When the Ford Motor Company unveiled the 1969 Lincoln Continental Mark III, the automaker neatly erased the ’58 through ’60 Marks III, IV, and V from its corporate memory. Continue reading
Category Archives: Auto History
Video: Marketing the 1981 DeLorean DMC-12
Years before the Back to the Future movie franchise, here’s how the DeLorean was originally presented to the car-buying public. Continue reading
Queens of the Chrome Age: 1958 Buick and Oldsmobile
The Fiftes truly are the Motor City’s chrome period. Two of the chromiest were a pair of 1958 General Motors products, Buick and Oldsmobile. Continue reading
Video: Tiny Harley Panhead Runs and Sounds Just Like the Real Thing
Potato, potato, potato. Check out this jewel-like miniature Panhead that runs and sounds just like a full-size Harley big twin. Continue reading
GMC’s First Electric Trucks, 1912-16
For General Motors, the GMC Hummer EV is a bit of old news. The General was producing electric trucks more than a century ago. Continue reading
Cleared For Takeoff: Selling the 1977 Ford Thunderbird
For 1977, the Ford product planners in Dearborn reshuffled the deck, introducing a significantly smaller and more affordable Thunderbird, and sales took off. Continue reading
Birth of the Big-Block Chevy: The 1965 396 V8
The long and glorious story of the big-block Chevy starts here, with the 1965 396 V8. Continue reading