With the nation’s eyes turned toward Indianapolis this month for the centennial of the Indy 500, it’s also worth pointing out that the state of Indiana at one point rivaled Michigan as the largest state in the nascent automotive industry. Companies like Stutz, Cord, Auburn, Duesenberg, Haynes, Marmon and Studebaker all called the Hoosier State […]

From the first time it appeared in print about 110 years ago, Packard’s “Ask The Man Who Owns One” slogan was recognized as one of the great selling lines of all time. Reportedly the result of a casual conversation between J.W. Packard and a spectator who asked him, “Is the Packard car a good one?” […]

Over at The Old Motor, David Greenlees recently posted this mystery engine, unique in so many ways. First, it’s a three-cylinder, air-cooled engine, one that looks rather experimental, judging from its heavy pipe exhaust tubes. Notice also the finned chambers that seem to be separate from the fined cylinders. We can only offer haphazard guesses […]