Whitey Thuesen and the Crosley V-8

Photo courtesy Ron Cummings Ever since the mention of a mysterious Crosley V-8 engine a few years ago sent me off in search of the elusive wee beast, I’ve come up with information on exactly one such configured Crosley-based engine, and it wasn’t the one I’ve been looking for. Then, a few months ago, Ron […]

SIA Flashback – Dollars at Your Doorstep

There’s quite possibly a fascinating treatise to be written on the implications of a mobile banking facility: the use of technology, in this case the automobile, to overcome a societal need; or perhaps the fluidity and expansion of commerce in the early decades of the 20th Century. However, these do nothing to make the idea […]

Social Networking With Your Off-Road Heroes

Recently, a brief discussion in the HMN editorial bullpen touched on that social networking nuisance, Facebook, and our various curmudgeonly opinions of it: “In MY day, we networked the old-fashioned way with faxes, chatrooms and e-mail….” Needless to say, none of us have seen the movie, and frankly, the only reason I joined Facebook was […]