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Daimler's cousins By Jerry McDermott ottlieb Daimler was a key fi gure in the birth of the world's automotive indusuy in the late nineteenth century, and his influence was felt beyond www.autohistory.org G Germany. In this article I will look at the American, Austrian, English and French "cousins" that were affi liated directly with Gottli eb Daimler. Inside The Daimler era The turn of the century was an era of creativity, invention and experimentation for the auto indus Editorial Comment 2 try. Some of the problems automotive pioneers struggled with were where to put the steam engine or the electric motor or the gasoline President's Perspective 3 engine: front, rear or under the seat; chain o r shaft drive; tiller or wheel steering. And to compound matters, the ca rburetor hadn't been invented yet. SAH News 4 Into this design quagmire stepped two German engineers, Ca rl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler. Gottlieb Daimler worked for the Deutz gas Obituary 9 engine company. It was owned by icholas Thomas T Solley August Otto, who demonstrated a gasoline engine at the Paris Exposition in 1867 and is credited with inventing the four-stroke engine in 1876. Daimler design twin cylinder Book Reviews 11 He turned the development over to Daimler and 12 hp boat engine. Wilhelm Maybach, a former coll eague of Daimler Photo: Mercedes-Benz Delage Styling and Design who joined him at Deutz. They left the firm in 1882 and Daimler continued exper- La Belle Voiture Fran c;aise imenting with this new engine principle whil e also patenting his own approaches. About the same time Maybach invented the carburetor. Sie bauten Autos Meanwhil e, restricted by the four-stoke Daimler patents, Ca rl Benz was limit 500 Fantastic Cars, eel to the two-stroke engine. He equipped a tricycle with a horizontally-mo unted A Century of the World's single-cylinder engine. In 1894 Benz built the first production car, the Benz Veto. Concept Cars In j anuary 1896 he was granted a patent for his "vehicle with gas-engine drive" and the first successful automobil e was born. About the same tin1e Daimler and Maybach mounted a Daimler four-stroke Letters 13 engine onto a four-wheeled carriage. Two years later Daiml er introduced his first vehicles and in 1901 the first Mercedes appeared from Daimler-Motoren-Gesell schaft (DMG). At first Daimler onl y wanted to produce engines, but he was quite Billboard 15 successful in advancing the auto industry. Austrian cousins In 1890 the firm of Oesterreichisches Daimler MotorenGesellschaft, Bierenz, Fischer & Cie was formed as the Austrian distributor for DMG. In 1899 the name was shortened to Austrian-Daimler Engine Co. and a new company was formed in continued on page I 0 Seize the moment

I was delighted to receive j ohn Finall y my inclusion of the back Warburton 's account and photos of cover photo is a bit of a personal the SAHB Spring Seminar (page 8). indulgence. Like many of you I SAH chapters provide valuabl e servic remember back in coll ege making big es for members, whether it be a plans with my fri ends to go out and Thomas S. Jakups, Editor spring seminar or a literature fair, and see the world, or at least get out to their acti ons also promote the Society. Ca lifornia-a road trip before we set had a great time in South Bend. So chapters, the door is always open tled down to career, marriage, etc. I In addition to the sessions and here for your news and events. never made that trip--how many of I tours I found two very fine rest I also want to thank Stumt you did' So I feel admirati on and aurants. At one I had my first antelope. Blond for his report on the "Packard some envy for Philip Ephraim Semel I thank the Board for inviting Lofts" in Los Angeles (page 9). Like Well done. me to sit in on their spring meeting. the conversion of the Mitchell Wagon I'm getting a good response to It gave me a renewed appreciation for Factory in Racine, Wisconsin, (journal my call for book reviewers. Here · the time and effort these fine people 221 "SAH ews") the conversion of another one: Walt Hansgen, His Life put into overseeing our Society. the old Packard dealership shows that and the History of Post-War American I had an opportunity to listen to and there is hope for automotive preserva Road Racing, by Michael Arge inger respond to their thoughts on the state tionists. The developer's recognition of The review should ru n from of the j ournal. Board members also Packard , in the naming of the building 400 to 600 words. Please write or e-mail relayed to me comments they have and the prominent display of a1tifacts, me if you would like to be a review r received from members. is even more praiseworthy. - Tom jalmps

J QJ.Jrn~,lIssue 222 May-June 2006 ~ Officers Publications Committee SAH Journal (I SSN 1057-1973) Michael L. Berger President Christopher C. Foster, Chair is published six times a year by the Darwyn H. Lumley Vice President Taylor Vinson Society of Automotive Hi stori ans, Inc. Susan S. Davis Secretary Thomas S. Jakups Christopher C. Foster Treasurer Michael Lamm Subscription is by membership Beverly Rae Kimes in the Society. Board of Directors Through October 2006 Membership dues are $40 per year. Samuel V. Fiorani Robert R. Ebert Past Editors Send dues, membership inquiries Patricia Lee Yongue Richard B. Brigham and changes of address to Through October 2007 Issues 1-29 Sept. 1969-(undated) 1973 Society of Automotive Historians, Inc. Michael Bromley Paul N. Lashbrook C. Marshall Naul 1102 Long Cove Road Stanton A. Lyman 30-50 July 1973-Dec. 1976 Cales Ferry, CT 06335-1812 USA Joseph S. Freeman, ex officio John Peckham Through October 2008 51-59 Feb. 1977-July 1978 ©2006 John A. Marino Arthur W. Jones The Society of Automotive Historians, Inc. Joseph R. Malaney Walter Cosden 60- 87 Nov. 1978- Dec. 1983 Find the Society of Automotive Historians SAH Journal Richard B. Brigham on the web at www.autohistory.org. Thomas S. Jakups, Editor, Adv. Mgr. 88-117 Jan.jFeb. 1983-Nov.jDec. 1988 37 Wyndwood Road Christopher C. Foster West Hartford, CT 06107 USA 118-157 Jan.jFeb. 1989-July/Aug. 1995 Copy Deadline for Journa/223 860-233-5973 Fax 860-232-0468 journal @autohistory.org Samuel V. Fiorani June 30th [email protected] 158-194 Sept.jOct. 1995-Sept./Oct. 2001

