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Photo Essay

What would you think if it was 1965 and you could magically see this truck?

June 8, 2025 Steve 1

Our pictured truck may be unusually beefy, but jacked-up big pickups are quite common in rural parts of Washington state. As I was taking pictures of this recent-model Ram, I wondered: How would someone from […]

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Is ‘peak car’ being held off by lack of urban housing construction?

June 7, 2025 Steve 1

Daniel Knowles, the midwest correspondent for The Economist, grew up in the United Kingdom and as a reporter has traveled extensively around the world. So when he recently wrote a book about the automobile, he […]

Pet bumper stickers like this one are dorky
Photo Essay

Bumper stickers about pets and kids can get really dorky

June 1, 2025 Steve 1

(UPDATED FROM 11/13/2020) It makes sense that parents — both of kids and pets — would stick with PG-rated bumper stickers. But why are they so dorky? The obsessiveness of pet parents is amply displayed in […]

Joan Crawford in 1969
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Auto history: A bastion of older white male privilege?

May 31, 2025 Steve 18

My perception is that there has been a fairly good gender balance at the auto shows I regularly attend at the LeMay Collections at Marymount. Thus, I wonder why so few women appear to participate […]

Stonehenge
Photo Essay

You can drive your car to a uniquely American twist on Stonehenge

May 25, 2025 Steve 1

If you wanted to see Stonehenge but haven’t managed to fly to England, there is an alternative in the United States. Around a century ago philanthropist Sam Hill built a replica in a rural corner […]

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May 23, 2025 Steve 0
Bumperstickers on women's cars
Photo Essay

Some women just want to express themselves

May 18, 2025 Steve 2

(UPDATED FROM 10/9/2020) Cars plastered with bumper stickers are a relatively rare occurrence in western Washington state, but they are most likely to be found where college students frequent. When I started taking pictures of well-decorated cars, […]

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The auto history book that’s hotter than Venus

May 14, 2025 Steve 4
Olympia bridge at night
Photo Essay

Can the soul of Olympia, Washington be found in its darkened streets?

May 11, 2025 Steve 9

Olympia, Washington was incorporated way back in 1859, and you can still see a few vestiges of its carless past in the victorian decor of some downtown buildings (Wikipedia, 2025). However, like many West Coast […]

Busek Museum truck
Photo Essay

Watching the sun set over the Busek Auto Museum

May 4, 2025 Steve 2

During the depths of the Covid pandemic I explored random back roads. For example, one Sunday close to sunset I came across a large building whose front yard was filled with rusting old cars. A […]

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  • Is Jaguar smart to run away from its design heritage?
    October 8, 2026 21
  • AMC Pacer clay model
    Why does Joe Ligo’s PBS series sanewash AMC’s mid-70s recklessness?
    October 6, 2026 20
  • 2026 Ram pickups
    A pyrrhic regulatory rollback and how poorly the 1978 Matador coupe sold
    October 2, 2026 12
  • 1962 Chrysler 300
    Did the 1962-65 Chrysler 300 ‘dilute’ the letter series?
    September 29, 2026 7
  • 1968 Ford Mustang
    Three rules led to a stultifying level of conformity in 1960s U.S. car design
    September 24, 2026 12
  • 1976ish Toyota Corolla
    Data on imports sheds light on their dramatic gains from 1964-80
    September 18, 2026 5
  • 1974 Chrysler New Yorker
    1974 Chrysler New Yorker was a tragedy that played out on four levels
    September 16, 2026 16
  • Internet problems reminded me of U.S. automakers in the 1970s
    May 2, 2026 1
  • 1956 Buick hood scoop
    Readers brainstorm ideas for future Indie Auto stories
    October 14, 2022 141
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