Mechanics at work on the body of a Bentley race car at a garage in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom on March 22, 1930. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)





Action during the Bristol Cup Race for motorcycles with sidecars, showing F.R. Blackpeel cornering, March 20, 1928. Note passenger's face is almost touching the ground. (Photo by AP Photo)





American inventor Thomas Alva Edison with 1914 Ford at Fort Myers, Florida, March 23, 1928. (Photo by AP Photo)





One of the new quarter-ton four-wheel amphibian jeeps, now being produced for U.S. fighting forces, leaves solid ground for a test-run in an ice-clogged stream in the Detroit area on March 23, 1943. (Photo by AP Photo)





A polka-dotted foreign roadster for Polka-dot Queen Chili Williams was created by International Motors, a Hollywood automobile importer, shown March 8, 1948. Chili, a sports car enthusiast, requested that the British auto be “personalized”. (Photo by AP Photo)





The official Pace Car for the Memorial Day Indianapolis Motor Speedway 500-mile race is unveiled at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria in New York City, January 11, 1956. The automobile is a gold and white DeSoto Special Convertible. (Photo by AP Photo)





Italian motorcyclist Raffaele Alberti at speed on his strange-looking 75cc Moto Guzzi during his successful attempt at the world motorcycle speed record, on the road between Charrat and Saxon in Switzerland on March 1, 1949. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)





A line of London motor taxis at a cab rank in Knightsbridge on March 1, 1907. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)





A three-wheeler Pedelux cycle car at Park Royal, London, March 9, 1930. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)





A Garden-Lloyd utility tractor used by the 4th Queen's Own Hussars, based at Aldershot, 9th March 1937. The machines are replacing the Regiment's horses and are mainly used to carry ammunition. (Photo by Arthur Tanner/Fox Photos/Getty Images)





A group of mechanics examine the new Porsche Gran Turismo Type 904, designed with a boxer-engine and a polyester plastic body in Ludwigshafen, Germany on March 10, 1964. (Photo by AP Photo)





With a crippled engine, Ralph DePalma of Los Angeles crosses the finish line at Indianapolis Speedway on March 10, 1915. Another engine failure had stopped him near the end of the 1912 race when DePalma led by at least 10 miles. (Photo by AP Photo)





Even the axles are chromed and polished on Bob Larivee's hot rod, which he calls “The Outlaw”, as it stands in the driveway of Bob's home at Harper Woods, Mich., on March 10, 1961. (Photo by AP Photo/DT)





U.S. Border Patrol officer Richard McCown shows how he found Felipe Ramirez Perez, a 6-foot illegal Mexican immigrant, curled up on the engine beneath the hood of this automobile, at the U.S.-Mexican border at San Diego, Calif., March 15, 1954. Perez is held for illegal entry, awaiting deportation, and Felix Mercado Gutierrez, the driver of the car, is charged with attempt to smuggle Perez into the United States. (Photo by AP Photo)





Not only drivers of automobiles had to line up at this service station in San Jose, Calif, March 15, 1974. A man who needed a refill for his lawn mower got the same treatment. The owner of the service station would not sell gas to people showing up with containers. (Photo by AP Photo)





British racing driver Mrs Mildred Mary Bruce attempts to break the world speed record at the Autodrome De Montlhery, nr. Paris, France, November 23, 1927. (Photo by AP Photo)





Emergency Squad 6 of the New York Police rolling out of the station on East 122nd street on March 15, 1938. These officers are detailed almost exclusively to life-saving work, and this company usually is the most active in the city, covering a big portion of upper Manhattan and moving into adjacent districts when necessary. (Photo by AP Photo)