Sept. 9, 1935 – Studebaker ships its first order of cars (163) exports to New York via the Pennsylvanian RR, final destination? London, England.
Sept 10, 1942 – Gas rationing began to help the war effort.
Three year and three days later, Sept. 13, 1945 Pontiac started making cars again after WWII.
Then on Sept 14, 1899, Henry H. Bliss was the first individual to be killed in a car accident. He stepped from street car (trolley) and was struck by an electric taxi and died of his injuries the next morning.
September 15, 1881 in Milan, Italy, Ettore Bugatti was born.
Back by popular demand (Ok, not really, I just like doing them.)
But I’m going to add a give-away on the end of each one.
On Aug 14 in 1877, Nicholas Otto gets a patented for his 4 cycle combustion engine.
From the ZweiRad Museum Otto’s 4 cycle engine.
On the same day Paris, France creates the first every license plate in 1893. Or was it? Sources agree that it in fact Paris, France but the date isn’t clear as some sources say it was Leon Serpollet of Paris, France, who obtained the first license plate in 1889.
A sad note on the very next day (Aug 15) in 1956 an early car manufacture ceased production. Packard closed its doors.
It was a Packard Caribbean
In 1984 on Aug 16, John DeLorean was acquitted of cocaine charges stemming from an alleged deal to help raise funds for the car company. He worked at Chrysler, Packard, GM (responsible for the GTO) and then his company producing the now famous Delorean DMC-12.
Back to the Future.The company still exist – original parts were purchased and now lives in Humble, Tx. Find them here on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/deloreanmotorcompany
Finally, in 1905 on Aug 18, Cadillac got it’s crest trademarked.
Caddy Crest Chart from http://www.cartype.com/pages/1051/cadillac
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This month:
1/32 scale 1969 Dodge Coronet Super Bee (new in the box)
I remember when I was a kid, spending hours (when I should have been wet sanding primer or masking off a car) while working in my Dad’s body shop looking at the Chilton’s and other repair books, memorizing the front and rear configurations of each car – mostly the late 50’s and all of the 60’s. In the early 70’s there were still plenty of the old ones around – especially in the depressed economies of up-state New York. If they weren’t driving around you still saw them in the garages or on blocks in the backyards for sure, and often at the local stock car track. It was always fun to be able to pick them out and know the model and year.
Still I run across one or two models that I never knew existed. Even today with all the reading and all the online data, I don’t think I ever ran across a Hudson pickup truck. Sure I’ve seen (and love) the Hornets and the Wasps, but a pickup?
Sure enough after reading the Aug ’12 issue of Hemming Classic Car there is a mention in an article (about a guy who ‘hoards” Hudson ) of a 1946 Hudson Carrier pickup (don’t know way the didn’t bother to show the a picture – seems it ought to be rare enough).
So here are a couple of pics and some specs. I have never actually seen one in person.
1946 Hudson Carrier Pickup
They came configure like this:
212 CC L-Head Inline 6-Cylinder Engine
Carter 2-Barrel Carburetor
102 BHP at 4,000 RPM
3-Speed Manual Gearbox with Column Shifter
4-Wheel Hydraulic Drum Brakes
Front Independent Suspension with Coil Springs
Semi-Floating Rear Axle
They have great lines, for a pickup!
I’d love to see one in person and take it for a quick spin.
As I’m sure you’ve heard or witnessed first-hand, Hurricane Irene threw her wrath against the eastern seaboard with initial landfall in North Carolina as a Category 1. Although predicted to be a Category 3 at landfall, this storm was still nothing less than a monster. This major hurricane realeased havoc from Myrtle Beach up to Maine as it churned along leaving major paths of destruction behind and massive amounts of rainfall. Power outages became widespread up the east coast, (includes my family in Pennsylvania at this current moment). Streams and creeks became raging rivers taking out roads, bridges, one being a 156-year-old hand-hewn bridge in upstate New York. It destroyed houses and stranded people in or away from their homes. Evacuated people are now stranded wondering the fate of their homes and personal belongings. Washed-out roads and bridges have left complete towns stranded without a way to get to or out like these towns in Vermont that have over 260 roads closed.
This storm has caused massive destruction and that has effected some of our own Mustang enthusiasts. Member, RobTRoma from PA, joked about getting a photo of his car next to a hurricane in our Mustang game thread. Featured above, what looks like a very nice ROUSH S-197 Mustang is sinking in a Subway parking lot in North Carolina during Irene’s throw-down. It almost has an ambience of Jaws coming out of the water before Roy Sheider exploded it.
