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Collectible Automobile 1991 April 1949-52 Pontiac Allard Pierce-Arrow Olds Chrys
Collectible Automobile 1991 April
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1957-59 Ford Ranchero: "Handsome Caller .. .Husky Hauler"
Car-based pickups weren't unknown before World War II, but only Hudson and Crosley built them briefly after the war. Meanwhile, Ford had been producing such a vehicle-the "Ute"- in Australia for decades. For 1957, Ford imported that car-pickup concept to America as the Ranchero, as Tim Howley relates.
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1934 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow
Ever conservative luxury-car builder Pierce-Arrow ran into difficult times in the early Thirties. Seeking a more progressive image, Pierce brought out a V-12 in late 1931, and the sleek, revolutionary Silver Arrow show car in '33. A striking, but less radical, production Silver Arrow followed for '34.
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1949-54 Allard J2 and J2-X: Brute-Force British Hot Rods
The J2 and J2-X were British hot rods built from American Ford components, and often powered by overhead-valve Cadillac or Chrysler V-8s. Born of the brute-force and bloody-ignorance school of motoring, they did what they were supposed to do-win races. Dean Batchelor tells their story
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1965-66 Rambler Ambassador: Becoming as Big as the "Big Three"
When Roy Abernethy took the helm at American Motors, he began to steer AMC in the direction of becoming a full-line automaker. Thus emerged a larger, more stylish '65 Ambassador to compete with the likes of the Chevy Impala, as Arch Brown explains.
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1947 Chrysler Town and Country Convertible
Though one could argue that it wasn't very exciting mechanically, nor even all that unique, the postwar Town and Country convertible had class-loads of it. Massive, opulent, and impeccably finished, it is one of the most desirable "woodies" ever built.
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1949-52 Pontiac: Sensible Postwar Silver Streaks
Pontiac made its fame selling sensible cars priced just above Chevrolet. Dependability and the lowest priced straight-eight around were its virtues. For 1949, the all-new styling was sexy-but Arch Brown insists that value-per-dollar was the bottom line.
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