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5 Minutes With Jim, Episode 85

Good morning, mi amigos. Welcome to another episode of 5 Minutes with Jim. Before the willowing winds of the Great Depression decimated the world’s economy, a 1929 study noted that GM, Ford and Chrysler dominated a full 75% of the market even though there were dozens of automobile manufacturers in the United States.  On today’s episode I will introduce you to a few of the competitors. 
This program is sponsored in part by Gilligan's Route 66 Tours (https://www.gilligansroute66.com/) and the magic of crowdfunding (https://www.patreon.com/jimhinckleysamerica) 

5 Minutes With Jim, Episode 84

On this weeks episode of 5 Minutes With Jim, it's high speed adventures of the off road kind. On February 12, 1908, a contest was launched that pitted man and machine against the wilderness. It was an epic auto race from New York City to Paris across the United States, and the trackless wilderness of Mongolia and Siberia. 
This epic was but one of many events that proved the automobile was more than a side show curiosity. In 1912 a Brush Runabout was the first automobile driven across Australia. From 1908 to 1914 a series of races across the desert from Los Angeles to Phoenix grabbed the worlds attention. 
This week on 5 Minutes With Jim, it's motoring adventures in an era when the horse was still king, and a road trip was a true adventure. 
 
 
 

5 Minutes With Jim, Episode 83

This week author Jim Hinckley, America's storyteller, talk immortality of a dubious kind. It's automotive pioneers that have been forgotten with only their last names remembered. Who today remembers Louis Chevrolet as a race car driver, an inventor or bicycle manufacturer? What about the contributions made to the development of Ford or Olds by Horace or John Dodge? 

5 Minutes With Jim, Episode 82

On this morning's episode we talk electric vehicles and steam cars. When do you think the first electric car took to the streets? Here is a hint. Henry Bliss was the first pedestrian struck and killed by an automobile. This was in 1899, and the vehicle was an electric taxi cab. 
What was the first automobile to set a speed record of 150 miles per hour? A 1906 Stanley, a steam car. 
Be prepared to be surprised on this special episode of 5 Minutes With Jim 

5 Minutes With Jim, Episode 81

Milton Reeves was a dreamer. Milton Reeves was a bit of an eccentric and actually believed that a car with eight or six wheels would be the wave of the future. De Soto offered a cigarette dispenser - in the center of the steering wheel. On this mornings episode of 5 Minutes With Jim we talk eccentrics and automotive oddities. This morning it's an adventure of the unusual and the strange. 
5 Minutes with Jim is sponsored in part by the Wagon Wheel Motel in Cuba, Missouri and the magic of crowdfunding. 
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Did You Know? Episode 80

Pa always suggested that it was best to fill the head with useless knowledge than no knowledge at all. This program is filled with useless knowledge, unless you are a trivia buff, have dreams of appearing on Jeopardy or are just a very curious person. 
Here is a teaser. Di you know that Henry Ford played a role in the founding of Cadillac? On this weeks episode of 5 Minutes With Jim we step back to the dawning of the auto industry and share some the stories behind some familiar names. 
This show is sponsored part by the historic Wagon Wheel Motel (https://www.wagonwheel66cuba.com/) in Cuba, Missouri and through the magic of crowdfunding (https://www.patreon.com/jimhinckleysamerica) 
 

A Road Trip of Epic Proportions

Cadwallader Kelsey was a marketing and promotional genius. He had been instrumental in propelling Maxwell-Briscoe to the position of third largest automobile manufacturer. Alice Ramsey was a most unusual young lady in the society of the first decade of the 20th century. She learned to to drive and to make minor repairs to her Maxwell. And she learned to race. Together Kelsey and Ramsey became a powerful promotional team with the result being a road trip of epic proportions. 
This program is sponsored in part by Cuba, Missouri's Mural City. Check out visitcubamo.com for more information about this magic, wonderful, delightful fun Route 66 village in the scenic Ozark Mountains.  

The Time Capsule

On today's episode of 5 Minutes With Jim it's a bit of automotive trivia and a visit to a private time capsule where a forgotten chapter in automotive history, and radio and television development is preserved. It's a journey through time and to a magical place where time stands still. It's another adventure with America's storyteller, author Jim Hinckley 
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