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Kaiser’s articulated bus

Written by webmin

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 […]

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Tagged buses, Daniel Strohl, dream cars, show cars and prototypes, featured posts, Kaiser, Lost and Found, Santa Fe Trailways  
 

Hemmings Find of the Day – 1964 Jeep Dispatcher

Written by webmin

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 […]

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Tagged Daniel Strohl, Dispatcher, Hemmings Find of the Day, Jeep, service and fleet vehicles, trucks and Jeeps  
 

Planned obsolescence and Cuban auto culture

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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 […]

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Tagged Cuban cars, Daniel Strohl, featured posts, Hemmings Classic Car, planned obsolescence  
 

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