Motor Trend Magazines - 7 Issues (1968-1969)
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SIMPLEX "SPEED CAR" A brute of a machine.DUSIE IN THAT BARN? Where lo look forthat old car you've so long coveted.SAFETY FIRST-AND ALWAYSMr. Nader has nothing on these guys.MOTORANDOM Way back then.
FUEL INJECTION: A SOLUTION TO SMOG?Fuel injection is having a rebirth, will it help?WHEN AN ACCIDENT STRIKES Keep your cool aswell as the list of "dos" and "don'ts" we've prepared.Q & A Your auto problems solved.SELL & SWAP Here's where to find, sellor swap your car.
IS THE AMX A TRUE SPORTS CAR?The philosophy behind its development.CONTINENTAL MARK III Did L-M fall short ofMark or is it a true luxury car?INSIDE DETROIT Featuring new Ford engine,Daroo I & II and safety.car.EUROPEAN HOT LINE Turns the spotlightoverseas.PRODUCT TRENDS News from the manufacturers.INTERCHANGE The last word.
AMX DEBUT Driving impressions of the hot newone from AMC.FIRST DRIVING REPORT OF MARK III It flunkedits test in luxury, but performance was anothermatter.THE MOST GRUELING TEST OF ALL 3 babies,4 couples, 4 family sedans —watch out!COBRA/CORVETTE A comparison of two newhot onesRAISING STANDARDS THE RIGHT WAYMercedes new 200 series
40 MUSTANGS Eric Dahlquist44 OLDS 4-4-2 Bill Sanders
46 BUICK GS 400 Bill Sanders
48 'CUDA 340 Eric Dahlquist
67 CHEVROLETS Julian G. Schmidt
70 CHARGER 500 Eric Dahlquist
71 CHRYSLER 300 Eric Dahlquist
72 CHRYSLER ENGINEERING Eric Dahlquist
74 GRAND PRIX Bill Sanders
77 GTO Bill Sanders
78 COUGAR Bill Sanders
80 MARAUDER X-100 Bill Sanders
26 LEAR’S STEAM DREAM ... A Reality? Dick Wells
30 THE HAIRIEST OLDSMOBILE Eric Dahlquist
32 BUG-IN II Bil1 Sanders
36 SUPER STOPPERS Karl Ludvigsen
40 VOLVO 164 Eric Dahlquist
46 AMX/2 Bill Sanders
48 WHO WANTS ECONOMY? Edouard Seidler
52 THE GREAT BREAKAWAY CONSPIRACY Eric Dahlquist
58 HE, SHE & THE STANLEY STEAMER Ellen Merlo
60 CHEVY BLASTS OFF WITH ASTRO III Bill Sanders
64 ANTIQUE JUNKYARD Photos: Walther Zurlinden
68 IRON CURTAIN GOLDRUSH Edouard Seidler
72 THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT V. Lee Oertle
74 JAMES GARNER’S NEW ACT Dick Wells
84 THEY’RE BIG IN PASADENA Bill Sanders
FEATURES
Dr. Kurt Lotz of Volkswagen.
Profile: The man who thinks Bug, by Edouard Seidler
Micro Motion • • • • • ; • • • •
GM's new minis for the 21st Century, by Bill Sanders
Keeping the Pace
A drive in the Indy 500 Comoro pace car
Super Super Charger ......................
An oval frack star you can buy and drive
The Conversation Factor .............
Opel GT gets rave notices from Eric Dahlquist
1970 Countdown........................................ •
Sneak peeks at next year's restylings
Maverick V-8
Hotting up Ford's little Shetland ponycar
1970 Lincoln Continental
Bill Sanders takes if on an exclusive drivetest
Plymouth’s Performance Surprise for ’70
Dahlquist ferrets out new pizzaz from Chrysler Corp.
