Photo courtesy AACA Museum. And he called it… the Cougar. Okay, so Gale Halderman might have swung and missed on the name of Ford’s sporty compact four-seater, but the design he sketched for what wou...
According to domestic automakers, new car buyers in the United States only care about crossovers, SUVs and trucks. Sedans are an endangered species, as are station wagons. Personal luxury coupes are ...
Date: October 1987 Location: North Highland Avenue, Atlanta, Georgia Source: Georgia State University Libraries Digital Collections What do you see here?
All images courtesy the author. When America’s favorite automotive journalist tested “one of the snappiest little cars on the road” in Buffalo, New York, he was mobbed at every stop. “The sheered off...
Date: circa late 1960s Location: Crystal Mountain Ski Resort, Thompsonville, Michigan Source: via UpNorthMemories What do you see here?
From the seller’s description: This 1976 Chrysler New Yorker was ordered in 1975. PO put 72k on, I added another 7k. The car has never seen snow. Zeibarted new. No rust and no body damage. Spectacula...
Date: October 1965 Location: Las Vegas Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada Source: VintageLasVegas What do you see here?
Images courtesy Steve Tremulis. For any other company, design renderings largely serve as a means of selling company executives on a car. Renderings of Preston Tucker’s postwar car of the future mean...
1988 Chevrolet K1500 Silverado (left) and 1988 Chevrolet K1500 Sportside. The decades-old stepside bed was replaced with the fiberglass Sportside in 1988. This was also the first year for independent...
Date: circa 1980s Location: Main Street, Spencer, West Virginia Source: West Virginia History OnView What do you see here?
Photos courtesy Bonhams, except where noted. Were anybody to compile it, the list of American auto enthusiasts who had the resources and the rationale to approach an Italian coachbuilding house in th...
I took this photo of my black ’57 at the Classic Thunderbird Club International regional meet at Seven Springs around 1970 or so when we drove the Bird from New Rochelle to western Pennsylvania. Bill...
Date: circa 1950s Location: somewhere in Seattle, Washington Source: via Motorology What do you see here?
From the seller’s description: 1971 Buick Riviera GS Gran Sport . Gorgeous Factory Copper Mist Metallic, original color with very clean coordinating Parchment interior and vinyl top. Beautiful Dashbo...
Remember in Back to the Future when Marty McFly asks his maternal grandfather how to find Doc Brown’s house and he says the street he’s looking for is “a block past Maple” and Marty says “that’s John...
From the seller’s description: This is one of nicest Chevrolet C20 pickups anywhere! 1972 Chevrolet C20 3/4 Ton Custom Camper Special – 5.7 Liter Small Block V8 – 350cid – Edelbrock 4bbl Carburetor –...
Refurbished 1975 Chrysler New Yorker Brougham for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: Immaculate and extremely original vehicle with original Spanish Gold exterior with factory full ...
The “Bugtussle Caddy” has participated in more than a dozen “Treks.” Photos by the author unless otherwise stated. I couldn’t take my eyes off that Cadillac. Built in 1941, it was older than I, origi...
Nearly 55 years ago, the Department of Justice’s antitrust division filed a complaint against Studebaker for pricefixing oil additives through its subsidiary, STP. As Automotive News reported, the de...
Jessica Hartwig’s typographic map of Detroit, via Detroitography. The inclusion of Woodward Avenue on PBS’ 10 Streets That Changed America was certainly warranted, given its role in the motorization ...
Refurbished 1982 AMC Concord for sale on Hemmings.com. From the seller’s description: It’s not a Chevy or a Ford ! Why not think about having fun with something different, start a lot of conversation...
Photo courtesy Visit California. More than a year after landslides took out a portion of California’s State Route 1 and made national headlines, California’s Department of Transportation will re-open...
1959 Mercury Park Lane convertible (top, image by Richard Lentinello); 1960 Buick LeSabre convertible (bottom, image by the author). Editor’s note: This or That is not a comparison report between two...
Date: February 1977 Location: South 42nd Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Source: Richard Rosenburg photo, via Temple University Libraries Digital Collections What do you see here?
Photography by the author. If you can imagine spending a warm summer day perusing a show field awash in pristine examples of coveted collectible cars, trucks, and motorcycles, then you know just what...