One-way ride: The murder of Billy Bate

Editor’s note: In recent conversations with crime writer Rose Keefe, we learned that in 2008 she’d researched the murder of Billy Bate, the first man believed to have been murdered in an automobile. She has generously allowed us to share that story, taken from her pamphlet “The Bate Auto Murder.” In 1904, Americans regarded the […]

The TriVan re-revisited

Since the last time we’ve discussed the TriVan – way back in January 2007 – we’ve been in touch with Bill Fidler of Reading, Pennsylvania, who may be the world’s biggest fan of the diminutive three-wheeler from Frackville, Pennsylvania. Bill now has three of them in his possession, including the one that initiated our interest […]

Keep repeating: This isn’t real

We got some feedback from Hemmings Nation citizen Paul Meyer, who wanted to let us know how much he enjoyed the recent Hemmings Classic Car profile of Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum curator Matt Short. Did he ever. Read on. What you’re looking at is the recently completed 1/6th scale model of a 1932 Duesenberg SJ phaeton as […]