This Week in Motorhead History: Riker Torpedo Racer sets the world speed record for electric cars On November 16, 1901, the Torpedo Racer broke the world record for electric cars in Coney Island, New York. It was both built and raced by a man named Andrew Riker, who...
This Week in Motorhead History: In the early days of motoring, inventions came out of necessity. After all, horseless carriages evolved slowly and then all at once, improving in design, efficiency and production as the like of Ransom Olds and Henry Ford came onto the...
Every car enthusiast knows the importance of passing on the car-loving tradition. We point out vintage cars to the children in our lives, teach the toddlers to pronounce Lam-bor-GEE-knee, and read them every car, truck, and bike-themed book we can get our oil-stained...
This week, in 1933, R. Buckminster Fuller, made a name for himself in the automotive world when he applied for a patent for his Dymaxion car. To call the Dymaxion a car would be generous. Though the automotive industry was still in its youth, the Dymaxion was a...
It should come as no surprise to anyone who has read Tom Cotter’s books that when he picked up the phone for our interview, he was entering Chicago, towing a 1965 Ford AC Cobra in his trailer, en route from Maine to Idaho. Mr. Cotter, author of well over a dozen books...
