Travel with us back to Los Angeles in the late 1940s to check out all the neat vehicles on the streets. Continue reading
Category Archives: Auto History
Double-Duty Beauty: the 1948-50 Packard Station Sedan
Packard attempted to bridge the sedan and station wagon markets with the 1948-50 Station Sedan, calling it “a double-duty beauty.” Continue reading
Lincoln’s In-Between Years, 1946-48
The ’46-’48 model years were a quiet time for Lincoln, with a limited number of models and body styles and equally limited sales. Continue reading
Soft Revolution: The 1968 Pontiac GTO Endura Nose
Today, nearly all cars feature flexible, body-color bumper systems. The Endura nose on the 1968 Pontiac GTO was the first, and here’s how it was developed. Continue reading
Cadillac Goes to War, 1942-45
As the United States entered World War II, the Motor City was directed to throw all its considerable might into arms production. Here’s Cadillac’s contribution. Continue reading
Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda: The 1999 Oldsmobile Recon Concept
Oldsmobile’s 1999 Recon concept was an excellent fit for the compact SUV market, which at that moment was getting ready to explode. If only . . .
Chrysler’s Classy Hayes Coupes
In 1939, Chrysler, DeSoto, and Dodge offered a special body style that foreshadowed the hardtops that took the Motor City by storm a decade later. Continue reading