Hemmings Daily: Designing the Holden; reusing model names

While researching the story on the Holden collection auction earlier this week, we came across this short video on the design and engineering of the first Holden. It's a story pretty much every Australian car fan has heard many times over, but the visuals help spice it up. * The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation earlier this year took a look at Henry Ford and his group of camping enthusiasts known as the Vagabonds. * Finally, last week's chase scene in the 1998 flick "I want to go to jail" isn't the only appearan [View in Browser | Subscribe] [Hemmings Daily] Sunday, September 11, 2016 [Hemmings Sunday Cinema - designing Australia's own car, Henry Ford's vagabonds, I Want to Go to Jail] [Hemmings Sunday Cinema - designing Australia's own car, Henry Ford's vagabonds, I Want to Go to Jail] Posted by Daniel Strohl - While researching the story on the Holden collection auction earlier this week, we came across this short video on the design and engineering of the first Holden. It's a story pretty much every Australian car fan has heard many times over, but the visuals help spice it up. * The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation earlier this year took a look at Henry Ford and his group of camping enthusiasts known as the Vagabonds. * Finally, last week's chase scene in the 1998 flick "I want to go to jail" isn't the only appearan... [Read More] [Sponsor] [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1935 Georges Irat 6CV] [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1935 Georges Irat 6CV] Posted by Daniel Strohl - 1935 Georges Irat 6CV for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller's description: Rare pre-war french sports car. This is one of approximately 1488 examples produced and introduced at the Paris Salon. It is powered by an "M" type 4 cyl. 964 cc "Ruby" motor. This is the Ruby motor which is the "Super Sport" version. About 26 hp w/a top speed of 100 km. per hour in 1935. It is one of the very early front wheel drive cars and has 4 wheel independent suspension.The car weighs 1,455 lbs. Look closely and you will notice th...[Read More] [Four-Links - reusing model names, selling the Vanderbilt Cup, building a Bradley, canceling Champ Road] [Four-Links - reusing model names, selling the Vanderbilt Cup, building a Bradley, canceling Champ Road] Posted by Daniel Strohl - One has to wonder how so many carmakers get away with appropriating reusing existing names in the automotive pantheon. By dint of their size and access to lawyers, probably. As we ponder that, the Historic Vehicle Association put together more pairings of names that took a second swing on the market. * Despite my time in Verona earlier this year, I didn't stop by the Museo Nicolis, which is unfortunate because I could have seen the actual George Vanderbilt Cup Trophy there, as I learned this past week at Vand...[Read More] [Sponsor] [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1966 Pontiac Bonneville convertible] [Hemmings Find of the Day - 1966 Pontiac Bonneville convertible] Posted by Kurt Ernst - From the seller's description: 1966 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible Part of a private collection. Finished in Cameo Ivory with red interior. Only two owners from new with known ownership history from new. Purchased new at Mt. Laurel Motors in Latrobe, PA. Car was purchased by the current owner from the niece of the original owner who owned the car since 1993. Car only has 21,800 miles from new. Totally unrestored car with only half of the driver's rear quarter panel being repainted at some point. 100% origina...[Read More] LAST WEEK'S MOST READ [Australian dealership auction to disperse one of the world's largest Holden collections] [Australian dealership auction to disperse one of the world's largest Holden collections] Posted by Daniel Strohl - Photos courtesy Burns and Co. It all started with a trip to Detroit. Specifically, to what as then known as the Henry Ford Museum, where a young Charlie McCarron saw both the first and last Ford Model Ts on display. Rather than collect Model Ts or Fords, however, McCarron set out to sell and collect Holdens and in the process created one of the world's most impressive Holden collections, an assemblage that he'll sell at auction this fall. Exactly when McCarron, who hailed from New South Wales, began his collec...[Read More] LAST WEEK'S BEST DISCUSSION [New York City, 1964] [New York City, 1964] Posted by Daniel Strohl - Date: spring 1964 Location: Luigi Chinetti Motors, 780 Eleventh Avenue, Manhattan, New York City Source: Dave Friedman via The Henry Ford on Flickr What do you see here? Editor's Note: For the Ferraris, give us the chassis numbers in addition to the year/make/model. ...[Read More] [Sponsor] [This Day in Automotive History] THIS DAY IN AUTOMOTIVE HISTORY 9/11/1915: Emily Post's By Motor to the Fair appears in Collier's. 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