Did the substantially facelifted 1958 Fords have less-attractive styling than the all-new 1957 models? In a recent story posted at Dean’s Garage, Jim and Cheryl Farrell (2022) suggest that the answer is yes. Indeed, they […]
Mercury’s Colony Park never got a huge amount of attention, but it generated steadily increasing sales throughout the second half of the 1960s. For example, in 1966 almost 19,000 of the top-of-line Mercury wagons were […]
Peter’s letter to the editor last week about our 1958 Studebaker article has generated a robust discussion. Thank you to everyone who has participated. Part of Geeber’s comment in that thread addresses a broader topic: […]
“Then, in a postscript — and as if adding insult to injury — the most successful Edsel of all, the Comet, was built as a Mercury. The Mercury Comet was virtually indistinguishable from the Edsel […]
“Hard-eyed Townsend caught the industry with its pants down in 1962 when Chrysler suddenly offered its customers a five-year or 50,000-mile warranty on principal engine and power-train components on new cars. Industry practice at the […]
One lingering question I have about Semon “Bunkie” Knudsen’s short tenure as Ford Motor Company president is what influence he had on the 1972 Ford Thunderbird’s design. Jim and Cheryl Farrell (2022) have written that […]
UPDATED FROM 7/9/2021) The 1967-73 Mercury Cougar is a tragic story of a classic design going to hell. The first-generation models, which were produced from 1967-68, were among the best-looking pony cars of the late-60s. […]
“[P]robably the guy that was most admired [by Ford Motor Company executive Lewis Crusoe] was [Robert] McNamara. He was a very concise speaker, he was a logician and prided himself that he was. He knew how […]
(UPDATED FROM 8/7/2020) I enjoy reading automotive designers talk about what it was like to back in the 1960s. A part of me is interested purely for the nostalgia of it all. But another part […]
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