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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 10h

🚗 Bruno Spengler's BMW M3 DTM 📸 Norbert Aepli 📍 2013 Geneva Motor Show 🇨🇭 #️⃣ #BMW #DTM #M3 #AutomotiveHistory

Bruno Spengler's BMW DTM car at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show.

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Jalopnik @jalopnik.bsky.social · 22h

George Seldon almost secured the patent to all cars before ever building one, but Henry Ford defeated him first on the track and later in the courtroom.

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Henry Ford Killed The Patent That Claimed To Own The Automobile - Jalopnik

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

🚗 1979 AMC Spirit AMX 📆 2010 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals 📍 Rosemont, Illinois 🇺🇸 📸 Bill Crittenden #️⃣ #hatchback #MalaiseEra #AMC #AutomotiveHistory

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Inactive event still listed on BookSaleFinder brought a few disappointed folks to Union this morning. But we saw signs for Lions Club pancake breakfast at the firehouse, so not a wasted trip! 🚒 Engine 1543: 2013 E-One Typhoon 🚒 Engine 1544: 2026 Spartan FC-94 🚒 Tender 1576: 2020 Freightliner 114SD

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Champion of the Champs: Wilbur Shaw 📰 Hot Rods and Racing Cars, Sept. 1952 #️⃣ #AutomotiveHistory #MotorsportHistory #RacingHistory #Indy500

Comic book page, Champion of the Champs: Wilbur Shaw from Hot Rods and Racing Cars, Sept. 1952.

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The Tucker design patent banner is simple and has personal meaning, so I like it for my Library social media. But my personal Facebook needed something different, so here's a recently rearranged collection of ~most~ of my oldest books (there are a few that don't fit on this size shelf), 1907-1965.

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

🚐 Benny the Bull's Dodge Sprinter 📆 2010 Indian Uprising 📍 St. Charles, Illinois 🇺🇸 📸 Bill Crittenden 🗒️ If you're 40 years or older and from the Chicago area, once you see those speakers you can suddenly hear these pictures. #️⃣ #Dodge #van #Bulls #ChiBulls #ChicagoBulls

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Andy @carbrochureaddict.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The 1984 Pontiac Sunburst was a nameplate exclusively for Canada, a small front-wheel-drive 'captive import' hatchback and sedan, using the new General Motors R-platform. It was built in Japan by Isuzu, where it was marketed as the second-generation Gemini. #carbluesky

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Andy @carbrochureaddict.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Czechoslovakia's communist rulers initially wanted luxury car maker Tatra to concentrate on trucks, but before too long the new 603 was launched as transport for high officials of the regime. This brochure in English celebrated the remarkable 2.5-litre air-cooled, rear-engined V8 model. #carbluesky

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

🚙 1979 Cadillac Sedan deVille 🗒️ The only yacht that should be socially acceptable for one person to own is a land yacht. 📸 Bill Crittenden 📍 Delavan, Wisconsin 🇺🇸 📆 2009 The Cars Time Forgot #️⃣ #Cadillac #MalaiseEra #vintageluxury #landyacht #ClassicCadillac

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If this scene was from the future, Doreen would be a Cybertruck. “You know I once knew this girl Doreen. Good lookin' girl. Look just like a Jaguar, only she was a truck!” youtu.be/-uY7uF1nUCI

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"I once knew this girl Doreen" - Cars

YouTube video by ClipCafe

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🎵 Drive Me Wild 🎤 Sawyer Brown 📆 1999 (Drive Me Wild) 🔗 youtu.be/CBquOoQZKT8 #️⃣ #CarTunes #90scountry 🗒️ “When you pull over and I jump in, Into your little red Mercedes-Benz. Well, I know there's no turning back. Well, I don't even care where we are, I just wanna be inside your car...”

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Drive Me Wild

YouTube video by Sawyer Brown - Topic

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

🚐 Customized 1965 Chevrolet Sportvan 📍 Delavan, Wisconsin 🇺🇸 📸 Bill Crittenden 📆 2010 The Cars Time Forgot #️⃣ #AutomotiveHistory #vintagevan #classicChevrolet #Chevrolet #Chevyvan #classicvan

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It's mostly my back & hands, but the joint pain IS getting more frequent as the years pass. #IYKYK #Chicago #AutomotiveHistory

Victory Auto Wreckers meme. “If you can hear this picture, your knee joints probably hurt.”

