U-R What You (dreamed that you’d) Drive

While reorganizing the bookshelves at home, I pulled out an old favorite title that I hadn’t read in some years – Tom Couch’s U-R What You Drive. I got this book when it was brand new, in 1987, and although I have no memory of what else I may have received that year, this gift definitely became one of my […]

Remembering GM’s Design Chief, Chuck Jordan: 1927-2010

Charles M. “Chuck” Jordan, retired General Motors Vice President of Design, has died at age 83. A California native, Chuck Jordan won the Fisher Body Craftsman’s Guild model car competition, and was awarded a four-year scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned a degree in mechanical engineering. He soon joined the GM Styling Staff […]

A ’59 El Camino Hits The Road Again

A couple of months back, Editor-In-Chief Lentinello put a call out to Hemmings Motor News readers asking for restoration stories and photos. The response has been impressive, to say the least. Though most people think you can crack open a catalog and buy anything for any Chevrolet (which is not completely inaccurate), the X-frame full-size […]