She shows that between 1900 and 1930, both male and female consumers reinvented the automobile as they "outfitted, altered, cut-up and tinkered with their individual cars to render them more comfortable, efficient, and versatile vehicles for long-distance travel" (p. 161). They added trunks,...
My high school had a dark green pickup that they used to plow snow from their lot. The coaches also used it to make teams do a forced run. There's a photo in my yearbook of the coach sitting in the back bed watching the runners behind him. I need to duplicate that pickup! Let ...
aIn the early days of the automobile, almost every ear maker raced his cars. It was the best way of gaining public notice. Henry Ford decided to build a racing car. Ford's most famous race was his first one. It was also the last race in which he drove the car himself. 在早期汽车...
During this period many middle-class motorists modified their cars, as the artifact itself remained open to—even required—user modification. Franz argues, however, that by the mid-1930s design changes in the automobile reflected deliberate marginalization of consumer tinkering and "limited the space...
Mass production of cars in the early 20th century The mass production of cars like Ford’s Model T starting in 1908 paved the way for the automobile to become more accessible to the average buyer. No longer the domain of the wealthy, theevolution of car production from expensive hand built...
Ford did extensive research on Edsel’s car model and even studied the personality that the car would boast. But, it took a little longer than it should have and could unveil the car only in 1957. The result? The market did not respond well to the new model as it had moved to buy ...
EARLY DAMAGE ON THE NO. 09 FORD ENDS A PROMISING RUN FOR MCCUMBEE AT CHARLOTTEJessica CaulderRAB Racing