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reminded me of an aspect of automo and musical composition. For instance, ti ve histo1y that has been comparatively shonly after the turn of the centLIIy , understudied: the souncls and music songs such as "In My Merry Oldsmo associated with cars and motoiing. bi le" received national exposure. Later, Even in an area where you tunes li ke Bobby Troup's 1940s classic would expect such study, that of the ballad urged us to "get your kicks on automobile's influence on, and por Route 66" and, when populari zed by trayal in , popular music, there has at King Cole, added another dimen been relatively little written. While sion to tl1e transformation of that high Michael l. Berger, President there have been related a1ticles in way into a piece of American folklore. - mass-circulation magazines and auto j ackie Brenston's "Rocket 88," refeiTing am writing this column shortl y entl1usiast publica ti ons, there has been natura ll y to tl1e Oldsmobile model of after the conclusion of the Sixth no book-length scholarly treatment of tl1e 1950s and 1960s, was a song des I Biennual Automotive Histo1y tl1e subject. In fact, I know of onl y tined to reach first place on tl1 e rhy Conference, held at the Studebaker tlvee books that devote attention to it. tl11n and blues charts and to make a Na ti onal Museum in South Bend, Jan Jennings' Roadside America, con contribution to the birth of rock and Indiana. It was a most successful con tains a chapter by E.L. Widmer entitled roll. These songs were joined by such fe rence. Twenty different papers were "Cross-roads: The Automobile, Rock other popular hits as "Little ash Ram presented at the SAH-sponsored ses and Roll , and Democracy," in which bler" and "Hot Rod Lincoln." Recog sions. Two of these sessions especial the autl10r maintains tl1at "tl1e automo nizing tl1e influence of cars on popular ly caught my eye, or rather my ea r. bile has exerted a hypnotic hold on music, tl1e Ford Motor Company In a paper devoted to the evolu the imaginations of popular songwrit donated 250,000 to the creation of tion of the eight-cylinder engine, Bud ers" and traces that development from tl1 e Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Gardner provided two "musical inter 1900 to tl1e 1950s music of Chuck Museum in Cleveland. ludes .. , In the first, he compared the Beny and Elvis Presley. The Pop ular The automobile has even found sound of an in-line, eight-cylinder Culture Reader, edited by Jack its way into the world of classical engine to the Big Band sound of the achbar et a!., includes a chapter enti music. Roben Moran, an avant-garde 1930s and 1940s. In the second, the tl ed "Croonin' and Crui in '," in which compo er, has written a composition more robust sound of the V-8 was John L. Wright shows how the auto entitled "39 Minutes for 39 Autos," compared to one of Chuck Berry's mobi le from its inception was a "vehi which, among other objects, calls for songs of the 1950s. In both cases, cle of musical inspirati on" for popular tl1e use of tl1irty-nine auto horns and Gardner cleverly overlaid the actual songs, and how that expression tl1e autos themselves, and another piece music and the sounds of the engine to changed to mirror tl1e times. Finally, ca lled "Titus, " which requires an "ampli form a ty pe of duet. Th e Automobile and American fi ed automobile and players." Sin1ilarly, Then, in a session devoted to Culture, edited by former AH presi one John Adams has composed "A the automoti ve psychology present in dent David L. Lewis and Laurence hon Ride in a Fast Machine," a biief Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 film Vertigo, Goldstein , contains a chapter entitled orchestral work. Others no doubt exist. Dave Duricy noted how Hitchcock "Motivatin' with Chuck Beny and Like most inanimate objects, the matched an appropriate car to each of Frederi ck Jackson Turner," in which motorcar can appeal to many of our the movie's main characters, and how Wanen Belasco draws parallels human senses. We can ta lk and write he used engine sounds to advance the between the fr edom and escape pro a great deal about the look of a clas storyl ine. As an example of the latter, vided by the open road, as epitomized sic ca r, discuss the f eel of d ri ving a the sound of Midge's Karmann Ghia's in tl1e lyrics of Berry's songs (especial panicular marque and enjoy the smell exhaust pipe expresses her disap ly "Maybell ene"), and Turner's thesis of a new car. Therefore, why can't we proval of the behavior of Scotty as she that the existence of tl1e frontier west seriously study how we hear automo exits the scene after seeing him with up to the 1890s provided a safety biles, both in terms of tl1 e sounds her nemesis, Ca rl otta. valve for tl1e pressures of civiliza ti on. they make and the popular and classi While obviously not the key ele This paucity of material on the ca l music that echoes and influences ment of either paper, the inclusion of subject is somewhat surprising, given our experi ence with them' automotive sounds in both presentations the long association between motoring - Mike Berger

May-June 2006 3 Patricia Lee Yongue. Absent: Vice President Darwyn Lumley Guests: Tom Jakups, Taylor Vinson, Leroy Cole, Sinclair Powell I Call to order President Michael Berger ca lled the meeting to order at 9: 10 A.M. ll Minutes 10-6-05 Bob Ebert moved acceptance of the minutes. Seconded by Stan Lyman. Passed unanimously. ill President's Remarks Mike Berger announced that Leroy Cole would join us later and that Darwyn Lumley was recuperating. Andy • SAH holds Sixth Biennial in abstract form in an upcoming issue Beckman, archivist of the Studebaker Auto History Conference of Automotive History Review. Museum, and our host, welcomed the Studebakers , otre Dame, Hummers, When not attending the sessions Board. Arthur Jones had come early, Knute Rockne, opulent homes. Al l members availed themselves of tours of and reported that the archives were were on display in South Bend, Indi the otre Dame campus, the Victorian exceptional, based on spending ix ana, for attendees at the Sixth SAH mansion of Joseph Doty Oliver and hours in them. Automotive History Conference at the two Hummer assembly plants, a lunch IV Treasurer's Report Kit Studebaker Na tional Museum. Al ong eon at the College Football Hall of Foster presented the Balance heet, with presentations that ran the gamut Fame and a dinner at Tippecanoe, the showing a net worth of 83 13'1.30. from "the impact of autos on the former home of Clement Studebaker. Expenses of $22,771.52 were offset by American Lifestyle" to "the role of the At the Saturday night banquet we were income of $26,783.85, leaving a net of automobile in the massifica tion and treated to a talk on Knute Rockne, his $4,012.33 for the year to date. 'othing democratization of sport in South relationship with Studebaker and the out of the ordina1y was noted. usan Africa, " they made for an enjoyable origin of the Rockne automobil e. Davis moved to file the Treasurer's four days. report for audit. Seconded by Bob Studebaker Museum executive Ebert. Passed unanimously. director Becky Bonham and archivist A. Authority for Officer to Andy Beckman were our hosts at the make interim financial deci ions new museum, which opened in 2005. involving sums of $250 or le . Kit Foster in his final go-around as Kit Foster outlined what had been conference coordinator superbly man working, that he saw no need for a aged the automotive history sessions. change, but wanted to bring to the Presentations made at the conference Board the opportunity to impose w ill be published in their entirety or stricter standards, should it wi h to do so. The Board saw no need to This 1931 roadster was just one of the tighten controls, given Foster' uc over 70 Studebakers on display at the cess as Treasurer to date. Studebaker National Mu seum. Photo: Tom Jakups B. Cost of Liability Insurance: Foster noted that insurance had in Draft of spring Board meeting creased to $2,458 for general liability, minutes Studebaker Museum, showing an increase related actuarial South Bend, Indiana ly to the growing size of the member April S, 2006 ship. This covers insurance for Her Directors Present: President Michael shey and other such events SAH Berger, Treasurer Christopher Foster, might sponsor from ti me to time. Joe Secreta1y Susan Davis, Michael Brom Freeman, Stan Lyman and Foster a a Knute Rockne historian Bernie Kish ley, Robert Ebert, Joseph Freeman, committee sought other quotes and with SAH president Mike Berger and conference coordinator Kit Foster. Arthur Jones, Paul Lashbrook, Stanton studied the need for liability insurance Photo: Tom Jakups Lyman, Joseph Malaney, John Marino, for SAH at all. J.C. Taylor, best known

