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Month: June 2024

Media Analysis

Auto buff media are rarely renegades anymore

June 28, 2024 Steve 12

(UPDATED 6/26/2024) If you subscribed to car buff magazines back when you were a kid, do you do so anymore? As a young lad I subscribed to up to five different magazines, but I wouldn’t […]

1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk
Letters to the Editor

11th-generation Studebaker owner calls his car ‘innovative’ and ‘patriotic’

June 27, 2024 Steve 5

DB stopped by to respond to our article, “The Studebaker Hawk reached its high point in 1957 — and fell rather quickly.” Well, I’m glad you gentleman have it all sorted out now. Whatever the […]

1991 Avanti 4-door touring sedan
Design Notes

1990-91 Avanti four-door sedan points to the road Studebaker could have taken

June 24, 2024 Steve 8

We have had a burst of discussion in a comment thread about the Avanti four-door sedan (go here), so let’s take a quick look at that tragic car. In its dying years Studebaker had developed […]

Skagit County
Editor's Note

On road trips, pesky errors and writing shorter stories

June 21, 2024 Steve 5

A brief programming note that I have been slow in approving comments because I have been on the road for a few days. I thought an app on my smart phone would let me approve […]

Random Shots

Can you guess what make and model of car this bumper sticker adorns?

June 18, 2024 Steve 1

Recently I noticed a car parking in my neighborhood that I hadn’t seen before. What really stood out about this particular vehicle was its selection of bumper stickers, such as the one shown above. As […]

1948 Hudson rear
History

1948 Hudson ‘step-down’ was a brilliant car with tragic flaws

June 17, 2024 Steve 26

(EXPANDED FROM 2/10/2022) In the early post-war period Hudson came the closest to being an American Mercedes-Benz. The new-for-1948 “step-downs” had engineering advances that most other automakers would not pick up on for years. So […]

Editor's Note

Why Collectible Automobile reflects a ‘systems problem’ in auto history field

June 11, 2024 Steve 7

Indie Auto reader Daniel Mix wrote a comment that brings up some important issues, so I thought I would elevate both his missive and my response. Here’s what he had to say about our story, […]

1962 Plymouth Sport Fury
History

Defense of Virgil Exner’s 1962 Plymouth doesn’t add up

June 10, 2024 Steve 5

(EXPANDED FROM 4/23/2021) Once in a while a work of automotive history is smacked down by a critic who sanctimoniously points to alleged inaccuracies. Sometimes these kind of critiques are on target (if unduly indignant). […]

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Old Car Farts: A heart-warming story of long-lost youth

June 7, 2024 Steve 0
Drive-By Musings

Would you believe that there was once a car in this picture?

June 5, 2024 Steve 0

A fairly popular type of auto history post includes photos of street scenes from the past. Readers tend to focus on naming the cars. It’s good, clean fun if you have nothing better to do. […]

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