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

🔴🔴 Tail Lights: Making a Point 📝 Bill Crittenden 📸 1965 Ford Thunderbird by Gary Yost 🔗 carsandracingstuff.com/library/t/ta... #️⃣ #AutomotiveHistory #Ford #nostalgia #classiccars

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Not too many days like this left in 2026. ☀️ 🛻 2024 Ford Maverick XLT 📍 Hampshire, Illinois 🇺🇸 #️⃣ #Ford #FordTruck

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National Day Calendar @nationaldaycalendar.com · 02/10/2026

Are you truly living life to the fullest if you don't name your car? It can be a serious name like fred, or a fun name like pumpernickel! What did you name your car? #NameYourCarDay #NationalDayCalendar nationaldaycalendar.com/celebration…

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

For a long time I've hypothesized that if you design a car nobody hates, you've probably designed a car nobody loves enough to buy. Sure, every mass market car has some sales, but bland designs won't sell well if they're not sold on engineering or good deals. This tells me supporting data exists. 😀

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🚗 Chevrolet Astras of William Starostik (55) and Felipe Nogueira (31) 🗒️ That doesn't seem like ideal placement for a number. 🤔 🏆 Stock Car Brasil Light: Curitiba 2006 🇧🇷 📸 “Morio” on Wikimedia Commons #️⃣ #AutomotiveHistory #Chevrolet #Brazil #Brasil 🧾 GNU-FDL License

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🚗 Midnight Motion Nissan 350Z 📸 Patrik Storm, Alstra Pictures 📍 Uddevalla, Sweden 🇸🇪 🗒️ Not my taste in cars, but great pics. 🌅 🔗 www.carsandracingstuff.com/library/s/st... #️⃣ #Nissan #NissanZ #Sweden #sunset

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🛢️ Sunoco Motor Oil Advertisement 📰 Saturday Evening Post, February 1921 🗒️ From the days when copywriters had to be essayists. #️⃣ #AutomotiveHistory #Sunoco

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Andy @carbrochureaddict.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

With less reliance on export sales than automakers in other countries, US companies often didn't bother building RHD versions of their cars. American Motors was an exception, proudly showcasing its right-hand-drive Rambler American in this 1967 brochure, featuring several bodystyles. #carbluesky

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🚙 Peugeot 306 Phase I Convertible 📸 Mateusz Suski 📍 Zegrze, Poland 🇵🇱 🧾 Unsplash #️⃣ #AutomotiveHistory #WeirdCarBS #Peugeot #Poland #convertible

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Progress from May to September. It may not look like much but my plaid shirts fit again!

Bill Crittenden, from May to September 2026

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🚙 Rune Svensson and his Volvo PV 544 🏆 1961 Marlboro 12 Hour 📍 Marlboro Motor Raceway, Maryland 🇺🇸 📸 Today's Motor Sports (caption in alt) 🔗 www.carsandracingstuff.com/library/arti... #️⃣ #AutomotiveHistory #motorsporthistory #Volvo #MarylandHistory

Swedish driver, Swedish car—Marlboro 12 - hour Enduro winner Rune Svensson takes preliminary honors, while jug of cognac approaches in friendly hands. Co-driver with Svensson was Art Tattersall. Svensson lives in Englewood, N.J.—connected with . . . Volvo, perhaps?

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Formula One History @f1history1950.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

1887 – Alfieri Maserati is born Alfieri Maserati was born #OnThisDay 23 September, in Voghera, Italy. He became an engineer and, along with his brothers, established the Maserati brand. As a driver, he won several races on either side of World War One. #F1 #formula1 #OTD

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🚙 Restomod 1935 Terraplane 📸 Bill Crittenden 📍 Delavan, Wisconsin 🇺🇸 📆 2012 The Cars Time Forgot #️⃣ #AutomotiveHistory #Terraplane #Wisconsin

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

New oldest physical book in the collection! 📗 A Six-Cylinder Courtship 📝 Edward Salisbury Field 📆 1907 🗒️ No need to scan this one, it's been online for years thanks to the University of California Libraries and The Internet Archive. 👇🏻 🔗 carsandracingstuff.com/library/s/si...

A Six-Cylinder Courtship by Edward Salisbury Field, 1907.

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Joe Ligo @joeligo.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'm super honored to say that the Society of Automotive Historians just awarded our team with the E.P. Ingersoll Award for Excellence in the Presentation of Automotive History for our AMC documentary, "The Last Independent Automaker." Thanks to everyone here who supported and shared our work!

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Illinois Department of Transportation @illinoisdot.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It's #NationalRoundaboutsWeek! Modern roundabouts are growing across Illinois, improving traffic flow and safety. With yield signs instead of stoplights, they keep vehicles moving smoothly, reduce crashes, and eliminate tricky left turns.

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Probably enough posters & Hot Wheels down here to cover the whole basement multiple layers deep, I'm just putting up a few meaningful ones. Chicago lakefront from @luckybugloves.bsky.social exploring new art forms outside of her usual paper crafting. She doesn't love it but it means a lot to me. 💖

Wall with painting, poster, and small diecast cars.

