While many Kaiser aficionados know that Kaiser dabbled in jeeps during World War II, before making a splash in the automotive field, perhaps fewer know that Kaiser at one point attempted to produce articulated inter-city buses.
Built in 1946 at Kaiser’s Permanente Metals Corporation plant near Los Altos, California, the three-axle, 60-foot bus featured true monocoque […]

What a unique 1964 Jeep. Two-wheel-drive and right-hand-drive like a Dispatcher, but with a half-cab softtop. And painted yellow. And it has an automatic transmission? From the seller’s description:
1964 Jeep, 98% original, untouched Jeep DISPATCHER rhd, orig key, title, tires & dealer tag. Not orig is roof, batt. exhst. 4 lug whls, 2wd […]

Along with the now-resolved mystery of the Cuban skycar, I also came across a passage from Richard Schweid’s 2004 book, “Che’s Chevrolet, Fidel’s Oldsmobile: On the Road in Cuba,” that I thought worth noting here (many thanks to the University of North Carolina Press for allowing us to publish this excerpt):
Keep it running. Use […]