4 SAH Journal No. 222 for its antique auto insurance, also C. Creation of AHA liaison: A. Launching the Motor Sport handles association insurance, and Michael Bromley expressed interest in Section/Chapter: Patricia Yongue and quoted $1,740. The committee was stil l providing liaison with AHA. Accepted Joe Freeman, both interested in start waiting for a quote from Haggeny. by the Board with enthusiasm. ing this special interest group, will Arthur jones moved to accept thej.C. D. Parli amentarian, Keeper of formulate a plan for launching it, to Taylor quote and that the committee the By-laws: President Berger suggest be presented at the October Board continue its study of the need for insur eel we need someone to keep Board meeting. Yongue also expressed con ance and report at the October meeting meetings on track through attention cern that this topic be covered in con at Hershey. Seconded by Paul Lash to the By-laws and Robens Rules. ference sessions. brook. Passed unanimously. This function to be included in the B. Possible ew Region Chap V Restructuring Responsibilities Board Responsibi lities Task Force ters: All agreed th at the standard for Officers and Board Members committee. response for a request would be to A. Factotum Issue: At the last VI Collections: Proposed send the section of the By- laws deal meeting, Kit Foster described the Disposition Guidelines Past ing with this to any/ a ll who request many hats he wore. He and the President Freeman will prepare a staning a new chapter. Board elected to discuss those that report with guidelines for the disposi 1. Australia/ ew Zealand: were of neutral or negative weight tion of private coll ections of archives Matthew Lombard has expressed relative to his responsibilities for pos and photos as people do their estate interest in facilitating the presence of sible spin off. Treasurer, membership planning. Freeman is concerned that a chapter Down nder. Freeman vol and merchandise sales all made ense va luable archive and photo coll ec unteered to send interested panies in to be concentrated together, and he tions are losing their value to history Australia the By-laws. found it reasonable to keep those because they are being dispersed and 2. German and Austrian: responsibilities. Coordinating all broken up at estate auctions. Upon Member-generated proposal. [Send Annual Meeting and other Hershey approval by the Board the guidelines By-laws.] responsibilities were neutral, responsi will be published in the j ournal 3. Central/East European (based bility he thought others might be able and/ or Review. in Wa rsaw): Member-generated pro to assume. He has already announced vn By-Laws Amendments to posal. [Send By-laws.] his retirement from running the histo Article XI to create sections/ Spec VID Membership Issues ry conferences, this one being his ial Interest Groups (SIGs) President A. By-laws Amendments to AJti sixth and final one. He also feels that Berger presented the following amend cles II & V Related to Membership being Publi ca tions Chair is something ment to the SAH By-laws, as previ and Dues: Kit Foster proposed the someone else can do. A task force ously amended through April 1, 2005: following amendments to the SAH had been discussed to handle the dis A1"licle XI Chapters and Sections By-laws, as previously amended tribution of responsibilities. John Section I - Chapters and Sections through April 1, 2005: Marino recommended broadening the 7be Society may have Chapters and Article II, Section 3- Dues: Dues discussion to include committee and ections for the furtherance of the pur are established by the Board. 7bey are li aison responsibilities of all members, poses of the ociety as set out in Article payable on an annual basis, and con therefore covering items B and C I Section 1, for the enhancement of fer membership privileges for a calen below. Bob Ebert moved that a task membership in the Society, and for the dar year. A membership is terminated committee consisting of Kit Foster, j oe promotion of social intercourse if a member has not paid dues by April Freeman, Leroy Cole and j ohn Marino among its Members. A Chapter consists L Dues received for any person who study the distribution of responsibili o{a group o{Members who live and becomes a Member on or after Septem ties, circulate initial .findings to the work in a designated geographic area. ber 1 of a year confer membership Board in advance, bring some action A Section consists o{Members who privileges for the remainder of that items to the October meeting, outlin have a common interest in a specific year and for the year following. ing the more complex issues that will topic o{automotive history. Article V- Voting Rights: Section need more time. Seconded by j ohn The Board voted to add the word 1 - Voting by Members: Each Foom 6l Marino. Marino agreed to chair the ection, capitalized, standing for special i1%g, Life, 611'1;6/ A etii'ie A'km%/:Jer ·l:b'f9o5e committee. Foster recommended tak interest groups, throughout the section 6ltte5 6We fJ6ti6l, 6t??6l e6teh J!.o1'tO ii5t1Jl ing AHA Lia ison out of the mix. on Chapters, Sections to be governed Member, is entitled to one vote. A vote Passed unanimously. by the same guidelines in the By-laws. may be cast in person or by proxy at B. Future of Public Relati ons, joe Freeman moved acceptance of the any meeting ofMembers , or by mail Chapter Re lati ons and Audit and change. Seconded by Susan Davis. for any matter submitted to the Finance Committees. o action taken Passed with one abstention. Membership for a vote.

May-June 2006 5 j oe Freeman moved acceptance Society by extensio n) as a career. By Bromley reported on the positive of the changes as presented. Seconded promoting the Student History Prize, experi ence with AHA in Philadelphia by tan Lyman. Passed unanimously. one can connect the importance of Januaty 5-8 this year. SAH exercised B. Membe rship Statistics: Kit being published on one's curriculum the no-charge option of having a con Foster reported that total membership vitae/ resume to attract partici patio n. ference room to present. The second stands at 1,014, spread among USA Mike Berger offered to create a eye available option is to partner with (792), Ca nada (21), United Kingdom catching poster fo r academic venues. AHA for greater exposure, requiring (124), Western Europe (47), Australi a Berger also offered to approach his prepared programs. There is concern and Japan (19) and Eastern Europe, S. graphic arts sources to redesign the that SAH, with fewer than 50 acade Asia and S. America (1 1). Last year, SAH brochure. micians, doesn't currently have a criti we lost 100, gained 108. The U. K. 2. Create "Automotive History as cal mass of academic historians to fill gained most notably. Attrition seems a Career" brochure. o action taken a conference agenda alone. Kit Foster related mostly to first timers dropping IX Meetings and Conferences noted that alternating with its own off. Greatest long-term success ap- A. European Meeting and Tour conference and with AHA would -pears to be among those soli cited by Repott: Present participants reported give SAH annual conference activity. active members and directors. a successful evening with 51 people Michael Bromley moved that SAH C. 2006 Membershi p Directory: attending the dinner, third highest attempt to participate as a society with Kit Foster reported that a new directo ever, also compares well to 83 at AHA biennially, ifpossible to work ry w ill be issued in the autumn. Hershey last October. The tour to Le toward annual participation. Second D. Membership Committee Initi Mans museum was the icing on the ed by Mike Berger. Passed unani ative to Attract ew Members: Arthur cake, including an interesting class of mously. Jones and Stan Lyman reported that cars call ed Ancestors, well represent C. 2006 Annual Hershey Meet 13 libraries and automotive history ed with Ba ilee and De Dian-Bouton and Banquet. Kit Foster noted that research archives have agreed to dis et Trepardoux cars. This event is AH is due to be back at the Hershey play Society brochures, with or with clearl y one of the highlight benefits of Country Club this year, that the White out the offered aCJy lic stands. j oe SAH membership. Field is now history and tl1at the SAH Freeman moved the Society allocate B. SAH/ NAAM Conference(s) tent w ill be on asphalt. Paul Lashbrook $1, 000 for the membership brochure. 1. Possible ew Partners for is looking fo tward to help from Seconded by j ohn Marino. Passed Future Conferences. There continues everyone and will be sending out tl1e unanimously. It was noted that the to be a lack of inclusion and consult sign-up sheet in due time. design, particularly attractive, was ing in organizing the conference. Dis D. Cost of Attendance at Board no netheless getting old. Susan Davis cussion of there being enough interest Meetings. Depending on location, cost offered to contact a designer in Maine in automotive history to sponsor a can go as high as 1,500- 2,000 per for an estimated redesign. The car solo conference. Urgency noted if meeting, which may limit the people images don't need to change, so conference is to be scheduled in two available to serve on the Board. o Davis w ill contact Mike Lamm, who years whether with a different collab solution discussed. assembled them originall y, to send orator or alone. Mike Berger noted E. Other Related Items: them along. Meanwhil e, in order to the conflue nce of interest with the 1. Spring 2007 Meeting (Site and move forward with Jones's campaign, ociety for Commercial Archeology Date ): Arthur Jones, with help from we have ordered 2,000 more copies (SCA) and the Society for Industrial Sue Davis, w ill look into the Philadel of the current brochure. This was Archeology (SIA). tan Lyman noted phia-Wilmington area for meeting mentioned at the meeting, but may that AAM is the only one that deals space and sights. Florida wa also dis not have been a motio n. specificall y with the automobile. Paul cussed. Board members were request E. Other related items: Lashbrook moved that SAH initiate its ed to have suggestions to Mike Berger 1. Recruitment of Young Mem own bi-annual history conference, by May. bers: Adding a poster component to leaving the door open for others to 2. Policy on "G uests" at Board the brochure, identifying and reaching join. Seconded by Susan Davis. Meetings: There is currently no poli cy, out to schools with history depatt Passed, with Kit Foster abstaining. all owing anyone with a special inter ments, creating a poster for the [Subsequent deli berations with NAAM est to petition the Board to be present Student History Prize, working with revealed the feasibility of jointly spon to discuss a specific issue. academic graduate history depart soring a conference in ashville in X Publications and Media ments could all work not o nly to 2008.) A. Publications Committee attract young members, but also to 2. Proposal to Alternate with Repo rt: The Publications chair va lidate automotive history (a nd th e American History Association. Michael deferred to reports from the editors.

