When International Harvester made a hasty jump into the light truck market for 1933, it took a convenient shortcut: The farm equipment maker ordered complete trucks from Willys-Overland. Continue reading
Category Archives: Auto History
Video: Dodge Rolls Out the 1970 Challenger
Dodge was a latecomer to the pony car sales war n 1970, but it brought pleny of style and performance to the game with the Challenger. Continue reading
Another EV Too Soon: The 1974 Jeep Electruck
Electric Jeeps aren’t new. In 1974, the U.S. Postal Service ordered a fleet of nearly 350 battery-electric mail delivery vehicles. Continue reading
Video: Love That 1976 Mercury Bobcat
Mercury’s entry in the hotly contested subcompact category of the 1970s was the Bobcat, a dolled-up version of the Ford Pinto. Here’s the 1976 sales pitch. Continue reading
Wankel-Holden Halfbreed: The Unlikely Mazda Roadpacer
Meet the Mazda Roadpacer, the improbable merger of a GM Holden sedan and a Mazda rotary engine. Continue reading
Video: Comparing the 1958 Lincoln and Cadillac
The Lincoln division of the Ford Motor Company plays hardball against archrival Cadillac in this original dealer film. Continue reading
The Last of the Big Studebakers: 1942 Commander and President
Studebaker’s big cars, the stately Commander and President, remained in the lineup through 1942. But when production resumed after World War II, everything changed. Continue reading