Cadillac’s — and GM’s — success in the Fifties allowed Cadillac to carry out complete body redesigns for an unparalleled six years in a row, ...
With quad headlights set into nacelles under projecting front fenders flanking a finely-detailed chrome grille, sweeping rear fender fins and an angular formal roofline without ...
The Dolson’s were successful wagon builders in Charlotte, Michigan — southwest of Lansing — in the late nineteenth century, reputedly building 5,000 units a ...
Buick’s signature identity in the mid-Fifties was its semi-circular rear wheel arches adhering tightly to the tire circumference. Offered in just three years, 1955-57, ...
General Motors positioned LaSalle between Buick and Cadillac in Alfred P. Sloan’s aspirational ladder and asked a young designer at Don Lee Cadillac in Los ...
Conceived in the late 20’s to notch into the slot between the medium-priced Chrysler (introduced in 1924) and the economy Plymouth (introduced in 1928) Walter ...
The Type 35 is quite simply the definitive prewar Bugatti Grand Prix car. Technically sophisticated and extremely successful in racing, the Type 35 is ...
Argentine native Alejandro DeTomaso left his home country in the early 1950’s to pursue a career as a racing driver. He enjoyed moderate success behind ...
Aerodynamics were the topic of the moment in the late Fifties and early Sixties. The search for efficiency was nowhere more prevalent than in Italy ...
The Type 35 is quite simply the definitive prewar Bugatti Grand Prix car. Technically sophisticated and extremely successful in racing, the Type 35 ...
Studebaker’s roots trace well back before the days of the automobile. The South Bend, Indiana firm got its start way back in 1852 building horse-drawn ...
The American Austin Automobile Company was founded in 1929, in Butler Pennsylvania. As the name would imply, they built mildly “Americanized” versions of the British ...