The 1930s seemed to be the last great age of the publicity stunt for automobiles. Radio had already made inroads, and within a decade or two television would become the next great medium to reach the masses, but in the 1930s promoting new cars to a nationwide audience still took some creativity, something that Hudson […]

As you’ll recall, we started the Automotive Alphabet with photos of standalone badges spotted at Amelia Island this year, and for the Ls, I present another badge from sunny Florida. In fact, if you need a hint of the maker behind the badge, you may want to peruse my earlier blog postings from that event.
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Rob Holcombe of Berkeley, California, recently took a wandering road trip through Nevada and sighted this Packard, the next entry in this week’s Motorhome Mania. He writes:
I was wandering through a mostly abandoned Nevada gold rush town when something caught my eye.  I’m notorious for my scanning abilities!  I turned my MBZ 300TD around and […]