Motorama

Motorama

Do you love the history of the automobile? So we do! Here at Car Show Safari, we know that classic car history is as important today as it was the day it happened, and that events from decades ago continue to impact the automotive industry and motorsports events that we all love.

That’s why we developed the Motorama page of Safari News, our automotive news and event update outlet! The Motorama page of Safari News features many great blasts from the past, highlighting the development of some iconic automobiles that changed the modern face of motoring, featuring important players from the past, and exploring how the races, auto company expansions, and innovative developments that have taken past over the last century and a half impact the car culture we know today.

Dive into the weird and truly wonderful world of the early tinkerers, racers, and designers, who didn’t just make automotive history when they set land speed records and developed front windshield wipers, but impacted the whole history of the world.

Old Cars in an Old Place

by Bob Marlow | Nov 21, 2016

Hinchliffe Stadium in the aging city of Paterson, New Jersey, has the look and feel of an ancient ruin.

But the decrepit stadium, designated a National Historic Landmark in 2013 and in its heyday home to everything from Negro League baseball to Abbott and Costello performances, came to life recently with the annual Hinchliffe Stadium Racing Expo.

Hagerty’s Hershey Swap to Street Challenge Holds Court

by Bob Marlow | Oct 12, 2016

Since 1955, the Antique Automobile Club of America’s Hershey Region has been host to the AACA’s Eastern Division Fall Meet, which grew rapidly and organically into the world’s largest automotive swap meet.

Detroit Autorama

by Chris Barner | May 30, 2016

For a long, long time, American gearheads have held the tradition of hot rodding and customization close to their hearts – If there is one show you absolutely have to check out to see the best of the best in this part of the automotive world, it’s the annual Detroit Autorama.

An Ode to Harley Earl and the Concept Car

by Ruby Rae Scalera | May 21, 2016

For more than a few generations of car enthusiasts, it has gone without saying that the new year will bring about beauties and beasts from all corners of the car industry – We can thank Harley Earl for that.

The Little Microcars That Could (Almost)

by Ruby Rae Scalera | May 15, 2016

It’s hard not to respect, and in some cases, love, the microcars with which we might be less familiar, the strangely shaped and quirky, the underpowered and slow. In some ways, they were ahead of their time, better on gas, lighter, and more efficient, and because of that, now seems as good a time as any to pay them the homage they deserve.

This Week in Motorhead History: Volkswagen Beetles vs the U.S. Navy

by Car Show Safari Staff | Apr 1, 2016

By 1964, Beetles were a ubiquitous sight on US roads and a fleet of 60 cargo ships were bringing more than a quarter-million Bugs to the States each year.

But not all of them got here, and this is the story of the ones that didn’t make it.

This Week in Motorhead History – The Jaguar XK-E Turns 55

by Bob Marlow | Mar 16, 2016

“An earth-shaker from Great Britain” is how the influential writer Ken Purdy described the original Jaguar XK-E, a car stunning in looks and performance when it made its debut on March 21, 1961, and a car that remains stunning in looks and performance to this day.

This Week in Motorhead History: Super Mario Brothers

by Bob Marlow | Feb 25, 2016

On February 28, 1940, Mario Andretti and his twin brother, Aldo, were born in Montona, a town on the peninsula of Istria which at the time was a part of Italy.

We mention Aldo because, while today Mario is known worldwide as a championship-winning racing driver, few people are aware that Mario is a twin, and that Aldo, father to NASCAR and Indycar winner John Andretti, was a pretty good shoe himself.

The Tampa Bay Auto Museum – A Tribute to Creativity and Imagination

by Andre Swygert | Feb 24, 2016

During a visit to St. Petersburg we made an all-too-brief side trip to the Tampa Bay Auto Museum in the northern suburb of Pinellas Park.

This amazing facility was opened in 2005 by Mr. Alain Cerf, the founder of privately-owned PolyPack, a manufacturer of highly-engineered automated packaging equipment for consumer products that was started in 1962 and whose headquarters is located directly next door.

The First Car

by Chris Coffin | Feb 22, 2016

This is about my first car, and your first car. Everyone’s first car is special. Everyone remembers their first car.

When someone asks, “what was your first car?” you’ll be able to answer right away, year, make, and model. Your first car marks a significant shift in your life. It marks the acquiring of a new freedom.