The Automobile and American Life

This blog will expand on themes and topics first mentioned in my book, "The Automobile and American Life." I hope to comment on recent developments in the automobile industry, reviews of my readings on the history of the automobile, drafts of my new work, contributions from friends, descriptions of the museums and car shows I attend and anything else relevant. Copyright 2009-2026, by the author.

Friday, October 23, 2009

1925 L.A. To Yosemite Economy Run -- Star and Flint Vehicles Dominate the Run -- Franklin, Duesenberg, Stutz also Scored Class Wins

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The Rules were changed for the 1925 L.A. to Yosemite Economy Run. Observers were in all cars, "de-clutching" or coasting was proh...
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A Brief Review of Ilya Ehrenburg, The Life of the Automobile (1929) -- Globalization and the Automobile Industry

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P.167 -- "The automobile has come to show even the slowest of minds that the earth is truly round, that the heart is just a poetic re...
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Thursday, October 22, 2009

More on the L.A. to Camp Curry Yosemite Economy Runs -- 1924 -- Overland and Gardner Cars

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Attached are a few very hard-to-find images concerning the 1924 L.A. to Camp Curry Yosemite Economy Run. The presentation photo was taken f...

Autoweek Review of my Book, The Automobile and American Life

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Hi folks -- on page 52 of the October 19, 2009 issue of Autoweek, Kevin A. Wilson wrote this about my book: Faced with the automobile as a s...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Los Angeles to Camp Curry Yosemite Economy Runs, 1916 to 1926

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Map of Camp Curry in 1926 A Tour Bus taking folks through the valley at Yosemite, date unknown Road map of Yosemite Park, 1919 [AUT...
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Monday, October 19, 2009

Some things you can't buy -- Rick Ross, "Maybach Music" -- Do you have any idea who the Maybachs were?

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1932 Maybach Zeppelin DS 8 2009 Maybach Zepplin 12 Rick Ross and his Maybach One thing about all this hip-hop material and the cars they use...
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