Mexican racing driver Ricardo Rodriguez sitting in his burning Ferrari was overtaken by other cars today, July 11, 1971,during the race for the European Interseries Cup, which took place at Nuernberg's Noris-Ring racing circuit, Germany. Rodriguez, who collided with a guardrail, died on the way to hospital. (Photo by AP Photo)





John Potter, of Pebmarsh, England, puts a thatched top on his second-hand car that came without a top on June 2, 1964. Potter, whose family has been thatchers for generations, decided to create his own top when he was asked to pay 40 pounds for a top for the car that he paid 25 pounds to buy. (Photo by AP Photo)





Jack Rounds, 23, Los Angeles, Calif., escaped serious injury when his sprint car crashed into the outside rail and rolled over in mid-air during the 2nd lap of the semi-feature event at the Terra Haute speedway on August 22, 1960. Rounds was taken to a local hospital and detained for observation. Cecil Beaver won the semi-feature race. (Photo by AP Photo)





Technicians work on a new experimental German Mercedes-Benz at Le Mans, France, June 17, 1952 where it was shipped to take part in the 24-hour Le Mans Race. An aerodynamic air vent on top is used as a brake at speeds of more than 100 m.p.h. It operates without the wheel brake. The door extends up to the center of the car roof and opens upward. (Photo by AP Photo)





South Vietnamese-born designer Quasar drives the six-foot long square-shaped plastic car he built and which is scheduled to be a hit with the young driving set, in Paris, June 23, 1967. The car can be driven at speeds of up to 60 mph (Photo by Michel Laurent/AP Photo)





His car heeped with bags filled with aluminum cans, Charles Miller of Philadelphia takes a break from collecting the cans in the parking lots outside Philadelphia's JFK Stadium Sunday morning, July 14, 1985. Parking lots surrounding the stadium were scattered with bottles and cans and garbage following Saturday's Live Aid concert. (Photo by Amy Sancetta/AP Photo)





The bullet-riddled automobile in which the bandits, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, were trapped, shot and killed on a Louisiana road is seen May 24, 1934. Officers waited for the desperadoes near Arcadia, La., and pumped 167 bullets into the car. (Photo by AP Photo)





John Lennon's Phanthom V Rolls Royce, painted in psychedelic colors, in Surrey, England, May 25, 1967. (Photo by AP Photo)





American daredevil stunt motorcyclist Evel Knievel crashes spectacularly at Wembley Stadium in London, May 26, 1975. Knievel crashed attempting to set a new record by jumping over 13 London buses. After the crash he told the 70,000 spectators, “You are the last people to see me jump. I will never jump again and that's true”. He was taken to a hospital in London. (Photo by Laurence Harris/AP Photo)





The new type of electric car exhibited for the first time on occasion of a fashion show in Paris on May 31, 1941. (Photo by AP Photo)





A Royal Mail postal van, England, 2nd April 1912. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





Motorized mail, an early post van of the London General Post Office, Royal Mail Distribution: F. Wethermann – undated, probably 1903. Published by “Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung” 14/1903. (Photo by Ullstein Bild via Getty Images)





King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia's new convertible is one of the more interesting exhibits at the Paris Auto Show, October 6, 1953. (Photo by AP Photo)





Patty Ramge, posing September 1,1978 with her 1975 Ford Pinto, has little trouble with motorists tailgating since she decked her car with a sign warning of its' explosive nature if hit from the rear. Mrs. Ramge posted the warning after weeks of trying to convince Ford Motor Co., and its dealers to modify the fuel tank so it would not pose a fire hazard in a rear-end crash. (Photo by AP Photo)





Craig Breedlove drives his jet-powered Spirit of America during its first test run on the Black Rock Desert in Gerlach, Nev., Saturday September 6, 1997. Breedlove hit 227 mph on the run. (Photo by Eric Risberg/AP Photo)





Sally Gomez drives to rescue of friend Michele Moore in flooded parking lot at Hyannis, Mass., September 9, 1969, after torrential rains of Hurricane Gerda flooded low areas of Cape Cod. Ann Davis of Osterville stands up in roof opening to lend a hand. Sally and Michele are from Centerville on the Cape. (Photo by Frank C. Curtin/AP Photo)





In this September 15, 1963 file photo, damaged automobiles show the force generated by an explosion which tore large pieces of stone from the 16th Street Baptist Church during services in Birmingham, Ala. A bomb planted by Ku Klux Klansmen ripped apart the building and killed four black girls. (Photo by AP Photo)





Eric Kemp, an aircraft engineer from Melbourne, Australia, tests his motorcycle, of unusual design, on a Melbourne road, September 23, 1957. Kemp was inspired by his plane designing skill to create this motorcycle. (Photo by AP Photo)





Long lines of motorists form at the customs gate at the entrance to Windsor, Ontario, September 27, 1945 as Detroit drivers seek gasoline in the Canadian city. The gas drought due to striking oil workers has cut Detroit's supply to a trickle. (Photo by AP Photo/DT)





Stunt cycle rider John Mulber leaps over a moving car during a chase scene of the movie production of “Stingray” which is being shot in the St. Louis area, August 22, 1977. The production, a spoof on other cops and robbers stunt filled chases, is due for release in early 1978. The jump is being filmed from the car in right foreground. (Photo by AP Photo)