World War II

In the past, we’ve discussed some of the more well-known ways that domestic automakers helped the war effort during World War II. As a result, most of us are familiar […]

As World War II erupted in Europe, the Allies faced a serious logistics problem: They needed to move troops around a diverse landscape that ranged from mud to sand to […]

While most every gearhead knows about the iconic military Jeep that helped carry the Allies to victory during World War II, they may not be entirely familiar with its origin […]

Cincinnati, OH – Every once in a while, we’ll take a break from hot rods, race cars, and off-roaders to focus on some other piston-powered pursuits. So when we learned […]

Yes, that Goodyear. Or more precisely, a division of Goodyear, at the time called the Goodyear Aircraft Company—the same folks who were designing, building, and maintaining Goodyear’s iconic blimps and […]

If you asked a military historian to name the five most important Allied fighter planes of World War II, you can bet they’d include the North American P-51 Mustang and […]

OK, so we originally wanted to write a story on the first 4×4 ever made. But the history of 4x4s is really murky—filled with one-offs, defunct manufacturers, aftermarket conversions, and […]

During World War II, nearly every domestic industry adapted its operations to assist the War Effort. For some companies, that simply meant rationing raw materials, but others (namely those in […]

Jeep is celebrating its 75th birthday by building a World War II concept vehicle honoring the original Willys-Overland vehicle which the company started producing on this date in 1941. The […]