Many, if not all, automakers at one point dabbled in production of other consumer goods. Nash bought up Kelvinator, Studebaker bought STP (among many others in a diversification spree), and rather uniquely, Pierce-Arrow built travel trailers. This 1937 Pierce-Arrow Travel Lodge Model C for sale on Hemmings.com may have been updated over the years, but […]

The immediate post-war years brought a lot of unique automotive ideas to the forefront, and the major auto and truck manufacturers were far from immune to the trend, as we see from Thomas B. Garrett’s article in SIA #95, October 1986 on the woodie station wagon prototype that Diamond-T built in 1946 and that hasn’t […]

Anybody up for a jigsaw puzzle? Though the ad for this 1919 Ford Model T touring for sale on Hemmings.com at first looks like a swap meet spot at Hershey, it appears to include all the major components to piece together an entire car. From the seller’s description: 1919 Ford Touring  Parts Car:  Rebuilt engine […]