Ford Motor exec Lee Iacocca, known as the father of the Mustang, speaks at the pony car’s 1964 reveal at the New York World’s Fair.
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Vin Car Pic: 1942 Chevy pickup
This open-sided produce option shown in this 1942 Chevy pickup might be just the COVID-19 response for fresh neighborhood deliveries. Instead of the ice-cream truck cruising neighborhoods, it could be food deliveries.
This image from the GM archives explained that in 1942, Chevrolet supported the war effort by building military 6×6 trucks, aircraft engines parts, 90mm cannon barrels and the T17E1 “Staghound,” a 14-ton armored car equipped with two 6-cylinder engines.
Read moreVin Car Pics: Cadillac El Camino concept
The Cadillac El Camino concept was shown at the 1954 General Motors Motorama, beginning Jan. 26 in the Waldorf Astoria, New York. On display were the experimental Oldsmobile F-88 (now on view at the Gateway Colorado Auto Museum) and Cutlass, Buick Wildcat II, Chevrolet Nomad station wagon, General Motors Firebird XP-21 and Pontiac Bonneville Special, Cadillac El Camino, Cadillac La Espada and Cadillac Park Avenue, all featuring fiberglass bodies. (Text from Wikipedia.)
Read moreVin Car Pic of the day: Earth Day
Ferdinand Porsche at the wheel of one of his 1903 Lohner-Porsche “hybrid” touring cars.
In 1900 Prof. Ferdinand Porsche unveiled his Lohner Porsche, an electric car with wheel-hub motors driving the front wheels. Soon after, this car featured all-wheel drive and four-wheel brakes, another world first.
Read moreVin Car Pic of the day: 1929 Chevrolet
The new 1929 Chevrolet 1.5-ton utility truck with 194-cubic-inch (3.2-liter) overhead-valve inline six-cylinder.
Read moreVin Car Pic of the day: 1959 Ford
A Ford design study for the 1959 Country Squire wagon, which featured push button “activity” equipment. (Ford media archives)
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Joe Michaud has covered motorcycles for the San Diego Union-Tribune and print magazines for nearly 10 years.
Through the decade, he road tested new releases and attended all things bike-related in the SoCal region.
Presently, his garage includes a 1966 Triumph Bonneville, a ’68 Triumph TR6R, and a 2004 BMW 1150RT. Over the years, he has owned, borrowed, ridden, and wrenched (often successfully) on an eclectic collection of technology. Currently, he is depleting his savings on 1960s Brit bikes.
