AB wrote that he was “not finding what used to be pretty easily available. How can I look up articles on a specific car?”
I haven’t removed or changed any of the ways that you can look things up on Indie Auto’s website, so this is a good moment to point out that the tool bar at the top of the page offers a number of ways to quickly find things.
For example, if you click on “Look It Up” you can sort content by automaker or brand, time period, vehicle type, topic or author (let me know if you find broken links). Or you could use the search function on the top right of each page.
These sorting tools draw upon the tags at the bottom of each story. I tend to use an unusually large number of tags so that it is easier to find stuff. However, perhaps it can be confusing when you are sorting for X and the resulting list of stories also includes Y. That’s because the story about Y includes a discussion of X.
Not finding something? Feel free to ask, such as in the comments below.
And about what we’re smoking . . .
B stopped by to comment on our story about the 1953 Chrysler Town & Country. He wrote, “What a goofy comment. This is a luxury wagon, if nothing else, very, very expensive in its day, and highly desirable today. What are you smoking back there?”
Since no one else had yet commented, I assume that he was talking about the article. The sad answer is that I can’t blame Indie Auto’s content on what I have been smoking. This is just how my brain normally works. That said, I’m not getting what specifically B thought was “goofy.”
This is a “Gallery” feature so the focus is on photographs of a particular car. That’s why I didn’t include a price graph, which perhaps might have better clarified where the Town & Country was positioned in the marketplace. When I repost the article in a few years I will look into adding that.
For those of you who are new to Indie Auto, know that when older articles are reposted, I always update them – and often expand the content (either in response to reader feedback or my own new research). That might result in a “Gallery” feature morphing into a full-fledged “History.” A commitment to continuous improvement is an important part of our journalistic approach.
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Unrelated question: The 1958-1960 T-Bird had flat window glass. The 1961-1963, curved glass. The 1964-1966 went back to flat glass. Why did Ford go back to flat glass in 1964? I think that Ford based the 1964-1966 on the 1958-1960 platform. (?)
Antoine, your question has been the subject of some interesting debates around the Internet. My on-the-fly response is that beginning in 1961 the Thunderbird shared major body parts with the downsized Lincoln Continental. The latter car effectively functioned as the first postwar sedan coupe because of its relatively low height, short wheelbase and dramatically curved side glass. That may have made the Continental look more stylish than a traditional sedan, but the car wasn’t as roomy — and apparently some folks felt claustrophobic, particularly in the back seat. So for 1964 the wheelbase was extended and curved glass was switched to flat (go here for further discussion). The T-Bird had to follow suit.
In retrospect, that was arguably a dumb move because by 1965 curved side glass was adopted by most domestic cars. The Lincoln and Thunderbird looked old hat in comparison. The Lincoln switched back to curved glass in 1966 but the T-Bird waited until 1967, when it was moved to a new body that was not shared by the Continental (but would be shared with the forthcoming Mark III).
Hi Steve, thanks for the insight. I’ve wondered about this for years.