If the 50th anniversary of the nation’s first automobile smog bill hasn’t been overly memorialized, well, we’re not surprised. Between emissions regulations, safety oversight, insurance premiums and OPEC, the law enacted in April of 1960 was the first, and maybe most important, factor in ushering the almost 20 years of low-performance Seventies and Eighties.
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Heading to Pebble Beach this Sunday? This just in: An original, unrestored 1908 Pierce Great Arrow – from Natural History Museum’s Gardena, California, facility – has been selected to appear at the August 15 Concours d’Elegance. After the concours, this “one-of-a-kind” Pierce will be returned to the Gardena facility, which until now has been closed […]
Ypsilanti automotive history that is. For a limited time, a special fundraiser is being held to help the Ypsilanti Automobile Heritage Museum raise money to keep the museum open to the public. For a mere $100, you can have your name etched into a brick that will eventually be placed on the floor of the […]