Simple yet rugged, the air-cooled Volkswagen Beetle engine powered more than 21 million vehicles. Here’s an entertaining and informative look inside. Continue reading
Category Archives: Auto History
Video: Selling the 1961 Studebaker Lark
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A fashion shoot is the setting in this sales pitch for the 1961 Studebaker Lark. Continue reading
Looking Back at the Mercury Breezeway
Mac’s Motor City Garage explores a popular Mercury feature in its day: the roll-down rear window on 1963 through 1968 models, known as the Breezeway. Continue reading
Iacocca’s Lincoln: The Inside Story of the 1969-71 Continental Mark III
Lee Iacocca is remembered as the father of the Ford Mustang and the Chrysler Minivan, but there was another Iacocca vehicle that changed the Motor City: the Continental Mark III. Continue reading
Corvette Five-Seater: The 1956 Corvette Impala Concept
More than once, Chevrolet designers have toyed with the idea of a four/five-place Corvette. One of them even joined the GM Motorama show car fleet for a time—the 1956 Corvette Impala. Continue reading
The Department Store Car: The 1952-53 Sears Allstate
In the 1950s, Sears was America’s favorite department store, marketing everything from hog feeders to wedding dresses—and a spiffy little automobile called the Allstate. Continue reading
Secrets of Chrysler Ram Induction
With their radical-looking Ram Induction setups, Mopars of the early ’60s sported some of the wildest engine compartments ever seen around the Motor City. Here’s what that was all about. Continue reading