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Year: 2026
Drive-By Musings
Did the 1962-65 Chrysler 300 ‘dilute’ the letter series?
Adam Wade (2026) presented a good overview of the 1964 Chrysler 300K in a recent video episode of his Rare Classic Cars & Automotive History channel on YouTube. However, he gave me pause by saying […]
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Design Notes
Three rules led to a stultifying level of conformity in 1960s U.S. car design
The 1960s are often described as a golden age for U.S. car design, but they still suffered from a stultifying level of conformity. To give you a sense of what I mean, let’s take a […]
Media Analysis
Society of Automotive Historians takes partial steps into the electronic age
Today is the last day that you can vote in the Society of Automotive Historians’ board-of-directors election. According to an email blast, as of this morning only 73 out of 622 members had voted (SAH, […]
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Data Dive
Data on imports sheds light on their dramatic gains from 1964-80
(EXPANDED FROM 7/10/2024) One of the biggest weaknesses of the auto history field is that it doesn’t pay enough attention to the collapse of U.S. automakers in the face of a rising tide of imports. […]
Gallery
1974 Chrysler New Yorker was a tragedy that played out on four levels
The 1974 Chrysler New Yorker is one of those cars that does not reek of tragedy in obvious ways. It looks like a perfectly normal big car from the mid-1970s. There’s nothing particularly exciting about […]
History
In 1974 Harry Bradley anticipated the American wagon’s future
(EXPANDED FROM 9/10/2024) A few years ago Dean’s Garage reprinted a prescient essay Harry Bradley (2022) wrote back in 1974 about the future of the American station wagon. His article made a number of important […]
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