By 1909, crossing the country was a largely symbolic gesture, especially to deliver a message. Transcontinental runs were already becoming the stuff of legend, and trains and telegraphs had already connected the country.
However, the U.S. military had yet to fully grasp just how important the automobile would become. Considering how technologically advanced the military has […]
While the ad for this 1986 Hummer on Hemmings.com has it listed as an H1, the obvious military configuration (the seller, in his brief description, states it’s a former USMC Hummer) leads me to think it should rather be described as an AM General M998 HMMWV. Indeed, the Hummer H1 wasn’t even introduced until 1992. […]
Where FoMoCo provided engines during World War II for the unique dual-engined Traco-E&L bomber parts haulers, GM engines were conscripted into a similar service after the war.
According to Crismon, around 1947, the Eisenhauser Manufacturing Company of Van Wert, Ohio, built the above five-axle straight truck as a prototype to see whether it was possible to […]