The Forward Look cars from Chrysler Corporation are still considered among the best designed cars from the 50’s. They certainly raised the bar as far as automotive design was concerned for that time period. We look back and think that some of the ideas are quaint or maybe a little misguided but they still turn… Read more »
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A Driverless ’48 Lincoln in the desert? Science Fiction Theater’s Episode of The Phantom Car!
In 1955-1957 there was a show on American Television called; Science Fiction Theater. The show was produced by the same folks that brought you the original Highway Patrol series; ZIV productions. Both shows were produced simultaneously. SFT was a weekly anthology series hosted by Truman Bradley, who had been a newscaster and announcer in radio… Read more »
The Monogram ’32 Ford Deuce “Sports Coupe” Model from 1959
One of the things I like to do here in the Midwest is attend estate sales. Sometimes, I find really good model kits at them. One sale I attended, had some really great model kits sitting on a table. They were all from ’59 to ’61. Several were AMT yearly kits, which I acquired and… Read more »
Korris Kars; The Poor Boy’s Promotional Model
In 1965 the door to a Southern California “Five and Dime” store called TG&Y swung open and a mother and her two youngest children filed in. She headed to the sewing notions department. The young boy and his kid sister naturally balked at the prospect and so were granted freedom to peruse the toy… Read more »
Customizing Famous Custom Cars
Besides writing and illustrating my Hot Rod Bunny books I’ve provided artwork for magazines and industry. For decades I was a contributing writer for various car magazines and the model car magazines such as; Scale Auto and Model Cars, let me get away with all sorts of weird stuff. As long as there was a… Read more »
A Day At The Auburn Cord Duesenberg Festival
Last September I had the opportunity to attend the big Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg club meet in Auburn Indiana. The show and swap meet centered around the old down-town and the ACD museum at the old factory. It happens once a year and is the biggest meeting of these rare cars. As a kid I was told about… Read more »
Pit Stop Movie (1967) And MoPar Figure 8 Racing Scenes
I recently was able to watch the movie “Pit Stop” 1967 on YouTube. I was looking at old movies and television programs that featured the talented Beverly Washburn both as a child actress and a teenager. Beverly is well known to Trekkies and fans of Sci-Fi. She has been in several productions with a science… Read more »
The Revell “Let’s Take A Trip” Model Kit
If you’re like me your probably saying to yourself, “I don’t remember that TV program”! It was hosted by a man named Irwin “Sonny” Fox on Sunday mornings and was a CBS kids news magazine where the host and two kids would experience locations around NYC and the US. It aired from 1955 to… Read more »
The History of the Revell ’57 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Model Kit
Fellow hobbyists, this is how we got what we got! Not many people know it but Revell didn’t set out to make a model of the production 1957 Eldorado Brougham sedan. Their original idea was to make the Brougham Town Car from the 1956 GM Motorama. For those of you who don’t know, the Motorama… Read more »
There’s a MoPar in my Cereal!
We all know that toys have been found in cereal boxes since at least 1910. Toy cars have been a part of the many different premiums that the cereal companies have baited consumers with over the years. The mid-century toys are my favorites. In about ’51 or ’52 Wheaties offered a free auto emblem in… Read more »