AMC's Gremlin has been the butt of many jokes. . . and, coincidentally enough, it's the car's butt (or lack thereof) that inspires most of them. When...
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Friday, November 6th, 2009
Ford Motor Company was frustrated during the 1950s. Its meager line-up of Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln suffered by comparison with GM's carefully...
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Attendees at this week's annual SEMA (Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association) show were shocked to see a 1955 Chevrolet 210 hot rod built by...
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Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
Of the many dead ends of 1950s automotive experiments, and there were many, none is quite as dead as the levitating air cars and flying cars that were...
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
The 1961-63 series three Thunderbirds followed the hugely successful 1958-60 models that have become known as "square birds" due to their...
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Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Introduced in 1963 as the most dramatic make-over of the Corvette ever, the first Stingray caused a sensation with its gorgeous new Bill Mitchell...
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Chrysler went farthest of all in terms of developing the jet turbine engine for real world use. The zenith of their efforts was the road-legal 1963...
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Friday, October 30th, 2009
The 1957 Chevy is considered the hottest (and the coolest) of a three year series that used the same body shell, engines and chassis from 1955-57....
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Bookended by breakthrough '55 Chevys on one side and everybody's favorite, the '57 on the other, the 1956 Chevrolet often gets short notice. Unfairly...
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Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Called "The Hot One" by General Motors marketers, the 1955 Chevrolet set a new standard for low-priced American cars. 1954 Chevys? Some...
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