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

24 Hours at Le Mans 📰 Teenage Hotrodders, June 1963 🗒️ A fictional depiction from before the Golden Age of Le Mans out of Issue 2 of a hot rod comic book series for young adults. 🔗 www.carsandracingstuff.com/library/t/te... #️⃣ #AutomotiveHistory #LeMans24 #vintagecomics

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“For me, I am driven by two main philosophies: know more today about the world than I knew yesterday and lessen the suffering of others. You'd be surprised how far that gets you.” • Neil deGrasse Tyson

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Wouldn't trust Carson Hocevar to drive anything I owned, but gosh darn it #NASCAR has ~needed~ someone like him for a long time. I have t-shirts of both drivers in last night's fight and I'm not upset at either one. They're pushing hard, disagreeing about incidents, and putting on a good show. 🍿

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Happy 79th Birthday U.S. Air Force! 🥳 🗒️ “Kenny Schrader, driver of the Air Force #21 Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford Fusion, is all smiles before his orientation flight with the Thunderbirds.” 📸 Larry McTighe 📆 9 March 2006 #️⃣ #NASCARhistory #AirForce #USAF

U.S. Air Force photo by Larry McTighe
Kenny Schrader, driver of the Air Force #21 Wood Brothers/JTG Racing Ford Fusion, is all smiles before his orientation flight with the Thunderbirds, Thursday, Mar. 9, 2006.

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Alanis King @alanisnking.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I’ve become buds with Mark Martin this year, and I got a signed copy of his new book 💙 I can’t wait to read it

Alanis with Mark Martin’s new book, Never Lift

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🚗 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint 📸 Bill Crittenden 📍 2010 Indian Uprising, Illinois 🇺🇸 🗒️ A 1966 Pontiac with a straight six that escaped being turned into a GTO clone at least thru 2010. Loved it, took lots of reference photos... 🔗 www.carsandracingstuff.com/library/t/te... #️⃣ #Pontiac #AutomotiveHistory

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Luke Kawa @ljkawa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

JPMorgan’s commodities team: “For the first time since the start of the Iran conflict, we don’t have a baseline view. We simply don’t know how to model the endgame.”

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🎨 Robert Lachenmann 🗒️ Early anti-drunk driving poster created for the Pennsylvania Works Progress Administration Art Project, late 1930s. #️⃣ #AutomotiveHistory #drunkdriving #drivesober

Poster that says Don't Mix 'Em with a skull, whiskey bottle, and gas pump.

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

🚓 Chicago Police Department Chevrolet Tahoe 📸 Bill Crittenden, 2012 #️⃣ #policecar #Chevrolet #SUV #Chicago

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Funny thing about #AI safety...LLMs are never going to be AGI, but AI doesn't need to be AGI to be a threat to humanity. All a rogue AI needs to do is convince human beings to attack each other in real life, and the current state of AI has been VERY good at convincing & manipulating certain people.

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Alex Hevesy @venomlance.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Being an automotive writer and driving a lot of different cars is actually a lot of fun if you just ignore everyone complaining all the time. Cars are cool. I like them. I have positive feelings on automotive technology. There's a lot wrong with the industry. There's a lot of cool stuff too.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 15/09/2026

The road trip holds a special place in Americans' hearts. It evokes images of long drives and iconic destinations like the Grand Canyon or Death Valley. Historian Susan Rugh notes that the post-World War II era was the golden age of road trips.

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The great American road trip, fueled by — and undercut by — the automobile that created it

The road trip holds a special place in Americans' hearts. It evokes images of long drives and iconic destinations like the Grand Canyon or Death Valley.

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

🚗 1966 Ford T-5 GT 🗒️ Ford couldn't use the name Mustang in the German market. Note the stamp on the owner's manual: “In Consideration of Trademark Rights in Germany: T-5.” 📸 Bill Crittenden 📍 Delavan, Wisconsin 🇺🇸 📆 2013 The Cars Time Forgot #️⃣ #AutomotiveHistory #FordMustang #WeirdCarBS #Germany

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Cars make for good metaphors, and this is a good metaphor about perspectives.

It's funny how we say "a bug hit my windshield" when we are the ones going 70mph. I'll bet the bug's family describes it differently.

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

🚗 Norm Tanner's GT2 Class “Tin Indian” Pontiac Firebird 🏷️ 1971 Fleer Drag Champs #️⃣ #Pontiac #Firebird #dragracing #vintagecards #vintagedragracing

1971 Fleer Drag Champs card of Norm Tanner's “Tin Indian” Pontiac Firebird.

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Bill @ The Crittenden Automotive Library @crittendenauto.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Picture of a fire engine in keeping with the theme. Photographer unknown. People said “the lessons of September 11 had been forgotten” when New York elected Zohran Mamdani. The folks who say those sorts of things learned the wrong damn “lessons.” The United States was founded by, among others,...

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_York_City_fire_fighter_pulling_water_hose_from_fire_truck_amid_debris_and_burning_buildings_(29131883480).jpg

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