The American car may have reached its pinnacle when it was all about wild styling and high-displacement engines, but its origins were humble and the persevering inventors and hardy adventurers of motoring’s early years deserve remembrance. For that reason, every November, enthusiasts from around the world gather to drive up to 400 pre-1905 cars in the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, which commemorates the raising of the national speed limit from 4mph to 14mph in 1896.
America was very active in trying to develop and perfect the automobile. We all remember Henry Ford, but few know the names of
