"old 79" is a "Dain" John Deere (1918) found in Minnesota, the owners weren't aware of it's historic significance

Images found on  http://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/viewtopic.php?t=851953 The Dain, which pre-dates John Deere’s first 2-cylinder tractor...

book review, The Arsenal Of Democracy by A J Baime

In a word, terrific. 291 pages, 21 photos, and took about 8 hours to read the story of Edsel Ford is the thread wound through this incredibl...

National Historic Vehicle Registry

The first was the 1964 Shelby Daytona Coupe, specifically CSX 2287 which won the FIA championship for Shelby / American racing team for the ...

colorized 100 year old photos.. I love it

The top image is one in a book of colorized civil war era photos, very easily seen in Time Lightbox at  http://lightbox.time.com/2012/10/25/...

there is a Gilmore gas station in the middle of LA, here's why... Gilmore started out with dairy farms in Compton, La Brea, and the Fairfax districts, then discovered oil under it and in 1905 had a oil rig farm

An amazing story, excerpted in Automobile Magazine, reminded me how damn good sports writers are

Black Noon: The Year They Stopped the Indy 500, by Art Garner http://www.automobilemag.com/features/magazine/1406-black-noon-year-they-stopp...