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What predictions Jim Dunne got wrong in the first half of 1972

October 30, 2023 Steve 6

Jim Dunne, Popular Science’s Detroit editor, made a number of predictions in the first half of 1972 that didn’t pan out. For example, in the January issue he stated that for 1973 both AMC and […]

1970 Pontiac Firebird needed to go on a diet

1970 Pontiac Firebird: Time to go on a diet

August 18, 2023 Steve 15

(EXPANDED FROM 11/26/2021) The 1971-73 Ford Mustang has been criticized for growing too big and fat (e.g., Mueller, 2010). However, Ford didn’t act in isolation. All of the pony cars bloated out when they were […]