6 SAH Journal No. 222 B. SAH j ournal. lines for pro posal submission, va ri ous press releases for their respective 1. Respo nse to Leners by levels of participation, etc., at which awards and hono rees, to be com O riginal Author: j ournal editor To m members may make presentatio ns as posed of remarks by the award pre j akups has a poli cy about not all ow SAH representatives. She suggested senter and omer such informati on as ing an uncivil tone. The Board con having members serve as liaisons with fits such press releases, that these firms that the editor has the autho ri ty organizations sponsoring conferences press releases be presented to all to accept or reject lette rs to the editor at which SAH members can partici ho norees with their awards. This will in order to keep the to ne of the pub pate individuall y or as a society. Such assure much broader publicizing of li cati o n upbeat and civil. acti vity would increase SAH's profil e, what Davis feels is the crown jewel 2. Advice o n Writing Automotive legitimacy and membership. She of SAH. She and Kit Foster will pre HistOiy-Member Generated Proposal: would like to see SAH well represent pare a sample. These press releases Sinclair Powe ll has written such an ed in the Modernist Studies Associa can also be listed immediately o n the article, which was published in Auto tio n, for example, a fairl y new and website, fu1ther promoting SAH. motive History Review No. 34. j oe multi-discipl inary schola rl y society XIll Other Business None Freeman recommended the article , whose fi eld covers the vintage years XIV Adjournment The meeting li sted in the AHR index, be put up o n of automobile histo1y. Recommenda adjourned at 4:45 P.M . the website. Agreed. tion to try to get at least o ne majo r -Susan S. Davis C. Automotive Histo1y Review: university to suppo n an automotive Secretary Taylor Vinson repo1ted that issue 45 histo1y cha ir. Stan Lyman stated that is in production and he passed the onl y way to make that happen By-laws amendments around a proof. Expenses are in line was to endow a chair. The SAH By-laws a ll ow ame nd with previous issues. 1. Report on 2006 AHA Panel ment by a vote of seven or mo re D. SAH Website: Presentation: There was no theme at Directors, provided that notice is 1. Possible Expansion of Site: this trial sessio n, attempting to show promptly published in SAH j ournal 2. Creation of AcadeMail: o diversity of subject area. Michael and membe rs given an o pportunity acti on taken Berger chaired the session; Michael to petiti o n for modifica ti o n or rever XI Reports Bromley volunteered to be SAH - sal. The fo ll owing amendments were A. aminating Committee: AHA liaison. Presenters included voted at the Directors' meeting on Leroy Cole requested guidance on the Bromley, Deb Clarke, David Lewis April 5, 2006. Petitions must contain dangers of losing good candidates and Craig Pascoe, projecting scholarly the signatures o f two percent o f the because they are rejected in the vot rigor, diversity and energy. All me mbership (fo urteen signatures at ing process because members don't deserve public thanks, so noted by current membership level) and know them well enough to know the Board. sho uld be presented by August 1, their qualifi cations. The Board chose 2. Plans fo r 2007 AHA session 2006. Direct the m to the secreta1y: to stay with the tradition of having a in Atlanta. Tracy Busch put together a Susan S. Davis, P.O. Box 77, slate of six for the open positions to jointly-sponsored SAH-AHA session Kingfield, ME 04947-0077. be filled . This year, Pat Yongue has on interwar and postwar auto mobil e/ Anicle II Secti on 3 Dues is chosen not to run again; Bob Ebert road culture for the next conference, amended by changing the words and Sam Fiorani have indicated an scheduled for Atlanta in 2007. Presenters "March 1" to read "April 1," and interest in seeking another term. include Lewis Siefelbaum, Frank "October 1" to "September 1. " B. Silent Auction: Leroy Cole chipper, Bruce Seely and Busch. The first sentence of Anicle V reponed an upward trend in nearl y Two of tl1e sessions will be on oviet Section 1 Voting by Members is all categories of the auction. There auto/ road culture (interwar and post revised to read: "Each Member is enti were 468 items, donated by 18 mem 'WWII), one o n post \'<1\XIll Yugoslavia tled to one vote. bers. Gross sales were $5,163.50; the auto/ road culture and the founh on A.Jticle XI is revised to read as catalog cost $789.48, leaving a net the post 'W\IVII (US!) interstate system. fo ll ows: profit of $4,374.02. Three of five for Xll Awards Nominations close ARTICLE XI CHAPTERS A D eign bidders won items. Since 1999, April 15. The memod of making nom ECTIO OF THE SOCIETY onl y 1999 and 2001 were more suc inations should be listed o n the web Section I - Chapters and cessful. site. Sue Davis recommended me Sections C. Committee on Academics: Pat method of making nominations be The ociety may have Chapters Yongue recommended that the Com included in every journal as a matter and Sections for tl1e fllltherance of the minee o n Academics develop a solid of course. Davis also advocated for purposes of me Society as set out in knowledge base of conferences, dead- committees to be responsible for Article I ection 1, for me enhance-

