Steve McQueen’s Vision Begins to Take Form
In the May 14th edition of The New York Times, writer Paul Cullum describes the long, circuitous route Steve McQueen’s stillborn film Yucatan has taken on the way to production: “WHEN Steve McQueen...
View ArticleNYTimes does Bonneville
Out of the “where have you been for the last 50 years” file: the New York Times covered Bonneville last weekend. More of a primer on Bonneville than expose, what with the author spending a few...
View ArticleNYTimes does retractable hardtops
In case you missed it over the weekend, the New York Times had an article in Sunday’s edition on the history of retractable hardtops. Decent, but they missed a few things. First off, if you’re going...
View ArticleThe Callan Bill
The Callan Bill was described by The New York Times as “probably the most logical and scientific motor vehicle law which has yet been put on the statute books of any State.” It was signed into law by...
View ArticleDriving while defective
Twice during the year of 1916, the interurban train between Indianapolis and Kokomo, Indiana, struck a car attempting to cross ahead of it, both times with driver fatalities. Mr. A. G. Lupton,...
View ArticleGoing-out-of-business sale
This 1993 Pierce 100-foot tower ladder was bought new by the U.S. Coast Guard and recently sold at a fire-sale price to a Pennsylvania fire department. We picked up this tidbit earlier in the week...
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