Editor's Note
Why Indie Auto isn’t a ‘gearhead’ auto-history website
I have spent most of the day fixing a refrigerator. The good news is that it seems to work properly now. The bad news is that my tinkering was marked by quite a bit of […]
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Aaron Severson seeks feedback on how to monetize his auto history writing
Aaron Severson (2024) recently posted a story that asks readers for feedback about how he can better monetize his auto history writings at Ate Up With Motor. I would like to offer some thoughts. I […]
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Reader of 1959 Studebaker design-theft story dismisses ‘useless exercise’
Neil stopped by to comment on our story, “1959 Studebaker: Was it really design theft?” He wrote: “I think this is a useless exercise. Tho it seems to me as the Valient came later, it’s […]
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Is it true that Indie Auto just doesn’t like Fords?
When Indie Auto gets a spike in readership for a specific story, we almost always receive a certain type of comment. As a case in point, BN responded to our story about the 1963 Mercury […]
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What to do if you didn’t get our weekly e-letter and two points about Facebook
Indie Auto sends out a weekly e-newsletter by Friday evening. If you didn’t get one then check your spam folder. If you find one of our newsletters there, mark it as “not spam.” Since we’re […]
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Thank you for helping make 2023 a good year for Indie Auto
I hope you had an enjoyable New Year’s Eve and see promise in the coming year. I also wanted to thank you for helping to make 2023 a good year for Indie Auto. As a […]
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What did you consider to be the top Indie Auto stories in 2023?
When I created Indie Auto I did not want to join the viral rat race, where the website that gets the highest number of page views supposedly “wins.” That might bring in more revenue for […]
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Thank you to those who have helped Indie Auto pass two milestones
Recently Indie Auto surpassed 1,000 posts. If you have cruised through our archives you know that this represents a broad range of content, from magazine-length histories to satirical ads. Indeed, one thing that separates Indie […]
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Reader decries Indie Auto’s ‘false hoods, babblings, drools, drool puddles’
George stopped by to call our Saab 99/900 story “absolute junk.” He goes on to say that it is just “some ramblings of automotive trivia, half truths, whole false hoods, babblings, drools, drool puddles. But […]
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The rise of the European van and other musings from a few days camping
Indie Auto is a day late in sending out its weekly e-letter because I wanted to sneak in some camping at a national park before the federal government likely shuts down Oct. 1 (Lunney, 2023). […]