Four angels from GM heaven

I, at least, wasn’t born in time to find myself enraptured by the treasures of the original General Motors Motorama as it appeared in 1953. This may be the next best scenario any of us is likely to experience. Mecum’s annual Spring Classic Auction in Indianapolis will have a Motorama-themed sale involving four spectacular GM […]

World celebrates the centennial of the Octo-Auto

This year marks the centennial of one of America’s best-loved and most influential automobile designs of all time: Of course, we’re referring to the Reeves Octo-Auto. As the vehicle that made Columbus, Indiana, the automotive captial that it is today turns 100, fans around the globe are lining up a year’s worth of celebrations. “I […]

Fond folio on Ford’s fantastic Forty

Even the craziest Chevrolet followers admit that Ford was playing a lot of hits before World War II. One of those runway delights was the 1940 Ford, an immortal, eternal icon of Dearborn’s greatest years. Joseph P. Cabadas, who authored photo histories on auto production and the giant Ford works at River Rouge, has introduced […]