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Month: November 2021
Letters to the Editor
Lynn Townsend failed to solve Chrysler’s warfare between divisions
Reader James E. Duvall offered a thoughtful take on our 1966-67 Chrysler B-Body story that deserves more prominence as a stand-alone letter. While I believe the Elwood Engel’s styling department was on-track and that Lynn […]
Links
Olde Milford Press offers hard-to-find auto history books
(UPDATED 11/29/2022) Automotive historian Patrick R. Foster sells an impressive range of books through his mail-order bookstore, Olde Milford Press. As you might expect, Foster offers all of the books he has authored. However, you’ll […]
Design Notes
Did the generic 2018-21 Expedition trick Chevy buyers into Ford showrooms?
(EXPANDED FROM 1/1/2019) The 1962 Ford Galaxie was the long-reigning champion of the Generic Ford of the Century Award. This was a remarkable feat when you consider the stiff competition. However, year after year the […]
Media Analysis
Older Ford Mustangs got too big but not the newer ones?
(EXPANDED FROM 5/11/2020) Automobile magazine is dead but its Facebook page continues to recycle old articles. Yesterday the one million followers of this page were blessed with a reposted history of the Ford Mustang. Aaron […]
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Random Shots
A sleepy-eyed 1937 Cord 812
(UPDATED 10/17/2017) One of the retractable headlights on this is a 1937 Cord 812 Westchester four-door was half open when I last photographed the car at the LeMay Collections at Marymount. Go here for background […]
Quotes
Is the 2000 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am uglier than a Mitsuoka Orochi?
“I think this is a problem akin to ‘what’s the worst movie?’ Like, yes Plan 9 or Manos are both utterly incompetent pieces of filmmaking that fail at every level, but they were also independent releases […]
Letters to the Editor
Reader argues that Lee Iacocca ‘worked a miracle’ at Chrysler
Below is a reader’s response to my critique of Lee Iacocca’s tenure at Chrysler (go here and here). Anybody can be a Monday morning quarterback. Yes to a degree I agree HOWEVER the minivan was […]
Design Notes
1955 Studebaker President hardtop hints at a road not taken
(EXPANDED FROM 12/1/2019) This may not be a very popular perspective, but I would suggest that the so-called Loewy coupes were at their best in 1955. Although the styling wasn’t nearly as clean as the […]