While the majority of the nation is in the grips of a heatwave, it’s another blustery “summer” day in the Bay Area. This would be the day I’d run across […]
If you asked me what General Motors heaven was, I’d probably point you to 1961-65. It was the last period that GM seemed to have everything right, while at the […]
I’ve always had a weird relationship with the 1958 Oldsmobiles. Given that Oldsmobile had some of the least offensive styling of the 1950s, this Chrome slathered non sequitur was one […]
It almost seems natural that the youthful rebellious mission of Pony Cars and the isolationist nature of Personal Luxury Coupes would eventually meld somewhere in the brougham seepage of the […]
(first posted 8/30/2011) For many a classic Cadillac fan, the bloom fell off the rose when the majority of the lineup followed the Eldorado and Seville to front […]
Initially when I was crafting my “Chevrolets of Bewitched” piece, it was solely to be focused on the 1964-65 Chevelles. I had serious doubts that I’d ever find an actual […]
Passing by these old Ford/Mercury wagons, you don’t really think of them as “state of the art.” But an ingenious hinge is all it could really take to transform the […]
If you asked me what General Motors heaven was, I’d probably point you to 1961-65. It was the last period that GM seemed to have everything right, while at the […]
(originally posted 3/6/2014) Finned, fresh and fantastic: The Forward Look Mopar cars shocked and awed both the buying public and the competition in the fall of 1956–but by the fall […]
(first posted 6/9/2011. What’s not noted by the author of this post is that the featured car is a relatively rare short deck version. These cars with their truncated rear […]
(first posted 11/3/2011) The second half of the 1960s was the last point in time full sized convertibles had any relevance in the American market. A short five years later […]
(first posted 2/12/2013) To continue on the trajectory of early -’60s Oldsmobiles that continues to haunt me, I present this Dynamic 88, which I first met under the cover of […]
(first posted 7/6/2011) Call me crazy, call me nerdy. But one of my favorite cars of all time, just to stare at for hours, is the original Valiant. Within a […]
(first posted 6/29/2014) The superstitions around “Mercury Retrograde” are perceived as explanations for communication and travel gone awry. Maybe that was the first mistake Ford made; naming […]