172 years ago tomorrow, Henry and Clement Studebaker pooled $68 in savings and, with a small medley of blacksmith tools, opened the doors at H & C Studebaker, a humble blacksmith and wagon builder…
The fresh new year seems like the perfect time to introduce a fresh perspective. I’ll be direct. Pre-war is too often mistaken for Prehistoric….an injustice to the most misunderstood period in automotive history…
The Dickens masterpiece that best defines the adventures of Cord Corporation is a line from A Tale of Two Cities.
From its spectacular speed to its low-slung sexy stance, the technology-filled Speedster was the complete package. Only 356 were constructed in honor of the original Porsches 356s Dr. Porsche built back in 1948 – 1955.
Clearing away the cobwebs, not even a cloak of dust could disguise the fact that it wasn’t a Shelby GT at all. Closer inspection revealed the corpse of a 1969 Mustang GT.
A designer’s innocent effort can swing the pendulum from serene to sinister in an instant and leave us suspended between cars that made history and those that remain a mystery.
Rarely has change influenced the future more than the day Virgil Exner arrived at Chrysler Corporation in 1949 via Studebaker. Prior to Exner, Chrysler had the reputation of producing “heavy hoofed haulers” geared at Grandpa.
Being totally enchanted by automobiles since I discovered Hot Rod and Motor Trend magazines in the library at Fairview Grade School all those years ago, I have learned that there are collectors and then there are…..connoisseurs.
Sports cars are the perfect illustration. Sleek, sexy, and seductive by design, sports cars push the envelope of innovation while walking a tightrope of constant contradiction. They are created to make everyone want one….while being so exclusive that very few can actually get one.
If you were a teenager or young adult in the late 60s and early 70s, then you lived a kaleidoscope of culture and color like this country had never experienced before…..or since.
The Automobile is the Art
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Green Bay, WI 54301
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