May- June 2006 7 ment of membership in the Society, which will provide resource material until there were some 23 people pres and for the promotion of social inter and a forum for those working in the ent at Bryan and Mary Goodman's course among its Members. A Chapter area of motor sport. Fonner President home. Here the library and, in particu consists of a group of Members who j oe Freeman was charged with the lar the remarkable coll ection of period live or work in a designated geograph responsibility of gathering names motoring photographs, were the cen ic area. A Section consists of Members of potential members and putting ter of attention. The garage contained who have a common interest in a spe together an official request to the three veteran cars and Bryan's ve1y cifi c topic of automotive history. Board to establish the section. He rare vintage Amilcar-Ita li ana, a ca r Sections 2 through 5 are amend ca n be reached at 121 Mount Vernon which he has owned for over 50 eel to replace "Chapter" by "Chapter or Street, Boston, MA 02108, USA, years. British members were joined by Section," except for the last sentence 617-723-2661, Fax 617-723-2333, Bob Montgomery from Ireland and of Section 3 (a) (1), which "grandfa e-mail [email protected] with from France, Halwart Schrader and thers" Chapter members who were in any requests concerning membership Antoine Vendiesse. good standing prior to April 6, 1991. or suggestions as to how to proceed. After further socializing 30 of us It is hoped that the formation of the sat down to dinner that evening in the SAH Board announces call new section will be completed for the Reigate Manor Hotel. Sunday brought to form a new section Board's approval at its next meeting out a fu ll complement of 54 members At its recent meeting in South Bend the in October at Hershey. and friends for the lecture sessions in Board of Directors resolved to move -joe Freeman this hotel. This was after a hardy few ahead with the formation of a new ventured fonh in bitterly cold weather section of the Society of Automotive SAHB spring seminar to Epsom Downs before 8 A.M. to see Historians, devoted to the promotion of Reigate the start of the Pioneer Run to Brigh research, documentation, Wiiting and After the success of the Sociey of ron for pre-1915 motorcycles. preservation of materials on the subject Automotive Historians in Britain Trojan enthusiast Don Williams of worldwide motor sport. (SAHB) gathering in Reigate in 2005 spoke first and his talk was illustrated Since it was founded in 1969 organizer Bryan Goodman was asked by various anifacts including one of SAH has always had a strong contin to repeat the format for this year's the infamous vee-shaped fl exible gent of members whose primary Spring Meeting. (slightly) connecting rods. This excel interest has been in the field of Saturday March 18th saw a num lent talk was matched by Ian Walker motorized competition. Flowing from ber of SAHB members gather at who pre ented on screen a number of the adage that the minute two vehi Brooklands Museum in Weybridge, hitherto unseen period photographs as cles lined up side by side there was where they enjoyed lunch and the snippets of the history of the cars and sure to be a race, from the very earli constantly improving museum exhibits personalities involved in the vintage est times automobile and motorcycle at this most historic of motoring loca years of the Su nbeam Company of manufacturers engaged in competition tions. A 20-minute journey took us to Wolverhampton. to test and market their products. Reigate, where the numbers swelled Ian Polson won the prize for the Many historians have devoted their career- ro the documentation of the technological progress and innova tion of racing machines, of the enor mous skill of the drivers, designers and engineers involved, and of the huge variety of road courses, tracks, beaches and hill climbs where events have been held. Ra cing has always had a special attraction for many enthusiasts who collect material and conduct research on all manner of topics involving motorized competition. With this in mind a number of members within the Society intend to petition the Board to establish a sec tion, provisionally named the Inter Ah, what automotive historians like to do best-the throng at at the SAHB Spring Sem national Motorsports Historical Group, inar gather in Bryan Goodman's remarkable motoring library. Photo: John Warburton

8 SAH Journal No. 222 light-heaned quiz and after an excel He became directo r of the IU Legendary L.A. Packard lent buffet lunch we returned to the Art Museum in 1971 after three years building reopens lecture room fo r two more sessions. service as assistant director. nder his O n Februa1y, 1, 2006 an event Graham Capel gave a detailed leadership the museum's core collec occurred at the corner of Olympic account of the earl y history of Lotus ti on of 4,000 o bjects grew to more and Ho pe Streets in Los Angeles that road and competitio n cars. This was than 30,000 works of an , and includ had all the earmarks of an old fash fo ll owed by the reminiscences of ed examples of Ancient, Early Mod ioned Ho llywood opening night. author and assistant editor of the ern, African, Oceanic and Pre There were starl ets, politicians and VSCC Bulletin David Ve nables. The Columbian works. big-buck businessmen and, of course, questions rising from his talk brought Tom retired in 1986. Later, he Packards. After a multi-year, 35 mil to a close a thoroughly wonhw hile endowed two curato rial funds at IU, lion renovation the "Packard Lofts" and most e nj oyable weekend-one of and donated numerous artworks to building was o pen to the public. two such seminars held annuall y by the museum. He spent his last yea.rs Back in February 1913 Charles E. SAH in Britain. first in England, then in Switzerland. Anthony and his son Earle C. Anthony - j ohn Warburton He came to several o f the SAH din moved their local Packard dealership ners in Paris. into a new building at this same cor Obituary On a personal note , I (as have ner. The Anthonys adve1tised their Thomas T. Solley other members) helped Tom with his 50,000 square-foot building as the (1924-2006) fin al project and got to know him finest and most completely equipped Thomas T Solley died April 8 at his home during his numerous visits to Wash dealership west of New York. The in St. Prex, Switzerland. He was 81. ingto n, and my own to Bloxom and design was by the noted architecture Tom was best known in the St. Prex. At our last meeting, in firm of Jo hn and Donald Parkinson, automoti ve world for "Ro lls-Royce October 2004, I saw the completed who would later design Los Angeles' and Bentley (1931) Sales Literature manuscript and can attest to the City Hall and Memorial Coliseum. 1905-1965," with the coll aboratio n of quali ty of the book, whose publica In 1922 Earl e Anthony installed Jack E. Tri plett and published in 1991 ti on has been delayed again and the studios of his KFI radio station on in collaborati on with the Ro lls-Royce again because of Tom's desire for per the roof and in 1924 he insta lled the Enthusiasts' Clu b. This was a compre fection in the photographic reproduc first neon sign ever seen in the United hensive 36-page book of its to pic, tions (he intended to have a photo States. It said "Packard" and appeared written as authoritati vely as an auc graph accompany each item listed). over the front entrance. In 1929 the tion catalog. At the time of his death, He had amassed his own collectio n dealership was expanded with an he was preparing to publish a similar of fine luxury ca r sales catalogs w hich 180,000 square-foot addition. book of mo re than 400 pages on has been left to the Lill y Libra1y at IU. By the time Anthony died in sales literature promoting the luxury Tom was cheerful good company. I 1961 the dealership at Olympic and automobile in the years before 1942, happily recall the times we "crashed" Hope sold Lincolns and Mercurys. a work that had occupied him for Retromobile the day befo re its offi cial The dealership was sold to a bank in over ten years. It is ho ped that his opening in order to have an early 1962 and used as a data processing fa mily will cany the project through stan with the dealers. center. Anthony's multi-vo lume Pack to completi o n. Tom is survived by his wife, ard scrapbooks were saved by Pack Tom was born on September 4, Karen Isgrig, two children from an ard Automobile Classics member 1924 in Indiana. Soon aft er, his par earli er marriage, six grandchildren Roger Morrison. One of the 1913 li ght ents divorced and his mother moved (including triplets) and a siste r. We fixtures was saved by local collector to Paris w here he spent his earl y share their loss and offer them our Lindley Bothwell. All traces of the chil dhood. He fo ndly recall ed visiting heartfelt sympathy. original dealership facade were the Bucciali showroom at an earl y - Taylor Vinson removed or destroyed and to the out age. After serving in the army during side world it became just another World War II he earned a bachelor's Just out faceless modern w indowless building. degree in architecture from Ya le Uni The second edition of 1be Legendary Fast forward 40 years. Joseph versity. A scion of the Lilly fa mily, Model A Ford, by Peter Winnewisser Ernrani and his fa mily had fl ed the Tom worked for Eli Lilly in Indiana has been published. It contains 304 Iranian revolution of 1980 and had po lis for ten years, o pening his own pages with over 200 color photos. settled in Los Angeles. They had built architectural practi ce in 1961, and The publisher is KP Books, 700 E. a successful real estate business over earning a Masters Degree from State Street, lola, Wl 54990. the years, Venice Development Group, Indiana University (IU) in 1966. www.krausebooks.com. continued on page 14

