Well, it’s that time of year again when families are beginning to look at their vacation schedule and perhaps plan their fun places to take the family camping. The MotorCities National Heritage Area is an affiliate of the National Park Service and its members enjoy the great outdoors as they travel to parks across the nation.
This story is about the early days of camping and the millions
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One of the greatest racing car drivers of all times was Mario Andretti. Mario, who also has a twin brother named Aldo, was born on February 28, 1940 in Montana near Trieste, in Northern Italy. The Andretti brothers spent over three years in a displaced persons camp following the partition of Trieste.
The Andretti family eventually immigrated to the United States in 1955 and settled in the community of Nazareth, Pennsylvania. As a child, Mario Andretti idolized Italian race car driver Mr. Alberto Ascari, who later died in automobile accident on May, 26 1955. Mario and his twin brother loved auto-racing and even as children would play together making automotive racing engine sounds in their home.
During the early years, the two Andretti brothers entered into the Formula Junior Racing Program that was developed for young adults. They both grew to be very successful with racing. However, at an early age, Mario's brother Aldo crashed his vehicle, was hospitalized, and later was in a coma due to the unfortunate incident. Mario's journey started in the 1950's when he and his brother rebuilt and modified a 1948 Hudson model.
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The 1970's reflected the muscle car era with great news of power and excitement for consumers and enthusiast of all ages. Even today, many people still enjoy sharing fond memories and great stories about a Chrysler muscle car they previously owned. In 1970, the Dodge product line offered a new style of models for the consumer market. Using the advertising theme "You Could Be Dodge Material", Dodge was able to attract new buyers. This story is about those exciting styling models Dodge sold during a time when amazing designers influenced impressive designs for the automotive industry.
In 1970, Mr. Lynn Townsend was Chairman and Mr. John Riccardo , was president of the Chrysler Corporation. Their goals were to move the Chrysler Corporation forward with breathtaking new designs and interesting new products. Some of the individuals, who were also responsible for the development of the 1970 styling themes were Mr. Elwood P. Engel, who was in charge of styling, and many talented designers such as Mr. John E . Herlitz, Mr. Dick Macadam, Mr Richard Sias, Bill Brownlie and Darin Yazejian.
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Classic Instruments is pleased to announce the all new AutoCross™ package is available for 1967-72 Chevy and GMC trucks. The CT67 AutoCross™ package features:
· 4 ⅝″ 200 MPH Speedometer w etched diffuser ring
· 4 ⅝″ 10K Tachometer w etched diffuser ring & extremely bright, red, LED shift light
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Thermozite, constructed of Eco-fi fiber, the high-quality polyester made from BPA-free recycled plastic drinking bottles, is a superior performing, environmentally sustainable sound deflector and heat barrier solution for engine hatch covers, hot rods, RVs, door panels and firewalls.
Features and benefits:
- Made of Eco-fi: the environmentally sustainable polyester
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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
Get that cool street rod stance and track proven performance for your 1963-87 Chevrolet C10 Truck! Our Complete Front Coil-Over Conversion Kits include dual-adjustable coil-over shocks, spanner wrench and bearing kit, our Totally Tubular™ upper and lower control arms, and all the mounting brackets and hardware for a simple bolt-on installation.
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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