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Month: June 2025

Exner bio offers mostly positive take on controversial car designer
Readings

Peter Grist views car designer Virgil Exner through rose-tinted glasses

June 3, 2025 Steve 7

(EXPANDED FROM 12/6/2022) Peter Grist stated that he tried to make this authorized biography of car designer Virgil Exner “as unbiased as possible” (p. 5). Even so, Visioneer has a family scrapbook quality, replete with childhood photos and […]

1970 Mercury Cyclone
Drive-By Musings

1970 Mercury Montego had a last-of-the-wine quality

June 2, 2025 Steve 0

In a number of respects the 1970 Mercury Montego exuded a last-of-the-wine vibe. For one thing, it was the final reskinning of the mid-sized platform that the Ford Motor Company introduced in 1962. Let’s just […]

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 […]

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    Peter Grist views car designer Virgil Exner through rose-tinted glasses
    June 3, 2025 7
  • 1970 Mercury Cyclone
    1970 Mercury Montego had a last-of-the-wine quality
    June 2, 2025 0
  • Bumper stickers about pets and kids can get really dorky
    June 1, 2025 1
  • Joan Crawford in 1969
    Auto history: A bastion of older white male privilege?
    May 31, 2025 15
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    May 30, 2025 2
  • 1956 Packard Executive
    Did the 1956 Packard Executive represent a strategic shift?
    May 29, 2025 22
  • AMC Pacer clay model
    Why does Joe Ligo’s PBS series sanewash AMC’s mid-70s recklessness?
    May 28, 2025 7
  • 1958 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser
    1958 Mercury Turnpike Cruiser is a monument to Ford’s failed ambitions
    May 27, 2025 12
  • Is JVL right that ‘Trump killed Tesla’ as a viable automaker?
    May 26, 2025 8
  • 1970 Ford LTD
    Was the decontented Ford LTD ‘essentially like an Impala’?
    May 21, 2025 9
  • Circa 2002 Ford Thunderbird taillight
    Was the 2002-5 Ford Thunderbird two-seater inspired or stupid?
    April 22, 2025 10
  • A query, a thank you and an update on miscellaneous stuff
    April 4, 2025 0
  • 1956 Buick hood scoop
    Readers brainstorm ideas for future Indie Auto stories
    October 14, 2022 124
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