I’ve had this picture hanging around in my Inbox for a while, courtesy Geoff Hacker, and I thought today, the anniversary of Henry Ford’s patent (2,269,451) for a method of producing a plastic-bodied car, would be as good a time as any to post it. We won’t get into the details of the car itself, […]
There have been pioneering women in every endeavor, and depending on the era, their achievements have either been acknowledged or forgotten. There were few women who achieved success in the early days of male-dominated auto racing, and one was France’s Hellé Nice. Born Mariette Hélene Delangle, Ms. Nice ran more than 100 hill climbs, rallies […]
Jack Shea, himself an occasional contributor to the Hemmings Blog, has recently been helping Fred Hill of LaGrande, Oregon, digitize his photo collection and identify the cars pictured in it. One of the more interesting photos they’ve run across was this one of Barney Oldfield (note the cigar) piloting Walter Christie’s front-wheel-drive racer. Fred noted […]