What to Drive in the 1920s? “The parties were bigger, the pace was faster, the buildings were higher, and the morals were looser”. No writer has ever so succinctly captured the 1920s’ zeitgeist as did the American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald.” - Ching Yee Lin for The...
The How, Where and Why of Early Car Racing “Racing is the soul and maybe even the starting point of the auto industry.” - Mark Hames, “Why racing matters,” in Automotive News Many have remarked that car racing was born as soon as there were two automobiles to...
The Man Behind Jaguar “Until his retirement he was Jaguar.” - Roger Hicks in Jaguar When we think of great cars that can clearly be traced back to one person, early Jaguars and Sir William Lyons come to mind. Jaguars are known to be both great looking and...
Someone that Ought to be Remembered “It doesn't cost as much to have the work done right the first time as it does to have it done poorly and then hire a number of men to make it right afterward” - Henry Leland as reported in The Automobile in America One would ask...
The Ups and Downs of Dream Cars I read somewhere that the cars we value the most are the ones that made us dream when we were kids. This would explain some people’s obsession with supercars, while older generations venerate Classics. It is very rare today to find...
The American Dream To me, Errett Lobban Cord is a fascinating character in automobile history. I would describe him as the typical American Dream archetype of the Roaring Twenties. E. L. Cord started from nothing and, using his smarts and ambition, built an empire...
From Drama to Success “A car for every purse and every purpose” - Chevrolet motto You might wonder why bother to talk about Chevrolet on an antique car blog? We see them everyday, they’re not that special. Actually, Chevrolet is a brand that has been around for...