Out of the thousands of cars built in the first couple decades of the 20th century, there are many that are rather significant, yet receive little popular attention, likely because few still exist. The Scripps-Booth is one of those, and indeed, this 1916 Scripps-Booth is the only one I can recall seeing in the pages […]

Ruxton – everybody’s favorite second-place winner in the early Depression-era front-drive sweepstakes – has quite the complicated history, as we students of automotive history know. That history also includes plenty of solid links to other automotive companies, making it perfect for a Hemmings Six Degrees of Automotive Separation Challenge. So let’s make this week’s Ruxton […]

Once the littlest Clydesdale heard he’d been cut from the Budweiser wagon pulling team in the first round of tryouts, his self-confidence was shattered, leading him to drive around old jalopies and chucking 12-ouncers out the window, wailing about “the sweet nectar of my disappointment!” Bob Southard sent us this photo, taken by friends of […]