Downsizing was the big story in the Motor City in the late 1970s, and Ford gave the LTD the full treatment for 1979, lopping off 15 inches and 600 lbs. Continue reading
Category Archives: Auto History
Chevy’s Giant Killer: The 1966 Chevy II L79
The muscle car era was dominated by big-block V8s, but there were a few small-blocks that could run with the best of them, including the Chevy II L79. Continue reading
Oldsmobile’s Class of 1963
Oldsmobile had the mid-priced field covered for 1963 with a complete lineup of 88 and Ninety-Eight full-sized cars, and the F-85 compact, too. Continue reading
1925-26 Ajax: The Forgotten Nash Junior Brand
In 1925, Charles W. Nash expanded his Nash Motors lineup with the Ajax, a quality car in the $1,000 price bracket, but it wasn’t an Ajax for long. Continue reading
A New Dimension in Luxury: The 1978 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
For 1978, Chevrolet slashed 13 inches and 700 lbs from the Monte Carlo and declared, “You don’t have to be extravagant to be elegant.” Continue reading
Dual Cowl Dreams: The 1941 Chrysler Newport
The Chrysler Newport was created to demonstrate the company’s automotive prowess and to celebrate a vanishing body style, the dual cowl phaeton. Continue reading
Prelude to the AMC Gremlin: The 1968 AMX-GT Concept
The AMX-GT concept looked like the front of an AMC Javelin grafted to the rear end of a Gremlin, but actually it appeared two years before the 1970 Gremlin. Let’s have a closer look. Continue reading