Starting A 1903 Cadillac At the 2020 AACA Eastern Nationals

Cadillac Motor Car Co. was the outgrowth of the Henry Ford Company which was reorganized as the Detroit Automobile Company and was slated for liquidation. Henry Leland's machine shop built motors for Olds and developed an improved design which powered the first Cadillac. Before Cadillac offered the first electric starter, this is how one brought a gasoline car to life.

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A Bite of History: The Jaguar XK120 by Mike Thies

A Bite of History  by Mike Thies

 The Jaguar XK120

There are moments in automotive history when a single car changes everything, when elegance, engineering, and audacity collide to create something that feels more like a declaration than a machine. We learn that the Jaguar XK120 was one of those moments. When it first appeared at the 1948 London Motor Show, no one…

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