Dream cars and dreams of cars
Duesenberg Model J
The Best of America’s Best “Fred Duesenberg’s brain and E.L. Cord’s money produced what they-and many others-called with no exaggeration “the world’s finest motor car”” Richard M. Langworth in The Great American Convertible Although the name sounds German, the...
1957 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible
Fins, Chrome and American Luxury “If you want this kind of automotive classic, you better have a garage that can house a boat, because this car will not just make space in your heart, it also needs a lot of space to be housed.” - Arun Signh Pundir The 1950s were...
The Birth of General Motors & William C. Durant
An American Story of Ambition “The story of General Motors is one of rising, falling — and rising again.” - Matthew DeBord for the Business Insider General Motors (GM) is one of the world’s largest car producers today. It is easy to forget that before it reached this...
1929 Cord L-29
The First Front-Wheel-Drive “The 1929 Cord L-29 owner's manual contains the declaration that, "This car is not an experiment. In drawing the burden instead of pushing it, it simply reverts to the natural method of moving a wheeled conveyance."” -Kurt Ernst for...
Tires
When Changing a Flat is Better than Changing the Whole Wheel “Until the twenties the flat tire remained the heaviest cross motorists had to bear.” - Stephen W. Sears With the mastery of fire, the invention of the wheel is one of the most revolutionary inventions. The...
1912 Minerva Type GG Torpedo by Vanden Plas
A Regal Automotive Heritage “Its history is a clear proof of the innate love of Belgian people for high-quality mechanical achievements” Ralph Stein in The Automobile Book Once, Minerva was the preferred car of Kings and Queens, rivaling today's supercars in...
Car Collecting Hobby Explained
Beyond Investment and Aesthetics “Car collecting is not about cars but about people.” - Robert C. Yeager in The Next Gen Guide to Car Collecting According to the author of The NextGen Guide to Car Collecting, Robert Yeager, humans tend to collect things. Be it...