Amid all the celebrations of Mercedes-Benz’s 125th anniversary this year, it’s worth keeping in mind that Daimler and Benz were not the inventors of the automobile. Inventors of the internal combustion automobile perhaps, but the automobile’s history well precedes 1886, as we see from this unassuming piece of property in Hinsdale, New Hampshire, for sale […]
Editor’s note: In recent conversations with crime writer Rose Keefe, we learned that in 2008 she’d researched the murder of Billy Bate, the first man believed to have been murdered in an automobile. She has generously allowed us to share that story, taken from her pamphlet “The Bate Auto Murder.” In 1904, Americans regarded the […]
* If you happened to have your eyes burned out of your skulls by the recently unveiled design of the new London double-decker bus, here’s a tonic: The boys at BigLorryBlog recently visited the London Transport Museum, which provides good viewing of the double-deckers of yesteryear. * Over at Junkyard Life, a yearbook photo from […]