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Will the city of Detroit sell some significant automobiles to balance the books?
Ford’s 1963 Mustang II concept car. Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company Detroit is broke. Not the auto industry – that’s coming back quite strong, even if employing a fraction of the workers it did just...
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“…gives the automobile a running start in the jet age”
If you’re not paying attention to our Facebook page, you’re missing out on some of the neat stuff Kate Sullivan has been finding, such as this 1963 Chrysler promotional video all about that company’s...
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Chrysler’s bronze blowtorch, the experimental Turbine car, turns 50
Photos by Fred Blood III of Golden Star Photography. Called “one of the greatest publicity stunts in automotive history,” the Chrysler Turbine car program certainly also ranks as one of the most...
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On the destruction of the Chrysler Turbine cars and import duties
Photo courtesy Chrysler Media. As we noticed in the comments to our recent post on the Chrysler Turbine car’s 50th anniversary, the theory persists that Chrysler destroyed 46 of the cars only to avoid...
View Article“They live with zest, excitement and romance”
So does that mean they live with orange peel scrapings? Mark Olson of TurbineCar.com recently uploaded this seven-minute preview of the 1964 film “The Lively Set,” which features a Chrysler Turbine car...
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City of Detroit’s auto collection safe from sale in city’s restructuring plan
Ford’s 1963 Mustang II concept car. Photo courtesy Ford Motor Company. Those fears of the Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit Historical Museum being forced to sell off its significant car collection...
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Futurama, Rotunda, Autofare, and a big tire: the rest of the 1964 New York...
General Motors Futurama building at the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair. Read all the press releases coming out of Ford lately, and it’d be easy to get the idea that New York City threw a giant party...
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