Bird Chatter
Year: 2021
History
Five (arguably) unresolved mysteries of postwar independent automakers
(EXPANDED ON 1/27/2023) Many books, magazine articles and blog posts have been written about the independent automakers’ struggle to survive in the 1950s. Even so, I have come across a number of unresolved mysteries relevant […]
Quotes
James Ward: How Packard rejected a merger proposal from AMC
“George Mason’s invitation to Packard to join AMC was lost in Packard’s and Studebaker’s rush to embrace. Mason knew about the negotiations, but gamely showed up at East Grand to make a formal presentation to […]
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Peter DeLorenzo: 2021 Jeep Wagoneer has nothing to do with ‘heritage’
“While the Jeep press material for the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer seems to scream ‘heritage’ and ‘Premium American Icon’ every other sentence, these bloated Jeeps have about as much in common with their forebears as, […]
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Bitter Old Man’s take on Jeremy Clarkson
“It’s truly sad when the real person shows up and ruins your preconceived notions of how they actually were. (Jeremy) Clarkson, who was blessed with the talent to write really well, and was engaging as […]
Satire
Hotcars.com offers advice that every guy should know!
I am so glad that I found Hotcars.com! They have an article I really needed to read: “15 Extremely ‘Girly’ Cars Every Guy Needs To Avoid At All Costs.” See, the problem is that automakers […]
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Car and Driver: Rambler was a ‘dreary’ protest car
“This nation’s car market has always supported a handful of what seem to be ‘protest cars.’ There were a lot more of them before World War II, but the post-war era has had it share: […]
Fake Design
1951 Studebaker: Pointing in the wrong direction
When viewed from 1951, Studebaker was the independent automaker most likely to succeed. The South Bend, Indiana-based automaker generated unusually high sales by inventing the family-sized compact. This allowed Studebaker to invest in both a V8 engine and an automatic transmission well before […]