Showing posts with label brass era. Show all posts
Showing posts with label brass era. Show all posts
The winner of the 1907 Paris to Peking endurance race
Sunday, August 29, 2010
The 1907 ITALA mod. 35/45 HP won the prize of a magnum of Mumm champagne. The race went without any assistance through country where there were no roads or road-maps. For the race, camels carrying fuel left Peking and set up at stations along the route to give fuel to the racers. The race followed a telegraph route so that the race was well covered in newspapers at the time. Each car had one
A couple of brass era vehicles from the movie "The Great Scout and Cathouse Thursday" a Lee Marvin movie
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Don't know what they are specifically, but the movie was fun to watch, and the antique cars were frequently on screen.
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