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The famed Isky hot rod built by a young California hot rodding pioneer Ed Iskenderian on display at a museum in Lincoln, Nebraska | Museum photos
An iconic segment of the California hot rod culture is on display in a museum, but it’s a museum halfway across the country. The
Speedway Motors Museum of American Speed is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, but is showcasing the famed little black Model T hot rod built by a youngster named Ed Iskenderian, who soon would become famous for creating high-performance camshafts. “Isky” anticipates celebrating his 100th birthday on July 10.
If the Nebraska location for the famous hot rod seems strange, consider that the car is displayed with Ed Winfield’s cam grinder that Isky used as well as with the only other pair of Maxi cylinder heads known to exist. The car is owned by Isky and is in Nebraska on a long-term loan.
A youngster gets behind the wheel of a stunning Austin 7 Ulster replica.
Young people (and adults) will have the chance to drive stunning classic cars at Gaydon s British Motor Museum as part of a programme to drive-down the high accident rate
The driving experiences will see people aged 10 upwards have the chance to drive a Vauxhall VX490, Morris Minor or an Austin 7.
Organised by Young Driver and hosted by the museum, the classic car driving experiences will be launched by TV presenter Quentin Willson on 22 May, with events then taking place throughout the year.
Adults will also be welcome to sample the driving dynamics of three of Britain’s most famous cars, one of which dates back almost 90 years.
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The Welcome Gallery at the British Motor Museum
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One of Warwickshire’s most popular automotive attractions - the British Motor Museum at Gaydon - is preparing to reopen after the pandemic next month.
‘It’s amazing that electric vehicles go so far back’: the world’s first EV driven
Aboard a replica of a battery-powered contraption from 1881, celebrating the 140th anniversary of when its inventor first drove it in Paris
1 May 2021 • 10:04am
Weird but wonderful: the author aboard a recreation of French electrical pioneer Gustave Trouvé’s rechargeable electric vehicle, in Paris where the original made its debut in 1881
Credit: V Demoustier/Timbuktu Content
The vicar of Hovingham was busy in his church so did not see how close his estate car came to being side-swiped by a replica of a three-wheeled electric vehicle that pre-dates by five years the Benz of 1886 – considered to be the first “proper” car.