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Design Notes
What are the top-10 coolest American car interiors from 1955-70?
Rare Classic Cars & Automotive History has a video that ranks the top-10 “coolest” interiors of Big Three cars from 1955-70. Host Adam Wade’s (2024) list is worth viewing but I would like to offer […]
Drive-By Musings
Would you believe that there was once a car in this picture?
A fairly popular type of auto history post includes photos of street scenes from the past. Readers tend to focus on naming the cars. It’s good, clean fun if you have nothing better to do. […]
Media Analysis
Why did Patrick Foster settle for fanboy fluff in his 1968-70 AMC Javelin story?
I had high hopes when I saw that the August issue of Collectible Automobile included a story about the 1968-70 AMC Javelin. Patrick Foster has been studying American Motors’ history for decades, so I expected […]
Editor's Note
Was the Environmental Protection Agency run by ‘zealots’ in the early-70s?
MB stopped by to respond to our article, “Oldsmobile’s John Beltz sounded like a rather cautious GM executive.” He wrote, “The EPA zealots ruined American cars in 1970 thanks to their requirements based on a […]
Letters to the Editor
Ninety-year-old reader would buy another two-seater Thunderbird
EG stopped by to respond to our article, “Car and Driver playfully roasts a 1964 Ford Thunderbird convertible.” I have owned nine Thunderbirds. The best one was the two seater. They should have fired the […]
Links
Oldsmobile’s John Beltz sounded like a rather cautious GM executive
John Beltz has been pointed to as one of the more forward-looking General Motors’ executives of the early-70s, but he came across as rather cautious in a lengthy Motor Trend (1970) interview. He was the […]
Design Notes
Did General Motors need to panic with the 1971 Oldsmobile Toronado?
The 1971 Oldsmobile Toronado arguably represented the first time that General Motors executives panicked in response to weak sales from a car styled under head designer William Mitchell. Whereas the first-generation Toronado was a remarkably […]
History
Why was Wayne Kady’s favorite design the 1971 Cadillac Eldorado?
In a recent interview, Wayne Kady was hesitant to name his favorite car design among those he had worked on during a 38-year stint at General Motors, saying that was like picking a favorite child. […]
Design Notes
Did stylistic penny pinching undercut the 1966-67 Mercury Comet?
As mysteries go it’s a small one, but I have long been curious as to why the 1965-67 Mercury Comet switched from horizontal to stacked headlights. The new look wasn’t in alignment with any of […]