1970 Buick GSX print ad, courtesy of the Automotive History Preservation Society. By all accounts, the 1970 Buick Gran Sport 455 was the then-ultimate muscle car from GM’s most conservative brand, po...
Print ads courtesy of the Automotive History Preservation Society Buick entered the burgeoning personal-luxury/sporty-car market with the upscale Wildcat in the spring of 1962. Ford’s Thunderbird had...
Brochure images are from the collection of Hemmings Motor News , courtesy of Bruce Zahor. Jeep aficionados are salivating at the prospect of the upcoming Wrangler-based Scrambler pickup truck, rumore...
Brochure from author’s collection. For Austin-Healey enthusiasts, the Holy Grail always has been and always will be the sensational 100 S. Of the 73,728 Austin-Healeys built, only 55 were 100 S model...
While photographing a 1969 Buick Riviera on Long Island recently for a forthcoming feature in Hemmings Classic Car magazine, the car owner, Eric Sporrer, showed me some of the many pieces of original...
Ford Mustang Mach 1 magazine ad courtesy Lov2XLR8.no. Introduced in August 1968 as a 1969 model, Ford’s Mustang Mach 1 was intended to be the Swiss Army Knife of pony cars. With a matte-black hood, h...
Brochure images are from the collection of Hemmings Motor News The United States may still have been suffering the effects of the Great Depression in 1935, but that challenging economic setting only ...
Brochure images from the collection of Terry Shea. It’s little remembered today, but the original Comet — sold through Lincoln-Mercury dealerships as a standalone model for two model years — was inte...
Art courtesy of the Automotive History Preservation Society. Here’s an ad that will get you thinking. GM’s redesigned muscle cars from each division are all in one place and all with one owner — cert...
Rendering courtesy AACA Museum. Back in April, our friends at the AACA Museum in Hershey, Pennsylvania, announced that they had recently reached their fundraising goals to construct a new visitor ent...
Marketing automobiles has certainly come a long way since the days prior to World War II. Back then, when a dealer wanted to get the word out about the cars that he was selling, he would either adver...
They still provide fuel for your car, but over the past several decades, the majority of gas stations have shifted from servicing cars to providing more services for the people who drive them. There ...
Still image from video below. I briefly discussed my interest in the 1962 and 1963 turbocharged Oldsmobile Jetfire in Five reasons why I want these five 1960s GM compacts for the Hemmings Daily back ...
Singer, songwriter, actor, and television host Glen Campbell died on August 8 after a protracted battle with Alzheimer’s disease. One of Campbell’s roles that few remember is Datsun pitchman; as Japa...
Magazine ad from author’s collection. I’ve always appreciated the 1976 and 1977 Oldsmobile 442’s for their “slant back grille,” semi-fastback roof, chiseled lines, plush interior, and capable suspens...
Still image from video below. The 1964 GTO appealed to a power-hungry baby-boomer market and easily exceeded its sales projections. A new nose and tail and higher engine output made it even more popu...
From the East coast to the West, and every big city, small town and National Park in between, you could always rely on Greyhound to get you there. Greyhound Lines was America’s most popular bus servi...
Ad courtesy of Roger Peroutka. Rarely have auto manufacturers had advertising created to showcase the talent of their engineers, and the concept cars they built. But this ad from 1952 showcases two G...
Brochure images from author’s collection. If you prefer American cars over those from Europe, but still favor small over large, then consider owning a Crosley. Consider this: most Crosleys were about...
Ad courtesy of Robert Beaver. During World War II new cars simply were not available as most auto manufacturers stopped producing cars in January and February of 1942 before switching over to the pro...
The 1982 Pontiac Recaro Trans Am Special Edition. Photos courtesy The Old Car Manual Project. When Pontiac introduced its third-generation Firebird Trans Am for the 1982 model year, it wanted to remi...
Artwork provided by the Automotive History Preservation Society. This ad makes me envious that I wasn’t around to participate in the contest, but I can’t change the fact that it took place six years ...
Magazine ad from the author’s collection. Remember the scene in the movie Viva Las Vegas when Elvis and Cesare Danova (aka, Count Elmo Mancini) are lying under the Count’s Ferrari when Ann-Margret wa...
No, this 1970 ad is not included in the Vehicle Information Kits. It’s just used to provide a compelling lead photo, since the kits were scanned in black and white. It’s very rare that anything assoc...
1966 Buick Skylark GS. Artwork provided by the Automotive History Preservation Society. I believe that this advertisement really stands out among other Buick GS ads of its era for evoking emotion and...