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5 Minutes With Jim, Episode 102

It's a doozy! Did you know that this phrase is an honorarium for a company that built some of the most astounding automobiles ever produced. It was a car with futuristic features and unparalleled luxury. And it was powerful and fast - tested speeds of 119 mph in 1929. Tested to 94 mph in second gear.  
In the formative years of the American auto industry, speed sold cars. Speed and performance made headlines. Speed, performance and luxury created brand loyalty with the rich and the famous. 
It's another adventure through time with America's storyteller, author Jim Hinckley. This program is made possible in part through the magic of crowdfunding. www.patreon.com/jimhinckleysamerica

5 Minutes With Jim - Episode 102

In 1911, Washington Augustus Roebling II, and his friend Stephen Blackwell, son of the former U.S. Senator Jonathon Blackwell, began making plans to promote the Mercer, a sportscar with an enviable reputation for speed and performance with a European tour.  The young men toured Italy and France with the final stop being Southampton, England, in April of 1912. Passage for their return trip was aboard a newly constructed ship, the Titanic.
Illness, natural and man-made disasters, auto accidents, and sudden death brought an abrupt end to many an endeavor during the formative years of the American auto industry. In each instance we are left with questions of what might have been.  
On this weeks episode of 5 Minutes With Jim, America's storyteller author Jim Hinckley shares a few stories of tragedy that transformed the American auto industry. 
This weeks program is sponsored in part by the Roadrunner Lodge in Tucumcari, New Mexico, a bit of 1960s swank. A time capsule wrapped in modern amenities. It is also made possible by supporters of our crowdfunding initiative on the Patreon platform. www.patreon.com/jimhinckleysamerica

5 Minutes With Jim - Episode 101

Alexander Winton pioneered the race on Sunday sell on Monday marketing strategy. Hudson built a reputation for reliability and performance through racing. In the 1950s the legendary Hudson Hornet was driven to racing records that would stand for decades. 
On this weeks fast paced episode of 5 Minutes With Jim, America's storyteller author Jim Hinckley shares stories about pioneering companies that transformed racing wins into sales. 
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5 Minutes With Jim - Episode 100!

One of the most fascinating aspects of the American auto industry before WWII was its rich diversity. Dozens of manufacturers carved a profitable niche from a highly competitive market, were innovative, and survived for decades before the willowing winds of the post WWI economic recession and the Great depression decimated the industry.     
This program is sponsored in part by the magical Roadrunner Lodge in Tucumcari, New Mexico and through the magic of crowdfunding - www.patreon.com/jimhinckleysamerica

5 Minutes With Jim, Episode 99

IT was an interesting concept, a vehicle that bridged the gap between the automobile and the motorcycle.
 For a time during the early to mid-teens, it was an international fad that launched hundreds of manufacturing endeavors.
 And then in an instant the entire movement became less than an historical footnote. Yet in a way it was a glimpse of the future, the post WWII years when microcars would enjoy popularity, especially in Europe.
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5 Minutes With Jim, Episode 98

For American auto enthusiasts, the V8 engine has almost mythical status. It powered the chrome bedecked tail finned behemoths of the 1950s, and the Ford flathead 8 was the engine of choice for pioneering hotrodders. Few. however, know that the V8 engine is almost as old as the automobile itself. And fewer know that as with Chevrolet, the V8 engine was an import. 
On this fun filled program its another opportunity to fill the head with useless knowledge as America's storyteller, author Jim Hinckley, shares a bit of obscure history about the legendary V8 engine. 
This program is sponsored in part by the iconic Roadrunner Lodge in Tucumcari, New Mexico and through the magic of crowdfunding on the Patreon platform. 

5 Minutes With Jim, Episode 97

It was an era of unprecedented opportunity, for those with vision, with passion, and with ambition. The world’s largest manufacturer of household items such as birdcages and ice boxes transformed into the manufacturer of luxury automobiles. Twin brothers manufactured violins and launched a photographic empire before turning their attention to steam cars. Opportunity and innovation were the order of the day when the world stood poised between the stirrup and the throttle. 
This weeks program is sponsored in part by Roadrunner Lodge in Tucumcari, New Mexico, a near perfect blending of the past and present, a living time capsule where the traveler is assured a restful night’s sleep after an adventuresome day on Route 66 and through the magic of crowdfunding - www.patreon.com/jimhinckleysamerica

5 Minutes With Jim, Episode 96

Welcome to another episode of 5 Minutes with Jim. In 1901, Alexander Winton of the Winton Motor Carriage Company made a valiant effort to drive across the United States and made a grueling drive from San Francisco to Nevada. In 1903, Dr. Horatio Jackson succeeded where Winton had failed. In 1911, AAA hired A. L. Westgard to map automobile roads in the west. Four years later Edsel Ford and several thousand people drove to the Panama Pacific Exposition in California.
It's another bit of time travel back to the dawning of the great American road trip with America's storyteller, author Jim Hinckley 
This program is sponsored in part by the Roadrunner Lodge in Tucumcari, New Mexico, a touch of 1960s swank on Route 66. It is also sponsored thought the magic of crowdfunding -www.patreon.com/jimhinckleysamerica