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yesterday’s cars of tomorrow today
Haven’t peeked in on Modern Mechanix in a while, and I’m missing all the good stuff. A Popular Science article from 1940 explains why, in the next two years, automakers will entirely switch to...
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more concepts at Barrett-Jackson
Looks like Craig Jackson spotted a formula and is running with it. He used mid-1950s GM concept cars as the stars of the shows in the last two years, so why not use Exner-styled Chrysler concept cars?...
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Class of 1987 – Pontiac Pursuit Concept
The transition from the pastel hues and synth-beat party-hard Eighties into the somewhat darker and more serious future of the Nineties was not met with great enthusiasm by all. The 1987 Paul...
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Indy-pacing 1941 Chrysler Newport dual-cowl phaeton to cross the block again
Photos by Darin Schnabel, courtesy RM Auctions. Third time’s the charm? It’s one of the most noteworthy cars to make multiple trips across the auction block in recent years, but the question still...
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Hot off the press: Pony car stampede in Hemmings Classic Car
There’s a reason everyone loves a Mustang: They’re truly iconic representatives of the collector car hobby. Even folks who couldn’t tell a Chrysler from a Ford if their life depended on it recognize...
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Cars of Futures Past – Ford Nucleon Concept
Ford’s Nucleon concept, wearing current livery. Images courtesy Ford Motor Company. The mid-1950s were a time of boundless optimism in the United States. Scientists had harnessed the limitless (and...
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Cars of Futures Past – 1986 Corvette Indy concept
1986 Corvette Indy Concept. Photos courtesy GM Media Archives. Generally speaking, concept cars exist to showcase designs and technologies under development by automakers, that may or may not be ready...
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Cars of Futures Past – Porsche FLA Long Life Study
Porsche’s 1973 FLA study. Photo courtesy Porsche AG. In the early 1970s, the environmental movement was gaining traction the world over. After decades of indifference, industrial manufacturers...
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Cars of Futures Past – 1938 Buick Y-Job
The 1938 Buick Y-Job concept. Photos courtesy GM Media. The modern process of introducing an entirely new automobile entails the construction of a concept car, which is then displayed at a series of...
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Cars of Futures Past – 1961 Chrysler Turboflite
1961 Chrysler Turboflite concept. Images courtesy Chrysler Group LLC. Concept cars are supposed to be the stuff of dreams, and few cars exemplified this better than the 1961 Chrysler Turboflite, a...
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Chrysler concepts to be featured at Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance
National Automobile Museum’s Chrysler Newport. Photo by J Brew. While many, if not most, concept cars over the years were little more than a pretty face mocked up to generate interest at car shows,...
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Cars of Futures Past – 1965 Corvette Mako Shark II
GM’s second, functional Mako Shark II concept. Photos courtesy GM Media Archives. In April 1965, a Bill Mitchell-designed concept hit the stage at the New York Auto Show. Though no one in attendance...
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Upcoming “Dream Cars” exhibit examines the future through the eyes of the past
Gordon Buehrig’s 1948 Tasco. Photo by Peter Harholdt. What does the future look like? Perhaps no consumer product has endeavored to answer this question in quite the same way as the concept car, which...
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AMC’s Concept 80 AM Van to go on display at Kenosha History Center
AMC’s 1977 Concept 80 AM Van. Photos courtesy The Bortz Collection. When brand loyalists gather in Kenosha, Wisconsin, for this year’s American Motors Owners Association homecoming, a visit to the...
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Four-Links – vintage Watkins Glen photos found, Z wagon revealed, ’70s...
* When cleaning out his wife’s grandfather’s possessions, John Oliver came across an old Leica and plenty of vintage photographs he’d never before seen, including a batch from Watkins Glen taken in...
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Four-Links – Holden Hurricane revisited, Tri-Magnum, Miss Bacfire, Ford’s SOHC
* The restoration of the Holden Hurricane concept car by Holden took place back in 2011, and while we already hit it up for Four-Links back then, Car Build Index this week assembled a big batch of...
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