The Italian Campaign
Indy 500 reviewed with fair irreverence
Maverick Revisited
Eric Dahlquist interviews Ford executives & dealers
Like Bounding Gazelles
Spence Murray takes us on a hairy ride to Baja
World 600
Lee Roy takes Charlotte, by Leonard Laye
Muscle Parts
New performance parts from Autolite
Up in Michigan
The hills rang out with the sound of protest
Sunday Drivers
Four wheelers in the dirtiest race in California
60 Mph in 26 Seconds
Profile: Andy Hotten & his great old car collection
Hi, Friends, Ralph Williams Here
Interviewing the glibbest & baldest, by Bob Thomas
Features'
Earl Lloyd......................................................................................... 24
Profile: The man from Dodge who's been where the kids are going
Hornet With A Stinger............................................................... 28
AMC bids for the economy market
The Scat Pack ................................................................................ 32
Bill Sanders takes you for a ride through white hat country
Swinging Headlights Make for Safer Cars...................... 38
Karl Ludvigsen sheds some light on the scene
You Gotta Have Heart.............................................................. 40To enter your Model T in the Shell Hillclimb
Plymouth’s Beat Goes On! ....................................................... 42
Road Runner's impact is clearly evident for '70 says Bill Sanders
Ford’s Going Things................................................................... 48The Mach I and other better ideas
The Grandest Grand Prix ....................................................... 52The exciting story of the 1914 French GP
GTO — Super Car Extraordinary...................................... 56Year in, year out, the original is still the innovator
Mercury’s Giant Streep Scene................................................ 64More hot cots from the Cougar people by Bill Sanders
VW Varoom.................................................................................... 70
Bits and pieces to make a bug swatter
Saab 99 ............................................................................................. 74
Upward mobility for the Trollhattens
Ford Lights the Fuse at Firecracker 400 .......................... 78Heading for a a shutout, the good ol' boys cop another
Performance from a Rochester Q-Jet................................. 84
Simple carb mods to fuse your bomb
Motor Trend Interviews: Lawrence H. LoPatin............ 87
Racing's mystery man steps into the light
FEATURES
Motor Trend Profile.............................................................. 26
A man for all seasons
Seventy Chevrolets ................................................................ 34
Number One shows its new things
The Daring Wankel Mercedes............................................ 42
The rotary club expands its membership
The Dearborn Sweepstakes................................................ 46
Ford total performance — across the market
Rallye ’Round the 1204 ....................................................... 54
Hof lapping a "prodified" Simca
Pontiac — Another Indian Uprising.............................. 58
Marking faster fracks in '70
Collision Cushion .................................................................. 62
Bumpered cars that crash without bosh
Buick — Another Bag of Better Cars.............................. 84
More models to light your fire
The Quiet Revolution........................................................... 90
Cadillac — still the standard
“Bake”......................................................................................... 94
On the road with the "cannon-ball" express
Volksporsche or Porschevolks?......................................... 96
Either way you like it, it's a new machine
Motor Trend Interview: Wally Parks............................ 101
The National Hot Rod Association's guru, speaks
Ford’s Illustrated Car............................................................ 108
Looking into the new Torino
Youngmobiles ......................................................................... 114
The W machines and their brothers
Filtered Sunbeams.................................................................. 118
Slight reservations about Chrysler's English import
VW Varoom: Part II............................................................ 124
Making the Beetle bug-out faster yet
FEATURES
Car of the Year ... is coming 22
The ground rules are set down
"Wizard of Ozzie Chuck Pendergast 26
An in-depth look at racing's new magnate — Ozzie Olson
Talladega’s Troubled Baptism Leonard Laye 34
The Pogo effect may have been decisive
Driving the Silver Bullet Eric Dahlquist 38
A drive on Germany's Autobahn with the Cl 11
Challenger Bill Sanders 40
Dodge's exciting new entry into pony-car land
Blowing the Steam Dream Joseph Zmuda 44
Bill Besler answers advocates of steam
Super Stock Showdown Dick Wells 48
Muscle cars at the NHRA Nationals
The Car That Captured 4000 People Its First Day . . 56
The classic T-birds, of course
Twin H Power A. B. Shuman 60
Are four-barrels necessarily better than two?
A. B. Shuman
Hot Engines for Seventy Bill Sanders 62
What's new for '70 in powerplants
Three for the Road Bill Sanders 74
Chevy's Monte Carlo takes on a Grand Prix and Thunderbird
Up With the Rebel Machine 80
Is AMC putting us on?
Mud, Sweat and Gears Chuck Pendergast 84
A rollicking ride over rough terrain
Motor Trend Interview: Steve McQueen 88
He talks racing, films and stunt driving