My 1964 Plymouth Valiant V200 Convertible was produced late in the 1964 model year. It was shipped to Advance Auto Sales, Inc., a dealership located in Auburn, Maine. The car was originally purchased on October 5, 1964 by a gentleman who lived in Old Orchard Beach, Maine. The car wasn't actually sold until after the 1965 models were being produced.
There were only 5,856 V200 Valiant Convertibles produced during the 1964 model year. My car was the 2,745 V200 convertible to roll off the Old Dodge Main Plant (which was located in Hamtramck, MI) assembly line. My car originally had a white body, a black convertible top and a red interior with a red top boot. It was also ordered with power steering, power brakes, an AM radio, power convertible top, windshield washer unit, back-up lights, and white sidewall tires.
I'm not sure of the details, but the Valiant was brought to Michigan and ended up on the used car sales lot of Albro Chrysler Plymouth, Inc. in Mt. Clemens, MI.
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There comes a time in our lives when we realize that a special individual has touched us in an extra special way. Unfortunately, that day was December 9, 2010. The automotive world lost a good friend in former General Motors Vice President of Design, Mr. Charles M. Jordan. He lost his battle with lymphoma at his home in Rancho Santa Fe, California.
As is true for many automotive designers, Mr. Jordan was an avid enthusiast since he began sketching cars in grade school. It was a model car for Fisher Body Craftsman Guild and a degree from MIT in mechanical engineering that started his 43-year career with GM. The 1955 Chevrolet Cameo Carrier and the 1959 Cadillac along with the 1992 Cadillac Seville models were just a few of Jordan's achievements to make their way out of the GM design center.
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The Damsels of Design Besides being women, Anne Asensio, Chelsia Lau and Diane Allen all have two things in common. One, they happen to be three of the most respected automobile designers in the world today. Second, they owe their careers in large part to car designer icon Harley Earl.
It was Earl, GMs visionary Vice President of Design from 1927 until 1958, who broke masculine ranks by hiring his first woman car designer in 1943. At the time it was an unheard of move in the rough and tumble world of auto production back in the days when Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower occupied the White House.
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While one man is given credit for designing the first car radio, another had the vision and financial means to make it a reality. William P. Lear, the same Lear who later became famous for the development of the corporate jet that bears his name, and Paul V. Galvin, the founder of corporate giant Motorola, both deserve the distinction for making the mobile radio a reality.
William P. Lear
Born Jun 26 1902 - Died May 14 1978
Lear, with only an eighth grade education, was an engineering genius who, in addition to the car radio and Lear Jet, received over 100 patents during his lifetime. The car radio was one of Lear’s earliest inventions, which he and his assistants developed in the late 1920s. The problem for Lear and his group was that, while they had a winning idea, they didn’t have the capital to market and produce the product.
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The Eyes of the Nation Were on Monroe For workers at the Newton Steel plant in Monroe, the decision to strike in 1937 was a calamity. Just about everything that could go wrong, did. And it wouldn’t be until several years after World War II before the workers under the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) banner recovered from this dispiriting episode.
Monroe city officials, with an eye to bringing jobs to this tiny town whose main employer was a small paper mill, were able in 1929 to coax a steel company from Newton Falls, Ohio to open a steel mill in their town. Not only did the plant bring over a thousand jobs to Monroe but hundreds of workers relocating with the company needed food, shelter and diversion providing the local economy with a big boost.
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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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