Word: cars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Accessory. In Putnam, Conn., when Mechanic Hector Cote explained to a woman motorist that she had been having trouble with her car because she had been driving with the choke pulled out, the lady said: "Oh, I thought that was to hang my pocketbook...
Small Ahead of Big? Only General Motors remained mum, but the silence concealed a lot of activity. Farther ahead than either of its Big Three competitors toward mass-producing a small car, G.M. will have ready for introduction in the fall a compact, six-cylinder auto with a part-aluminum engine in the rear. Last week the trade magazine Motor Life reported that G.M. is also considering manufacturing several models (e.g., Pontiac, Buick) using one basic body shell, will sell them through its separate dealers...
...nods at American Motors, which has climbed into fifth place in sales with its compact Rambler. American Motors betrayed no concern about the Big Three's entrance into its field. Said President George Romney: "We expect the Big Three to follow Rambler into the field of compact cars for the simple reason that this is the real growth part of the market. If they do, compact-car sales should reach an annual rate of 3,000,000 units by 1963. The upheaval that is in evidence in the automobile market is the signal for the end of big-car...
...limits of quick credit are bounded only by the businessman's imagination. Last month Amarillo's First National Bank wheeled out a car credit card to buck the big auto financing agencies. The holder presents the card in the auto showroom to prove that he has the bank's approval for a loan, like a cash buyer can drive out in a new car within minutes...
Curtis and Lemmon are a couple of musicians in a Chicago speakeasy. When the club is raided and they are suddenly out of a job, they arrive at a garage to borrow a friend's car just in time to witness a painfully accurate re-creation of the St. Valentine's Day massacre of 1929. With Curtis and Lemmon cowering in a corner, Mobster George Raft and his henchmen line seven men against the wall and machine-gun them dead...