The futuristic taxi cabs of Lynn Brodton

Though he was at one point described as a “famous industrial artist,” we’ve so far been able to discern little about Lynn Brodton outside of his patent filings, which chart a varied 20-year career in industrial design and included concepts that would have married the past and future of taxis.
In 1933, Brodton, a resident of […]

Mercy sakes, he’s still alive

To me, one of the greatest things about journalism is getting to experience things you could never make up even if you tried. Here’s an example that just veered through the orbit of our own world. Remember how back in the 1970s, you could order a factory-installed CB radio on everything from a Continental Mark […]

Raymond Parks, founding father, 1914-2010

Too few people know it, but one of the most important single persons in the history of American auto racing passed away last weekend. Raymond Parks was the final surviving attendee at the 1947 meeting during which NASCAR was founded; he died in Atlanta just two weeks after his 96th birthday.

photo by Eddie Samples
People who […]