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Month: September 2020
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Media Analysis
Hemmings highlights late-70s attack against U.S. bumper regulations
Hemmings got political recently by highlighting a 1978 attack against U.S. bumper regulations then on the books. In his “Four Links” feature, Daniel Strohl (2020) pointed to a story in a staunchly libertarian magazine called […]
Readings
Patrick Foster shows how International Harvester failed to adapt
International Harvester is the post-war U.S. automaker that has received the least attention from historians. Thus, Patrick Foster’s book, International Harvester: The Complete Story, is a particularly welcome addition. The format is similar to his […]
Quotes
Prediction from 2015: High tech won’t be reliable
“The more electronic stuff automakers put into cars, the more and more people have to treat them like really big cell phones. Show of hands — who WANTS to visit their carrier store? That’s what […]
Drive-By Musings
A car show host with a rip-roaring sense of humor
A few years ago I went to an old car show that included teardrop trailers (Wikipedia, 2018). I’d never paid much attention to these so stopped to ask questions of a trailer owner. This older gentleman said that […]
Random Shots