May-June 2006 9 Cousins continued from page I Panhard met Emile Levassor in to Rouen in 1894 the first four cars Wiener- eustadt, south of Vienna, to school, but both pursued different were powered by Panhard-Levassor manufacture Daimler cars with Paul directions upon graduation. Panhard engines built to d1e Daimler principle. Daimler, Gottlieb's son, as general worked for a wheel company and The initial Panhard automobiles had director. Under a license from Daimler Levassor a machine shop. In 1867 single-cylinder Daimler engines where the company produced trucks, militaty Panhard became a partner with Paul as the later production models used vehicles and cars similar to d1e Daimler Perin in a company manufacturing the twin-cylinder design. However, in Phoenix. Paul returned to DMG in woodworking machine1y. When the 1895 Panhard-Levassor produced its 1905 and he was succeeded by company expanded, his school fri end own larger twin-cylinder engine r plac Ferdinand Porsche who used Daimler was hired as manager. pon the ing the smaller Daimler engine. engines for a new model. The compa death of Perin the Arm was renamed Although Daimle r and Levassor ny Austro-Daimler severed ties wid1 Panhard et Levassor. never signed a formal contract, their DMG in 1906 but retained d1e name. Meanwhile in Germany Gottlieb fri endship blossomed over the years Daimler had developed a fri endship as they exchanged technical data. French cousins with French lawyer Edouard Sarazin Daughter Emilie Daimler was named While Germany gets the nod fo r the during the former's employment at after Emile Levassor. Arst successfu l automobile, the French Deutz. When Daimler established his generall y are noted for the establish own company, he granted Sarazin the Peugeot ment of the automobile industry with rights for his engine o n the French Levassor and Daimler visited Andre the pio neering efforts of Delahaye, market with the Arst French patent fo r Peugeot in 1889 and laid the ground DeDion-Bouton, Panhard-Levassor and a Daiml er being awarded in 1886. work to supply Dain1J er engines fo r Peugeot. In fact it was Panhard After the death of Edouard Sa razin , future Peugeot auto mobiles. In 1891 Levassor that established the modern Levassor developed a romantic inter Peugeot sold fi ve automobiles, but arrangement of front engine/ rear drive est in Louise Sa razin and they married production rose to 72 vehicles in 1892 and is credited with using an automo in 1890. Levassor now controlled the and 300 in 1899. In 1896 brother ti ve chassis rather than a carri age French rights to the Daimler patents. Armand Peugeot founded the S.A. des chassis. While Delahaye and DeDio n An early ad for d1e Societe Automobiles Peugeot. A year later, had their own engines, Panhard and des Anciens Etablissements Panhard however, the company abandoned Peugeot used Daimler engines. et Levassor of Paris stated that it had the Daimler two-cylinder venica l been capitalized at Ave million francs engine fo r its own design featuring a Panhard et Levassor and was offering horseless carriages hori zontal arrangement. The French connection with Daimler and trucks driven by petroleum motors. was due to a series of events and These vehicles were powered by English cousins involved numerous players. Rene Dain1J er engines. In d1e race from Paris In 1887 Daimler statted producing his two-cylinder V engine in Bad Ca nn statt. In 1890 he exhibited a trolley powered by his engine at an exhibi tio n in Bremen. Here he met English man Frede rick Simms. At this time Daimler was using his new engine in motorboats and entrepreneur imms saw the potential for marketing the engine in England for the Thames launches. Accordingly, he o btained patent rights and formed the Daiml er Motor Syndicate Ltd in 1893 to manu facture Daimler engines. In 1895 Harry]. Lawson saw a greater oppor tunity for the engine in powering motor car and bought all the avail able patents including the Daimler engine from inuns. This resulted in the Daimler Panhard-levassor-Wagen with Daimler engine 1893-94. Photo: Mercedes-Benz continued mz page 15

10 SAH Journal No. 222 acquired by Delahaye in 1935, died with that ca r in 1953. In the ea rl ier book, Adatto asked the reader to inform him of errors and omissions. The j ournal review did so, thus it was a bit dis concening to find that the seminal 1951 Museum of Modern An exhibit "8 Automobil es" is still referred to as Boo I< "Eight Great Automobiles." The new book asks only for "comments," but a reviewer should not let errors pass. Revie\Ns The photo of "French President" Daladier in a Delage should be recap Delage Styling and Design-La Belle ductions of coachbuilder's drawings ti oned "French Premier. " The Foreign Voiture Fran~aise , by Richard S. Adatto sprinkled throughout. Especially nice Minister assassinated in a Delage was and Diana E. Meredith. 2005. ISBN ly done are the drawings that embel "Banhou," not "Berthou. " According Casebound 1-85443-204-4. 136 pages, lish the inside front and rear covers. to the company's own history, Labour approx. 75 color photos, 27 vintage The authors are upfront Oiterally, dette's first automobile coachwork black-and-white photos and reproduc in otes and Acknowledgments) about appeared on an 1896 Georges Rich tions of coachbuilders drawings. Pub the focus of their book. It is "a celebra ard, not an 1899 Panhard-Levassor. lished by Dalton Watson Fine Books, tion of the beautiful French cars of the The Letourneur & Marchand "yoyo" 1730 Christopher Drive, Deerfield, IL golden era between 1929 and 1953, cars had a distinctive design in the 60015 USA, www.daltonwatson.com. with a special emphasis on the years front door that resembled a yoyo $39.95 without shipping and handling. just before World War II . . . [11his book unrolling. The car depicted as a yoyo is not a detailed history of the evolution in the Adatto/ Meredith book does not "Here at last we have a book in Eng of the company or its racing ttiumphs, have this identifying feature but lish that celebrates the styling and which we leave to other enthusiasts." instead circular yin-ya ng shaped air design of Louis Delage's beautiful onetheless, the first two chapters ade vents in the side of the hood. Finally, French car, at that special moment quately cover the early years of the it would have been immensely help when the superb Delage chassis came company and Delage's racing history. fu l if the prices in French francs could together with the best coachbuilders The Appendix is infonnative, containing have been supplemented with their of the time." Thus begins the Intro "A pecification Checklist of Delage equivalents in dollars. duction by coll ector Peter W. Mu llin to Racing Cars," "Speed Records All with If this book whets your appetite Delage Styling and Design -La Belle Flying Stan," and "The Delage Record to know more, a comprehensive his Voiture Frmu;aise. Only three works in Competition" (reprinted by permis tory was published in France last in English, the last dated 1983, are ref sion from The Delage j ournal of Great year, Delage Ia belle voiture rranfaise, ere nced in the "S leer Bibliography." Britain). Enough for most readers by Daniel Carhart and Claude High time, one may truthfully say. I should think. Rouxel. Rights have been obtained to Richard Adatto's love for the The bulk of the book is given publish it in English, and a translator French exoti cs of the 1930s was well over to photographs and brief discus hired. The American book, with its documented in his previous book sions of Delages bodied by Chapron, splendid color photography, will be a From Passion to Perfection -The Pounout, de Villars, Figoni & Falaschi, fine companion to it. Story of French Streamlined Styling Fernandez & Darrin, Guillore, Franay, - Taylor Vinson 1930-1939, for which Diana E. Mere and Letourneur & Marchand. This is dith served as editor (reviewed in followed by reprints of two road tests SAHjournal206, eptember-October of the D8-120 conducted by two Sie bauten Autos-Die vergessene 2003). That book received in 2004 British publications in 1938, interest Autowelt der deutschsprachigen "The Most Beautiful Book of the Year ing viewpoints of the day. In addition Automobil-Konstruktuere lSSs- Award" in Paris. Delage is somewhat to the material mentioned earlier, the 1945, by Michael Graf Wolff Metter shoner (and less expensive) but cer Appendix also contains chans "Pas nich and Hans-Otto eubauer. 2004, tainly beautiful enough with a va ri ed senger/ Racing Producti on" and no ISBN number. Hardcover, 268 array of color photographs, vintage "Specifications 1905-1949," al o from pages, 270 illustrations, text in Ger black-and-white photos, and re pro- Th e Delage j ournal. The marque, man. Published by Verl ag Hermann

