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Showing posts with label Packard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Packard. Show all posts
Friday, August 19, 2011
the 1903 Packard Gray Wolf, because extraordinary race cars that achieve land speed records were named and famous, once upon a time
0 comments Posted by st at 9:24 PMphotos from http://theoldmotor.com/
read about (and see a gallery of the modern recreation of the race car that broke Wintons land speed record for the 5 mile course at Daytona Beach at http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/z15142/Packard-Model-K-S-Gray-Wolf.aspx
Labels: Factory race car, LSR, Packard, Packard Gray Wolf, racing. LSR
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Coincidentally http://theoldmotor.com/ just posted about the 1904 Gordon Bennett Napier racecar at http://theoldmotor.com/?p=26434
and also filled us in on the background of the GB Cup Race: James Gordon Bennett, the wealthy owner of the New York Herald newspaper in 1900 organized a race between teams, each representing their national automobile club. This for several years was the most important race of the year. The race was driven on public roads in the country of the previous winner. In 1902 the Gordon Bennett Trophy won by a British Napier. Auto Racing was not allowed on public roads in Great Britain, and the 1903 race was held in Ireland. Napier’s cars were painted green for this race, the national color of Ireland, in honor of the host country. Napier was as a result the first car that was painted in what we now refer to as “British Racing Green”.
found on http://books.google.com/books?id=zHnVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA544&dq=belgian++pipe&hl=en&ei=PchGTpqyGMapsAKPnrSSCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-thumbnail&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6wEwAA#v=onepage&q=belgian%20%20pipe&f=false
and also filled us in on the background of the GB Cup Race: James Gordon Bennett, the wealthy owner of the New York Herald newspaper in 1900 organized a race between teams, each representing their national automobile club. This for several years was the most important race of the year. The race was driven on public roads in the country of the previous winner. In 1902 the Gordon Bennett Trophy won by a British Napier. Auto Racing was not allowed on public roads in Great Britain, and the 1903 race was held in Ireland. Napier’s cars were painted green for this race, the national color of Ireland, in honor of the host country. Napier was as a result the first car that was painted in what we now refer to as “British Racing Green”.
found on http://books.google.com/books?id=zHnVAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA544&dq=belgian++pipe&hl=en&ei=PchGTpqyGMapsAKPnrSSCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-thumbnail&resnum=1&ved=0CCsQ6wEwAA#v=onepage&q=belgian%20%20pipe&f=false
Labels: brass era, Gordon Bennett Cup race, Packard, Packard Gray Wolf, racing
Thursday, August 11, 2011
I missed noting on this photo what this car is. But Greg identified it as a 'Duesenberg Model J'
Billie Burke in San Francisco's Presidio Park drving her Studebaker
Century
Dodge... with a chauffer? In a Dodge? Really?
Henry Ford in his first automobile
Franklin
1927 Holland Tunnel in New York
New York hot dog stand 1935 in Manhattan
a safety idea that didn't stick
1909 flight of the Wright brothers... but look at the elegant horse carriage
Lady Astor, a parliament member in England and her Terraplane
a Packard 12, 7 passenger limo
Panhard and Levassor
Regal
This Supercharged Graham 120 won over 4 other v8 autos in a contest to win the favor of this fire dept chief
REO Flying Cloud
The first Oldsmobile, 1896
A Winton stripped down for racing
all found while browsing through http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/
Labels: airplane, Dodge, Franklin, Graham, Henry Ford, Icons, law enforcement, Oldsmobile, Packard, Panhard, police, Regal, REO, studebaker, Terraplane, Winton
Variety of car catalog photo from the 1930's.. these weren't very expensive cars, but were very classy looking
0 comments Posted by st at 2:22 PM 32 Plymouth
33 Buick
37 Chevy taxi
37 Cord Phaeton Sedan
37 Westchester sedan
37 Graham
found on http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/
Sunday, August 7, 2011
A couple stand outs at todays annual National City Auto Heritage day at Kimball Park
0 comments Posted by st at 3:27 PMFor a full gallery of this 1929 Graham Paige Sound Train movie promoting vehicle from last years Speedfest: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/09/san-diego-1929-graham-paige-sound-train.html
Labels: Indian, Packard, sidecars, Sound Train, Station Wagon, Triumph
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