Gen Interest Articles

The Eyes of the Nation Were on Monroe For workers at the Newton Steel plant in Monroe, the decision to strike in 1937 was a calamity. Just about everything that could go wrong, did. And it wouldn’t be until several years after World War II before the workers under the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) banner recovered from this dispiriting episode.

Monroe city officials, with an eye to bringing jobs to this tiny town whose main employer was a small paper mill, were able in 1929 to coax a steel company from Newton Falls, Ohio to open a steel mill in their town. Not only did the plant bring over a thousand jobs to Monroe but hundreds of workers relocating with the company needed food, shelter and diversion providing the local economy with a big boost.
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General Motors' Parade of Progress is on the road again dramatizing the vital role of science in American life ... "presenting," as Harlow H. Curitce, president of General Motors put it, "a picture of America on the move toward better lives for all of us."

The new and exciting 1953 version of the Parade is an ultra-modern presentation, high-lighting the enormous progress the country has made in recent years. Visitors, for example, we will hear the scratchy reception of the radio of 1925 as compared to modern high-fidelity microwave transmission -- will watch a tiny jet plane swoosh across the stage and take a fanciful flight into outer space.

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Michigan Drag Racing Although commercial drag racing was first popularized in California in the late 1940s and early 1950s, Michigan hot-rodding was quick to follow. Early drag races in Michigan were informal affairs when youngsters, often from Detroit, would head out to the sticks where there was plenty of road space and few cops to interfere with this growing phenomenon.

Like something from the movie Grease or Rebel Without a Cause:, young racers would challenge each other on dirt roads, with no stands or protective walls. It was a dangerous environment and with the advances in auto technology allowing for greater and greater speeds, it promised to become even more hazardous.
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Over 50 representatives of various national and regional Model A Ford clubs were on hand at the Gilmore Car Museum on November 4, 2010 for the official announcement of the creation of the Model A Ford Museum.

Ground breaking for the all-new Model A Ford Museum, proposed as a 12,000-square-foot re-creation of a vintage Ford dealership, is slated to take place next summer. When completed, it will become the largest public museum dedicated to the Model A Ford in existence.


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RM concludes its 2010 calendar on a high note, posting $9.2 million in sales and setting multiple auction records at the Milton Robson Collection event. Top-seller: a rare and highly-desirable 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge Ram Air IV Convertible achieves $682,000.

Classic car fever swept over Georgia this past weekend as RM Auctions presented the renowned Milton Robson Collection, posting $9.2 million in sales and setting a string of new auction records. Held at the Robson Estate in Gainesville, GA, the single-day event presented 55 vehicles and a select range of memorabilia before a standing-room only crowd, with bidders hailing from across the continent and as far away as England and Brazil. Bidders in the room were joined by those on the phone and via the Internet, leading to fierce and spirited bidding.
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If not for his untimely death in 1908, Byron J. Carter might have joined the exulted pantheon of U.S. auto icons such as Henry Ford and Billy Durant. As it is, Carter is best remembered for his aptly named Cartercar and its revolutionary transmission that many believe was ahead of its time.

Byron Carter was born to Martha (Crum) and Squire B. Carter in Jackson County, Michigan on August 17, 1863, just 18 days after the birth of Henry Ford. And like Ford, Carter left the family farm for a career in business and never looked back.
When he was 21 years old, he moved to the city of Jackson and was hired on by the Steam Job Printing and Rubber Stamp Manufacturing Company. After 16 years in the business, he teamed up with his father and opened a bicycle shop in downtown Jackson, a city fast becoming one of the most important industrial centers in Michigan.
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Company sponsors a virtual truck in game available on iPad®, iPhone® and iPod Touch®
Cleveland – Fans of Lincoln Electric and off-road racing can now race the Lincoln Electric rally truck in the new TROPHYLITE™ Rally App for the iPad®, iPhone® or iPod Touch® platforms. The company has partnered with TROPHYLITE and 2XL Games as an official sponsor with a virtual Lincoln Electric rally truck and trackside banners sporting the company’s logo.
The relationship with 2XL Games is unique in that it allows sponsors like Lincoln Electric to offer rewards to players racing that company’s truck. If a user selects to drive the Lincoln-sponsored rally truck, they have a chance to win prizes or from Lincoln Electric. Prizes are awarded to the players who reach a specific goal on a given day.
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EFI 101 consists of a total of 1½ days and focuses mainly on classroom discussions followed by an actual live tuning demonstration on a dynomometer. This class begins with a general overview of the basic functions and theory involved in controlling an engine using electronic fuel injection. In depth discussions about each sensor and actuator used, and their functions are held throughout the session with emphasis on interaction between students and instructors to ensure that everyone understands each concept before progressing to the next.
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Historians and motor heads of all ages are invited to attend Detroit's largest gathering of automotive history writers. The fifth annual Automotive Authors Book Fair will take place on Saturday, November 20, 2010 at the Skillman Branch, Detroit Public Library, home of the National Automotive History Collection (NAHC) 121 Gratiot Avenue between 2:00 and 5:00 p.m. Attended parking is available in the Compuware visitor lot south of the Skillman Branch on Farmer Street. This event is free and open to the public.


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