Style & Culture
Eric Killorin
Tue Oct 01 2013 23:15:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Ready to trade? Forget the baseball cards and grab your deck of Topps World on Wheels series 1953-55.
Kurtis: From the card’s reverse:
This new American sports car is sold either as in the picture, or in separate parts! Then the buyer can have the pleasure of putting it together, if he wishes. The Kurtis is powered by a Hudson motor, with a top speed from 120 to 165 mph, depending on the type of motor installed. Cadillac, Chrysler, DeSoto, Lincoln, and Mercury motors can be installed, at around $3,000."
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Eric Killorin
Fri Jun 21 2013 22:18:39 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
n 1998, with a mere 1.69 million miles on his Volvo P1800, Irv Gordon entered the Guinness Book Of Records. Think about that. It was just 15 years ago. He's been breaking his own record ever since and adding more and more reasons to believe. What's your reason? Share yours today at www.3MillionReasons.com.
Eric Killorin
Thu May 02 2013 01:14:16 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
A NYC Packard advertisement In 1904. "The first year that Longacre Square tried on its new name Times Square, it was still populated with horse-related services like carriage shops and stables. But it seems the horse-less carriages were represented too. The Packard Motor Car dealership, had its address at 1540 Broadway.
The Ohio-based car company would spread out several dealerships throughout the New York area, but made a go of it at this location from 1904-1907. As the fate of Times Square as New York's entertainment focal point had not yet been solidified, it probably seemed natural to sell cars here. By 1907, they moved to the less chaotic corner of Broadway and 61st Street.
Today, the Bertelsmann Building consumes that entire block" Source: http://theboweryboys.blogspot.com/2010/12/trip-to-times-square-1904-packard-motor.html
Eric Killorin
Tue Mar 26 2013 17:56:23 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Fred Steerwood was a very prolific artist. By 1930 photo sourced artwork started to be used for the front cover designs, which in part explains the fall of his output. Marmon Big Eight Sedan. Frontpage of "De Auto"
published on March 12, 1930.