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Vintage SCI Review: 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk – As Fast As The Chrysler 300C, And A Lot Cheaper
Posted on June 15, 2020 | 45 CommentsIn their Sports Car Directory, SCI included a few select “American Gran Turismos”. It would a couple more years before Studebaker’s Hawk Gran Turismo appeared, but the 1957 Golden Hawk […] -
Vintage Sports Car Illustrated Review: 1957 AC Ace – The Progenitor of the Cobra With An Engine Dating Back to 1919
Posted on June 14, 2020 | 19 CommentsEveryone knows that the legendary Shelby Cobra was of course an AC Ace with a massive dose of Ford V8 hormones. But probably fewer of us know much about the […] -
Vintage Sports Car Illustrated Review: 1957 Chrysler 300C – The Duesenberg SJ of the 1950s
Posted on June 10, 2020 | 61 CommentsCC reader Laurence M. sent me his prized copy of the 1958 Sports Car Illustrated Directory, which includes a number of reviews of significant 1957 sports cars as well as […] -
Vintage Review: Autocar Road Tests the 1939 Studebaker Commander Saloon – Our Oldest Vintage Review
Posted on April 4, 2020 | 32 Commentsrobadr1 uploaded to the Cohort a vintage review by UK’s Autocar of the new 1939 Studebaker Commander saloon (sedan). It’s a rather fascinating time capsule, and it’s pretty obvious that […] -
Vintage R&T Review: 1954 Nash-Healey – A Contrast and Comparison to the ’54 Corvette
Posted on March 18, 2020 | 17 CommentsWe recently took a deep look at the new Corvette, thanks to a 1954 Road and Track Test and tech analysis. Interestingly, in the same issue there is also a […] -
Vintage R&T Road Test & Tech Report: 1954 Chevrolet Corvette – “Is It Really A Sports Car?”
Posted on February 25, 2020 | 52 CommentsOne of the most memorable experiences on my third day in the US, on August 29, 1960, was a long drive through Manhattan in a relative’s white over yellow ’57 […] -
Vintage Review: Tom McCahill Wrings Out the 1956 VW – And Explains Why It was Suddenly So Popular
Posted on March 28, 2019 | 44 CommentsAlthough the VW Beetle had been sold in the US since 1949, when exactly two were imported, its sales were modest for the first six years. During the early 50s, […]