Literary Landmark donated to the AACA Library

Most communities today have some kind of bookmobile, generally a large, bus-like conveyance made by Blue Bird and such that allows you to climb aboard, browse and check out a title. According to the Antique Automobile Club of America, some of the earliest known publicly operated bookmobiles were used by Washington County, Maryland, the rural […]

Work, work, work: GMCs on the job

Over on the H.A.M.B.’s excellent pre-WWII photos thread, MrFire recently posted a couple links to the New York Public Library’s Flickr page, which contains some excellent automotive photography collections, including one of GMC trucks, divided roughly between the division’s early products and its art deco/streamline moderne trucks from the 1930s. We grabbed a selection of […]

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1933 Pierce-Arrow

Certainly one of the more unique vehicles to cross the auction block at the upcoming Auctions America by RM auction in Auburn, Indiana, next month will be this 1933 Pierce-Arrow, fitted with a custom body for a cinematographer for on-location filming. Where exactly it was used isn’t stated in the auction description, and the “KZAK […]