#automotive history

Interior cabin of a 1965 Ford Galaxie with tan leather seats and chrome dash
Car Features

Inside the 1965 Galaxie: The Luxury Turn

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
Hand-painted homemade registration plate on brass-era car
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How Early License Plates & Registration Began

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
1966 Ford Galaxie 500 interior, dashboard and bucket seats
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Inside the 1966 Galaxie: Grand Touring Ford Style

Nora Beckett · · 7 min
Left-hand steering wheel of a 1910s brass-era car
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Right-Hand to Left-Hand Drive: The 1910s Shift

Gary Nowak · · 6 min
Defunct brass-era automaker's showroom with lined-up cars
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Forgotten Automakers of the Pre-WWI Boom

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min
Royal Daimler landaulet before a palace facade
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Cars Owned by Royalty Before WWII

Patrick Walsh · · 6 min
Vibrant 1980s pro street muscle car with bold graphics and huge rear slicks
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The 1980s: The Golden Era of Pro Street

Sarah Whitfield · · 7 min
White 1961 Ford Thunderbird convertible used in the Kennedy inaugural parade
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The 1961 Kennedy Inaugural Thunderbirds

Tom Ramirez · · 6 min
Mechanic checking pressure on a 1920s balloon tire
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Balloon Tires: The 1920s Ride Revolution

Tom Ramirez · · 6 min
1936 Bentley 4.25 Litre Derby coachbuilt sports saloon parked before a country manor
History & Heritage

Rolls-Royce and Bentley's Shared Prewar Heritage

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min
1930s American coachbuilder workshop with craftsmen hand-forming metal panels over an ash wood body frame
History & Heritage

The Gilded Age Origins of the American Coachbuilder

Sarah Whitfield · · 7 min
1940 Lincoln Continental cabriolet with externally mounted rear spare tire parked on an estate lawn
History & Heritage

The 1940 Lincoln Continental: Edsel Ford's Answer to Cadillac

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min
1930 Duesenberg Model J with coachbuilt Murphy body on a concours lawn, the pinnacle of the American classic era
History & Heritage

The Complete History of the Classic Luxury Car

Sarah Whitfield · · 8 min
Farmer hand-cranking Model T outside farmhouse, dusty yard
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Ford Model T: The Car That Put America on Wheels

Gary Nowak · · 6 min
1965 Ford Mustang fastback long hood profile
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Long Hood, Short Deck: The Formula That Launched a Genre

Jim Vasquez · · 7 min
1920s closed sedan passing horse-drawn wagon, dusty road
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Cars of the Roaring Twenties: America's 1920s Automobile Boom

Patrick Walsh · · 8 min
1930s coachbuilt classic car, art deco building golden hour
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Pre-War Classic Cars: The Golden Age of the American Automobile (1900-1942)

Sarah Whitfield · · 13 min
1953 Cadillac Eldorado convertible in two-tone paint outside a mid-century home, embodying the longer-lower-wider postwar luxury boom
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The Postwar Luxury Boom and the “Longer, Lower, Wider” Era

Sarah Whitfield · · 6 min