The Cadillac motor car was one of the first General Motors products that led the way in engineering, manufacturing, and design before World War I. The Cadillac was immediately established as one of the finest cars built in America and soon received two Dewar Trophies for its world-wide fame. Few automobiles have remained true to their original purpose and standard like Cadillac.
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The Wienermobile, created by Oscar Mayer Foods, started its journey in 1936. Mr. Carl G. Mayer, nephew of the company's founder, conceived the idea of a hot dog on wheels to transport the world’s smallest chef, little Oscar. Little Oscar entertained children and adults with talent shows, magic tricks and product sampling. The first Wienermobile was created and designed by General Body Company of Chicago, Illinois. It was made of metal, measured 13 feet long, and had open cockpits in the center and rear.
During the 1930's, the Wienermobile worked in the Chicago area promoting "German Style Wieners." The first little Oscar was Meinhart Raabe, who stood just 4’6 tall. In 1951, George Molchan (June 5, 1922 - April 12, 2005) portrayed the next Little Oscar who appeared in plays, musicals, and other fundraising events to support the Oscar Mayer programs.
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During the early fifties, automotive illustrations dominated magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post, Life, and other well know publications. While some firms began to switch to photography, many automotive companies relied on the talents of artists. Arthur Fitzpatrick and Van Kaufman were two of the best illustrators in the automotive community. Van Kaufman was a professional illustrator who had spent many years with Disney Studios and had never done any automobile advertising. Van Kaufman was chosen as the background artist while Arthur Fitzpatrick, who started out as a consulting designer to General Electric and Packard automobiles, illustrated the car.
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Michigan has a great number of car shows and events, but one of the highlights of each year for automotive enthusiasts is EyesOn Design. For the past twenty-four years, EyesOn Design has brought hundreds of vehicles together with collectors, designers, and the general public together to celebrate the art of transportation design. The event raises money for the Detroit Institute of Ophthalmology (DIO), an internationally-recognized non-profit which accelerates the development of “artificial vision” — technology which will one day allow some visually impaired persons to regain vision to see the world around them, including seeing the designs of automobiles.
While Eyes On Design rivals the world’s great concours events, EyesOn Design was—from day one—a unique concept: have automotive designers judge the vehicles on display based on their design merits, not on the quality of the restoration. With the support of Detroit Three design VPs Jack Telnack (Ford), Chuck Jordan (GM), and Tom Gale (Chrysler), EyesOn Design held its first show at the Grosse Pointe Academy in 1987. It was Tom Gale who said, “we don’t even care of there are rust spots. It is about design.”
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CPP’s new Complete Rear Dual Adjustable Coil-Over Kit is designed to convert your 1963-72 Chevy truck to a corner carving, performance driving vehicle! Our kit includes our new Totally Tubular Trailing arms, coil over springs and dual adjustable coil over shocks and all the mounting hardware to make this rear suspension
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Sue Vanderbilt in a 1958 Cadillac Eldorado Seville “Baroness;" the show car that she styled for the Feminine Show. When you look back at General Motors’ rich design history, one of the most talented individuals, who made her career as part of GM’s vaunted Creative Design Team, was the late Suzanne E. Vanderbilt.
Vanderbilt was one of the original Damsels of Design – a group of eight, great talented female designers that the famed Harley Earl hired during the early days of the 1950s.
Throughout history, the Oldsmobile story has inspired many automotive historians with its rich and celebrated heritage which started right in Michigan’s capital city of Lansing.
I remember a particularly exciting year in 1978 when Oldsmobile introduced their new line of vehicles and automotive catalogues to the buying public. My first impression was that Oldsmobile was using 1978 to create a family-oriented lineup of new cars. The company used its advertising and marketing to highlight many traditional family values
The year 1966 was a great year for automotive sales in the U.S. Many car manufacturers were doing very well for the economy and in 1966 the average cost for a new Dodge vehicle sold for $ 2,280 and the price of gasoline for 32 cents a gallon.
The Chrysler Corporation was also doing very well within the automotive markets with its popular Dodge Dart models. The 1966 Dodge Dart models made their debut in Dodge dealerships on September 30, 1965.
Based on a 1956 Chevrolet 210 Sedan, this recently completed mild custom was built to showcase the timeless factory “Tri-Five” heritage. With a new GM Performance ZZ4 power plant backed by a factory-fresh GM 700R4 transmission, it is equipped with rack-and-pinion steering, four-wheel Wilwood disc
To ensure that Shelby American would have its 1966 GT350 models in dealerships when Ford released the new ‘66 Mustangs, Shelby ordered an additional 252 cars from Ford’s San Jose plant at the very end of 1965 production. These ‘change-over’ cars (often referred to as ‘carry-overs’) were essentially Shelby-spec ’65 GT350s, and received the same performance modifications,
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