CITY CAR (Jan, 1969)
CITY CAR built in England by former RAF pilot Mike Forrest is only 6 ft. long, has a tiller instead of a steering wheel, grip-type throttle and brakes; 750cc engine gives it 40-50 mpg and a top speed of 50.
May 6, 2011
I Risk My Neck For A Thrill (Nov, 1938)
I Risk My Neck For A Thrill
by Al (Flash) Williams
Twelve years as a thrill driver hasn’t dimmed the daredevil spirit of Flash Williams, (left) America’s ace stunt man who tells what it’s like to crash a speeding car or plane.
HOW would you like to drive an automobile through a burning house? Or sit at the wheel while your car, traveling at 75 miles an hour hits another auto going at the same speed, in a head-on collision? Or maybe, if this sounds too tame and unexciting, you would prefer to drive at terrific speed over a raised platform and then hurtle through the air for a distance of 65 feet. Read the rest of this entry »
Airplane versus Automobile (Apr, 1931)
Then the interstate highway system came a long and changed the game, then commercial air travel did it again.
I have to admit that when i read the headline I was hoping more for something like this.
Airplane versus Automobile
By Major H.H. Arnold
U.S. Army Air Corps This month Major Arnold compares the privately owned sport plane with the automobile as a means of long distance transportation for pleasure and business. No comparison has been made on short trips, where, of course, the auto is supreme.
NOW that the airplane has taken its place along with the automobile as an accepted means of transportation, it is not amiss to see just what we can expect from it in so far as service is concerned. Read the rest of this entry »
May 5, 2011
Novel Ways of Getting There (Oct, 1930)
Novel Ways of Getting There
THE wheels of progress turn ever forward, but every now and then they get an added, if somewhat novel, boost from some hitherto unknown genius who labors in his back yard to make the wheels move for himself, and for himself alone.
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May 2, 2011
You may have to wait for this, but… (Feb, 1957)
The future looks like the present, only more so.
You may have to wait for this, but… right now you can enjoy that “New Car Feel”
Install 2-in-1 Chrome Piston Rings
While you’re waiting for your “dream car” there’s no need to put up with sluggish performance in the car you’re now driving. Your Doctor
of Motors—your skilled mechanic— knows how to restore the responsive power of your car’s engine and to bring back that satisfying “New Car Feel.”
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April 29, 2011
Tripod Jack for cars is advertised (Apr, 1951)
Booth girls’ costumes have gotten a lot skimpier since the fifties, though I suppose this outfit wouldn’t look that out of place at a Japanese gaming con.
Tripod Jack for cars is advertised
to be foolproof and upset-proof, and can be manipulated by even the daintiest of females as the photo clearly shows. It was shown at the Automotive Industries Show in Chicago. It is the bumper type, screw -driven. Vulcan Mfg., Winona, Minn.
April 28, 2011
New FM Auto Radio (Jun, 1960)
New FM Auto Radio
OUR recent survey “FM Radios for Your Car” (December 1959) contained several reports from leading auto radio makers which stated flatly they had no plans for marketing an FM auto radio. Motorola was one of them. In spite of their former stand—or perhaps because of our article—Motorola is now mass producing the FM-900, a mobile radio that tunes 88-108 mc. Read the rest of this entry »
April 25, 2011
Tractor Wheels Will Adjust Themselves on Side of Hill (Mar, 1930)
Tractor Wheels Will Adjust Themselves on Side of Hill
A NEW tractor has been built so that the wheels will adjust themselves to the side of a hill. There is gearing for raised and dropped axles so that either the right wheel or left will automatically raise itself in accordance with the steepness of the incline. Read the rest of this entry »
April 14, 2011
35 YEARS OF Sports Cars (Oct, 1954)
35 YEARS OF Sports Cars
Here is an over-all view of some of the cars on display in the Henry Ford Museum during the recent Sports Cars Unlimited show. In the foreground is a 1952 Ferrari 212 worth $13,000.
One-of-a-kind Vega, made by Vince Gardner. Detroit. is Ford V-8 60-powered. will hit 100 mph.
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April 12, 2011
Speedlining Car Models (Jan, 1934)
Speedlining Car Models
IN the old days, it was supposed that a sharp-pointed object—like a bullet—encountered least resistance in passing through any medium, solid, liquid or gas. The cigar-shape was then the ideal for speed in a balloon, a boat, or a racing car. However, science finally demonstrated that a body with a blunt prow and a long, gently tapering stern is capable of travelling most rapidly and with the least power. Read the rest of this entry »
April 11, 2011
THIS BOAT IS A CAR! (Jul, 1960)
THIS BOAT IS A CAR!
IT’S a boat! It’s a car! It does everything but fly! In fact, it’s Amphicar, a West German import that looks like a jazzy convertible and, when driven off the road into a lake or river, becomes an efficient motorboat.
The car’s water-tight body is 15-1/2 ft. long, has a wheelbase of 80 in. and weighs 1,738 lbs. Fuel consumption is said to be 32 mpg on land and two gallons per hour on the water. The Austin four-cylinder engine is water-cooled.
For on-water drive, a switch lever operates two stern propellers at forward or reverse speed.
Recommended for fishermen and outdoor sportsmen, the Amphicar will sell in the U. S. for under $3,000. •
April 1, 2011
SOME PEOPLE DO THE DOGGONEDEST THINGS (May, 1954)
SOME PEOPLE DO THE DOGGONEDEST THINGS
The discipline and literal-mindedness of the Germans help make them both the most immaculate of craftsmen and the most laborious of humorists. These two aspects of the German spirit were caught in one inspired outburst by the man who thought up the contrivance above. Read the rest of this entry »
