Hemmings Find of the Day – 1953 Studebaker Commander

Did Studebaker make a mistake by not offering a convertible version of the so-called Loewy coupes? Several people seem to have thought so over the years, judging from the number of homebuilt hacksaw convertibles made from the streamlined Studes. The builder of this 1953 Studebaker Commander for sale on Hemmings.com seems to be among that […]

Planned obsolescence and Cuban auto culture

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 […]