May-June 2006 11 Sieger GmbH, P.O. Box 1160, D- relevant texts and entries. The book is made, first public appearance and fur 73545 Lorch, Germany. Price in Ger well produced and is highl y important ther showings of note, and in the case many 49.50 Euro (a pprox. $70 plus for its coverage of new ground. His of postwar cars contemporary show p&p).e-mail: [email protected]. torians will offer Sie bauten Autos a cars at the sa me initial venue. It some favored place in their libraty. times takes a bit of concentration to Both authors are we ll known for sever - Ferdinand Hediger match the wording to the pictu re, due al books on automotive histoty. They [Editor's N ote: this review was writ to some of the page layouts. have taken up a hithetto neglected ten before Sie bauten Autos won an My main areas of interest turned out theme. For many years they have col SAH Award of Distinction for a book to be d1e intetw ar French ventures into lected and researched the biographies of particular merit in a language other aeroclynanuc shapes, most of wruch were of more than 250 engineers, tech.nj than English] to me quite am-active, and the postwar cians, designers and pioneers from designs--! could spot elements d1at were Germany and Austria, which includes used in subsequent procluction verudes the present day Czech Republic. 500 Fantastic Cars, A Century o f albeit often of an unrelated brand. For the first time historians will the World's Concept Cars, by Serge Some designs were sufficientl y find a completely new insight into the Bellu. 2003, ISB N 1-84425--039-3. attractive for me to have d1ought it a activities and development of large and Hardcover, 128 pages, 500 illustra pity du t d1ey didn't make production, small manufacturers. It is intriguing to tions. Pu blished by Haynes Publishing Some velucles were so obviously read about the careers of the men and Group, Sparkforcl , Yeovil Somerset designed for sensation d1at they were d1eir influence on the producti on of BA22 7]] UK Order online at www. totally in1practical for driving on public many, often changing, marques. haynes.co.uk or call +44 1963 442030. roads clue to the usually combined diffi Most of the entries contain birth £15, $16.47 on Amazon.com culties of getting in and out and lack of and death dates, a portrait picture, all round visibility, being either replica the professional career, outstanding This book looks like a volume th at airplane fuselages, ultra low 70s sports achievements and developments as one is likely to encounter in a remain cars (the ideas from wruch did derive well as one or more pictures of the der book shop, all photos and noth some of the more unfortunate kitcars, automobiles they created. Many of the ing of substance, and having little of often Beede based) or later models of black and white period illustrations interest d1 erein for the knowledgeable what have now become known as are published for the first time. enthusiast. Well, don't judge a book supercar types. Most of us have read about the by its cover! Among the mostl y very boxy city careers of the famous men, like Carl The aud1or offers an overview cars, the slightly larger looking AMC Benz, Gottlieb Daimler, Wilhelm May of the concept car from the period Armitron of 1968 stands out for me, bach or August Horch, Hans Ledwinka 1914-1951 , and then from 1952 until and its concept was apparently good and perhaps even Hans Gustav Rohr. 2002 selects eight such cars per year, enough for it to be wheeled out again But who has ever heard of Oskar Arlt additionall y featuring an extra one nine years later. There are some won (DKW), Gabriel Becker (Adler), Georg evety even year, and presents them derful va riations on the Corvette, some Bergmann (Szawe, Komet), Alfred with large, sometimes full page, pho even better looking than any of the six Haesner (Phanomen, VW), Nikolaus tographs and about a page of text. very attractive production series. Of Henzel (Di.irkopp, etc.) and dozens of Cars that were prototypes of future course, design is so subjective that it is others? This book contains a fabulous production models are not incluclecl; nei inevitable that many readers will have wealth of new information on men d1er are verucles coachbuilt to customer totall y differing views, although I stick and marques in Germany and Austria. order on production chassis. by the old engineering adage that "if it It is difficult to put cl own for anyone Most of the earli er photos are looks right, it is right. " seriously interested in the European monochrome, as would be expected, There was so much information history of the automobile. color photos not appearing to domi previously unknown to me in this The period covered was linuted nate until the 70s and later entries. book that I cettainly couldn't have to 1945 on purpose. From then on Each of the eight photos per page is read and absorbed it all at one sitting. ward the design teams took over from accompanied by a few words of I, in fact, needed three part evenings the earl ier chief-engineer, who was explanation, usuall y mentioning the to learn what I wanted to from it, and himself responsible for the entire design designer and/ or stylist and coach then still felt that I wanted to know and development of new models. builder, engine size and output, pro much more about the whys and Several comprehensive registers duction chassis or platform basis if wherefores of several of the cars. of persons, companies, institutions and relevant, wheelbase and/ or overall evertheless, a worthwhile read. publications allows one to quickly find length, whether other versions were - Anthony Parker

