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Pickup collecting is gaining favor as 1970s muscle car prices have gone too high for new collectors. The Wall Street Journal has profiled the top 25 collectible pickup trucks, though any older pickup is now hot, including, at right, the Chevrolet 3100.
Brands include the early British Morris Minor pickups, any Willy’s Jeep pickups, any Studebaker […]

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STAUNTON, Illinois - We ran across the website of Country Classic Cars. Man, do they have some good stuff.

A great old Willys Overland Jeep, 1949, only $8950.

Above, a Ford Ranch Wagon, 1966, only $3,950.

But I am really Jones-ing for this Chrysler Newport.
GM or Chrysler ought to buy out a dealer like this, just to keep […]

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We know that CAFE fuel standards are the culprit in killing off bigger cars in the U.S., but its manufacturers who are responsible for killing off the word STATION WAGON in their marketing. And so, brands like Volvo and Volkswagen now own the upper middle class consumer.
We found a sort of antidote. Its the web […]

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IRVINE, Calif. - BMW is the coolest car brand in America. Or so says Kelley Blue Book, which has just released current winners of their 2009 Brand Image Awards.
And Cadillac? Boy do Americans like the interiors.
The Brand Image Awards are presented to the top brands in 10 categories, and are based on consumer automotive […]

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A quick thought. We miss diversified car companies. We miss diversified retailers. We miss when our car companies did amusing things.

We liked Ford when it made Fordson Tractors, Tri-Motors and Philco Televisions.
We liked General Motors when it made Electro-Motive engines and Frigidaire appliances.
We liked Chrysler when it made Chrysler sailboats (long live the Buccaneer) and […]

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Michigan Needs a GM Auto Tour
A week or so ago, we happened upon a Business Week story about General Motors auctioning off some of its car collection. Some of these items were either flubs or concept cars, and not actually produced. All are fascinating, including a Harley Earl Buick. When we first read it, it […]

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Sometimes you bury pride and sell on price
Remember Ed Rooney, in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off? He drove a government issue K-car. During the 1980s, the Plymouth K-car was what the government bought when it needed something basic. If you were lucky, it had a $79 AM radio.
We heard a recent car ad; it was a […]

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This week began the beginning of the Model T’s 100th anniversary year. It is of course the worst time ever for the auto industry, even worse than the 1970s. Ford is a sad case, but it’s worse at GM, where major Chevrolet dealerships are closing because they are unsellable. None of the automakers has a […]

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O.K., so the Ford 500 wasn’t the big hit that Ford Motor Company wanted. Ford Chairman William Clay Ford’s wish to have a sedan that would look respectable driving up to a country club failed. Was it the name? Or was it that the car design or engineering wasn’t that exciting? Or was it that […]

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