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American Motors’ Marlin missed the market

American Motors’ Marlin missed the market

Posted by Dale Edward Johnson on Sep 15th 2022

After the huge success of the Ford Mustang, which was introduced in April 1964, other automakers also wanted to get in on the game of offering their own low-priced, versatile, sporty-looking car –

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Fashionable sedan deliveries

Fashionable sedan deliveries

Posted by Dale Edward Johnson on Aug 31st 2022

From the 1920s to the 1970s sedan deliveries were stylish, light delivery vehicles.In spite of the name, sedan deliveries they were not based on sedans, but rather station wagons. Essentially they we

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An initial look at car names

An initial look at car names

Posted by Dale Edward Johnson on Aug 17th 2022

Who needs words to describe cars, when mere letters will do? Letters on trunk lids actually often mean something – if you know how to decode them. Alfa Romeo gets its name from the initi

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​Ahoy mate, look what's sailing by

​Ahoy mate, look what's sailing by

Posted by Dale Edward Johnson on Aug 3rd 2022

The next time you’re navigating your way on the concrete sea, be on the lookout for a flotilla of corvettes, corsairs and caravelles – along with other cars with names that originated on the oceans.As

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​How some characters become cars

​How some characters become cars

Posted by Dale Johnson on Jun 22nd 2022

You meet all kinds. I recently encountered an aging swinger, a well-worn scamp, an old matador, an imp that had seen better days, and a fading celebrity. But I didn’t see any people. I was looking at

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