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Collectible Automobile 1993 October 1952-55 Lincoln 1947-50 Kaiser 1966 Exner Bu
Collectible Automobile 1993 October
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1952-55 Lincoln: "Road-Race" Champs
With a new overhead-valve V-8, ball-joint front suspension, and "big-car compactness," the '52 Lincoln was a terrific over-the-road car, as author Tim Howley relates. But was this what the typical American luxury-car buyer really wanted?
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1958 Pontiac: Between "Silver Streaks" and "Wide-Track"
By 1957, the facelifted 1955 Pontiac was beginning to look a bit old fashioned. Then came the '58: bigger, flashier, with a hotter V-8 and a new chassis. Yet, as Arch Brown explains, that exciting new design was dropped after only one year.
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Personality Profile Paul W. Gillan: Retired Pontiac Chief Designer
Paul Gillan enjoyed a 35-year career as a designer with General Motors, the bulk of it in charge of the corporation's Advanced Design Studios. But he was also the Chief Designer of the Pontiac Studio in the Fifties, when the '58 Pontiacs were designed.
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1947-50 Kaiser: History Could Have Been Different
Kaiser-Frazer amazed the automotive industry when its modern, slab-sided sedans debuted in 1946. In the blink of an eye, K-F shot into fourth place in sales. Was this for real, or just a fluke? K-F expert Richard M.Langworth offers some answers.
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