News, Reviews, and History
If there is one thing I took away from my 4 (ish) years getting a History degree, it is that it doesn’t take long for Humans to get riled up: … Continue Reading History Hits: Simms Motor War Car; the First Car for War
While many of us have been subjected to the purgatory that is James Cameron’s 1997 dramatic recreation of the RMS Titanic sinking and disaster, I will be the first to … Continue Reading History Hits: The Car(s?) of The Titanic
While I love cars, as a child of divorced parents with shared custody and a three-hour car ride between them, I will be the first to admit that nothing can … Continue Reading History Hits: First In-Car Video Entertainment
Summer is winding down, fall is starting, and it’s the time of year to look back at the adventures we have had this past season. Unless you have a very … Continue Reading History Hits: Henry Ford and the Vagabonds
Usually, the weight of your vehicle is only a bragging point if you are light, or lighter than normal. After all, removing weight is one of the easiest ways to … Continue Reading History Hits: Heaviest Production Passenger Vehicles
For a website called TheSpeedTrap, it took me a shamefully long time to think of today’s article idea: How did law enforcement officers enforce speed limits before the advent of … Continue Reading History Hits: Pre-Radar Speed Enforcement
A few weeks ago, I wrote an article on early gauge technology in automobiles; it was simple to say the least. This week, I am again looking at the history … Continue Reading History Hits: Forgotten Technology—Early Fuel Measurement
Last week, I wrote about a car that I heard briefly mentioned during an unrelated show of Jay Leno’s Garage, and this week’s car has a similar origin story, although … Continue Reading History Hits: Gardner-Serpollet Steam Cars
When I was younger, I spent a lot of my time watching the same movies and shows repeatedly; there was no internet beyond the hoarded free AOL minutes from K-Mart … Continue Reading History Hits: George Barris, King of Kustoms
Recently, I turned 24, and the feeling of growing older as I am leaving my early 20’s and entering my mid-20’s was slammed home when I was ordering the replacement … Continue Reading History Hits: Forgotten Technology—Moto-Meter
Henry Ford is associated with a lot of things, most famously modernizing the production of the automobile by using a cost-saving assembly line process and bringing motorized transportation to the … Continue Reading History Hits: Henry Ford and the BBQ Briquette
Over the past month, I have been going region-to-region, starting in the Japan and headed West, picking my dream ‘classic car’, with the term ‘classic’ encompassing anything 25 years or … Continue Reading History Hits Dream Car Edition: 1984 Tatra 613-2
At the beginning of my four-week ‘Dream Car’ edition of History Hits, I laid down the rule that any car I picked had to be 25 years or older; essentially … Continue Reading History Hits Dream Car Edition: 1998 Aston Martin Vantage V600
Last week, I delved into my dream classic car from the Japanese market, the 1971 ‘Hakosuka’ GT-R from Nissan. Continuing into week two of my four-week dream car History Hits … Continue Reading History Hits Dream Car Edition: 1955 Chevrolet Nomad
Over the next four weeks, Monday’s History Hits will be transformed into a mini-series detailing some of the cars I most desire. Dubbed the “History Hits: Dream Car Edition”, the … Continue Reading History Hits Dream Car Edition: 1971 Nissan Skyline GT-R ‘Hakosuka’
Money, food, fun. In America, we love all of that, just like the rest of the world. Perhaps a bit more than the rest of the world, however, we tend … Continue Reading History Hits: Twin Engine Heroes
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