Hemmings Daily: Detroit investigated turbine technology for cars well beyond the Sixties

Detroit investigated turbine technology for cars well beyond the Sixties In January 1966, Chrysler collected the 55 Ghia-bodied turbine-powered cars it had lent out to the general public over the prior couple years; sometime after mid-April of that year, it then destroyed all but nine of the cars. To even casual auto enthusiasts, that seemed to mark the end of Detroit's fling with turbine engines […] Lees verder What was perhaps the longest family road trip in a 2CV might very well have saved their lives "Are we there yet?" for 20,000 miles. Lees verder Hemmings Find of the Day: 1949 International KB-5 Older restoration 1949 International KB-5 for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: The "49er" was originally a delivery truck for Lawrence "Lum" Wanderer's fuel, oil and coal business in Hamilton, Montana. The truck was used for delivering coal in Hamilton and around the Bitterroot Valley. Fred T. Parker purchased the truck in the late […] Lees verder Palo Alto, California, 1990s Date: circa 1990s Location: Stanford University, Palo Alto, California Source: Stanford Libraries What do you see here? Lees verder Which wore the 10-wheel big-engine tire-testing configuration better? Citroen or Cadillac? Technical solutions often appear that only make sense in certain windows of time. Take, for instance, the fax machine, relevant until suddenly everybody had email. Tire testing apparently also had a need for ever more complex solutions in the 1970s, which is why, in a short window of time, two different 10-wheel mobile tire testing […] Lees verder Four-Links – why school buses are yellow, Pacific Bus Museum, Eleanor Blevins, Boston's Automobile Row Ever wonder how school buses almost universally came to wear not just yellow but a specific shade of yellow? Smithsonian Magazine dug up the answer, which has less to do with caprice and more to do with actual science. Speaking at a luncheon commemorating the 50th anniversary of the 1939 school-bus conference, Cyr recalled that […] Lees verder Hemmings Find of the Day – 1966 Dodge Coronet Hemi-powered 1966 Dodge Coronet for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: 4 door FBI Hemi clone covered in patina, completed in December 2016 and less than 2600 miles on it. This car was built to run the Great Race. It just completed Riverside, Ca. to Tacoma, Wa. with no problems. The crowds loved it […] Lees verder