Legacy is a tricky thing to grapple with, but Bugatti’s latest concept car shows just how successful embracing the past can be. Like something straight out of a time-bent noir film, the marque’s ...
In the early decades of the automobile, engineers took on the challenge of adapting airplane design to cars. Many of these streamline cars were done just for style, but Karl Schlör had something else ...
At the heart of Jonathan Stern’s family lore was his grandfather’s vintage car. His father, Malcolm Stern, told the stories on repeat. Its model name, Talbot-Darracq, evoked the car’s stylish 1930s ...
Kirkcaldy teenager Callum Grubb has been saving for a classic car since he was 11 or 12. The 19-year-old has recently bought an Austin 10 Cambridge from 1938 as his first car. Callum saved pocket ...
The vehicle was the fastest production car in the world at the start of the 20th century - MATHIEU HEURTAULT/GOODING&CO Bought in 1903 by the press baron Alfred Harmsworth and capable of the then ...
In the early 1930s, driving a tractor was hard, often brutal work. With no cab to sit inside, freezing winds, rain, and snow could make life miserable. Today, many tractors have enclosed cabs and some ...
The 1930s were a period of great turmoil. The Great Depression led to massive unemployment, poverty, and general hardship. Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany and prepared for WWII. The Hindenburg ...
Even if you’ve never heard of Buckminster Fuller, you’ve probably seen his work – his popular geodesic dome structure has been replicated in various guises worldwide. But the polymathic designer and ...
Ludger Lanthier was a typical family man in the 1930s. He owned several businesses for heating and air conditioning, plumbing, and real estate. He also was the fire chief in Winder for almost 40 years ...
A 94-year-old man who restored his father's classic car after spotting it on an auction website has taken it out for its "maiden voyage". Malcolm Stern, from Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, spent three ...
Aug. 11 (UPI) --A class ring from the 1930s was found inside a car that was about to be crushed at an Oklahoma scrap yard, and the item was returned to its original owner's family. Lovetta Phipps said ...