12 SAH Journal No. 222 that was simply unavailable at either GM or any other U. S. mainline manu facture r. I would ca ll this ve hicle the Euro-Ca r, a small four-cylinder, four passenger economy ca r. Produced by such manufacturers as An1eri can Ban tam and Crosley, this type of vehicle was not considered important in the U.S. marketplace. During the 1930s and 1940s the Renault counterparts were ft rst the Celtequartre and after 1937 the Juvaquartre. After World War II the 4 CV made its appearance. These li ttle ca rs made up a large per centage of Renau lt sales. Another category of cars offered by Renault that had no GM equi va lent Rolls-Royce fact and fiction more than two clays' This was later was the offering of seri es customs on Mike Evans' and Tom Clarke 's proved at Le Mans in 1928 whe n the medium pri ced chassis. These were response (Letters, j ournal 220) to my Ch1ysler team finished the race after avant-garde and sporting bodies by letter in j ournal 21 8 is welcomed 24 hours with bearings intact. such houses as Gaston Gri.immer and with interest and deserves a repl y. Another medium-priced but Pourtout. To imagine the GM equiva Their claim that "GM cars from excell ent America n car, Hudson, lent, Ameri cans need to visuali ze a 1928, and Ameri ca n cars in general, stayed with splash lubrication but sleek art-deco two-place Pontiac had a spate of problems with big never had bearing trouble and set speedster or a torpedo shaped Olds ends and journal bearings ... [and countless distance records. Stuart mobile sedan all available in the that] the cure was introducing pres Baits, Hudson's chief engineer, 1930s. It goes without saying that the sure lu bri cation as used on the Phan believed that splash gave better senior long W.B. Renault chassis were tom" is wrong. And I had to correct instant lubrication on starting and by in demand by the finest carrosserie of C. W. Mo rton when he made such a careful deta il design could match the clay. claim in his Rolls-Royce book. pressure lube engine at high revs. Another vehicle range that was At least one American, Ma rmon, -Maurice Hendry not ava il abl e to .S. buyers was the was using pressure oiling/drill ed Vehicule Colonial. Earl y in the last crankshafts as earl y as 1906 (U.S. Pat Response to "Concepts of century, the French Colonial Office ent #810,959 ftl ed Feb. 13, 1905). Full range and marque" decided that motor-transpo rt would details and patent drawings are in I very much appreciate Claude play an important role in the conquest George Ha nley's great book, Marmon Rouxel's comments (journal 220) on of its vast colonial territories. With Heritage (1 985). Marmon used this my letter "A Template for Success," twenty times the land mass of the method consistently from then on, (journal 21 9). mother country, and conta ining some and all top class makes adopted it in The compa ri son of all GM mod of the most extreme climate and ter subsequent years, plus a number of els to equi valent Renault models was rain in the world, the pacification of medium-priced makes like Chrysler. not meant to be exact, only similar. these newly subdued territori es would They most cl eftnitely did not get the I agree with contributor Rouxel that prove a daunting task. The promise of idea from the Phantom! there is much price and range over new markets and lucrative civil and Packard, Pierce-Arrow, Cadillac, lapping in the GM famil y: Cadillac/ military contracts propell ed the motor Lincoln , Peerl ess all had pressure Buick; Buick/Oldsmobile; Oldsmobile/ transpoit companies into developing lube/ drilled crankshafts for many Pontiac; and Pontiac/ Chevrolet. How and testing vehicles to meet or exceed years prior to 1928. ever, I submit that the Renault family requirements. The winners were the In his memoirs of Chrysler pub of cars, Reinaste ll a/ ervastell a; Nerva whole French motor industry whose lished by the Society of Automotive ste ll a/Vivaste ll a; Vivaste ll a/ Primaquar products became even more depend Engineers in 1995 Ca rl Breer states tre; and Primaquartre/ Monaquartre able, more durable and stronger. The that the ftrst Chrysler six-cylinder has even more price and range over big winners were those who were engine in 1924 would stand 3,000 lapping than GM . awarded large contracts. Renault was rpm at full throttl e for 50 hours- Renault produced a type of car among that number. Cu stomers could

May-June 2006 13 order any non-military Vehicule A Renault deale r had no such S.All News continued.from page 9 Colonial from an Agence Renault. problems. An Agence Renau lt in little and had just purchased me building. GM did not offer its customers this St. Po could sell any Renault from a The original name for the devel option. Juvaquanre Standard to a Suprastell a. opment was to have been "L.A. Lo fts," TI1e world of Renaults is a bewil He could accept custom body orders, but that changed after a visit from a dc:ring world for most Americans. So or sell you a Renau lt tractor and passerby at the stan of construction. you start by making workable non implements. Trucks and commercial Greg Fischer was an aide to the exact comparisons. My piece was vehicles were available from one-half downtown area's councilwoman j an stimulated by an editori al by Tom to eight tons; also stationary engines Peny and a historian. As they walked j akups in j ourna/217 entitled, and generators, fire engines, buses, through the building Fisher gave "A Single Badge for all GM Brands'" ambulances, hearses and taxies. Its Emrani a history lesson on the site. My response was "Why ot?" In easy to see why this marketing system He later returned with a folder fu ll of Fra nce Renault has successfull y used has stayed intact fo r nearly a century. newspaper clippings telling the story this type of marketing for 107 years. -Fred Summers of Ea rl e C. Anthony and his Los In my piece I state, "Renault Angeles Packard deale rshi p. Emrani ca lled all of their cars Renault and First auto fatality? made the decision to change the secondari ly came the seri es names." "On 31 August 1869, Mary Ward and name to "Packard Lofts. " GM took the opposite tack." Oddly her husband were traveling along a As the opening el ate approached enough, Rouxel contradicts himself quiet Irish road in a steam-driven car the building was made ready. Then and agrees with me. This contradic when suddenl y it jo lted, pitching Mary the question became, "Wou ld there be tion occurs when he refers to post under one of its heavy iron wheels. any Packards in attendance?" Th is war Renaults. "At Renault there is She died almost instantly in what questi on turned out to have a Holly onl y one marque and one sales net many believe was the fi rst fata l auto wood ending. Emrani happened to be work. " He continues with, "In the mobile accident. " passing by the Au tomobile Driving case of Renault between the two - tephanie Pain , Museum in West Los Angeles and world wars the formula was the same: New Scientist, 28 May 2005, p. 48 sport d the large coll ecti on of Pack there were very di versifi ed ranges, The article explains th at the two ards on display. Once Emrani spoke but it would be wrong to wa nt to youngest sons of me Ea rl of Rosse, to Ea rl Rubenstein , museum curator absorb them into a single GM mar Clere and Charl es Parsons, hardly in and co-founder of PAC's Ea rl e C. que. Who is he quoting' Not me? In their teens, decided to build a steam Anthony region, there was no doubt fact I said just the oppo ire. History car. They fabri cated a four-wheeled about having Packards on display for has proven this point. machine "with boiler and engine me grand opening. We are all familiar wim GM's mounted on a fl at base at me rear and The afternoon of February 1st, Step up Sales marketing program. a bench seat for the driver and pas me parade of Packards mrough clown In short it worked like tl1is. As a cus sengers at the front. " When the boiler town Los Angeles drew open-mourn tomer's social and financial situation was at fu ll pressure, the car could stares and literall y stopped traffi c dur improved, tl1e ideal Chevrolet customer travel as fast as seven miles per hour. ing its run. The assembled Packards advanced through me ranks and ended Mary Ward and her husband joined included a 1927 Six touring sedan, a his ca r buying days wim a Cadillac. her cousins, the Parsons boys, for a 1935 uper Eight phaeton, a 1936 But me program had its fl aws. ja unt, but when me machine reached Eight phaeton, a 1937 Twelve conven In every move up the family tree, the a bend in me road, a sudden jolt ible edan, a 1940 Custom uper-8 buyer had to find a new dealership. mrew Mary from tl1 e ca rriage and a victoria by Darrin, a 1941 Custom Wh ile looking for a Pontiac deale r rear wheel pa sed over her, killing her uper-8 spon sedan by LeBa ron, a ship he could fall victim to one of the almost instantl y. te phanie Pain ended 1942 Eight ambulance by Henney, a other Big Th ree, maybe Chrysle r her article with the aftermath of the 1947 Clipper Super club sedan and a Corp's Dodge, or maybe to Ford's tragedy: "The family was so distraught 1955 Patrician touring sedan. Mercury . Not to mention the many they broke up me offending object The legacy of Earle C. An thony excell ent independents who were and buried it. " and Packard will be on display at offering great values. In the 1930s Does any SAH member know "Packard Lofts" with historical photo GM recognized this weakness and whemer mere were earlier fatalitie graph and anifacts as well a a repli began twinning selected dealers, involving either passengers or pedes ca of Anthony's fir t neon "Packard" mostly in rural areas, to improve trians attributable to self-propelled sign. Once again, me legend live at product coverage. This helped, but it machi nes? the corner of Olympic and Hope. did not stop customer d ri ft. -Taylor Vinson - tuart Blond

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