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Collectible Automobile 1999 October Chevy 1955-57 trucks Hardtop stn wagons Tri-
Collectible Automobile 1999 October
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Passing Fancy: The Brief Life of the Hardtop Station Wagon
The enthusiastic response that greeted the first mass-produced hardtop coupes in 1949 left Detroit eager to expand the concept. Richard Langworth points out that for a time, that urge led to an ironic crossing of the hardtop's joyous fashion sense with the station wagon's stern work ethic.
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American Originals: The Sports Cars of Frank Kurtis
Renowned for the winning race cars he had been building for years in his California shop, Frank Kurtis found acceptance for his road-going sports cars harder to come by. Michael Lamm reports on the man and his machines.
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Loads of Style: Chevrolet's 1955-57 Light-Duty "Task-Force" Trucks
Working in their own little world, Chevrolet truck designers borrowed just enough high-fashion touches from car styling to create light-duty vehicles as handsome as they were handy, starting in 1955. Their impact is still being felt, says Michael Lamm.
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More Early Auto Art by Syd Mead
Long before becoming the visual futurist of Blade Runner fame, Syd Mead was a car-crazy youngster with a vivid imagination and great artistic talent. Collectible Automobiledisplays for the first time some of Mead's earliest automotive artworks, recently rediscovered in his files.
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