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...decided to break the silence that surrounded her strangely sequestered marriage with the multimillionaire singer. For four years of their seven-year courtship, Priscilla lived with Elvis' father and stepmother in Memphis, apparently being groomed for marriage. Elvis bought cars for her -"A little red Corvair, then a Chevrolet, a Toronado, an Eldorado and then the Mercedes"-and chauffeured her in a Lincoln Continental with its own bar (soft drinks only). But marriage was never mentioned, or so Priscilla says in the August Ladies' Home Journal...
...Chevrolet Vega (140-cu.-in. engine, manual transmission), 21.5 m.p.g...
...Chevrolet Impala (454-cu.-in. engine, automatic transmission), 10.1 m.p.g...
Meeting the demand is driving dealers and amateurs alike to unusual measures in acquiring even low-priced finds. Warner Bros. Costume Designer Theodora Van Runkle bought a 1937 Chevrolet convertible five years ago for $200. The car looks like an old Bentley and recently attracted a $3,000 offer from a passer-by on the street. "It used to be that you could go to Europe and pick up an old Rolls or Mercedes for practically nothing," says Charles Schmitt, a Los Angeles dealer. "Now the European collectors are coming over here." Says Sugarman: "You can spend months tracking...
...October. The son of a Detroit welder, he came to G.M. in 1956 from Packard, after that company folded, and quickly made a name as a crack engineer. He is credited by G.M. with such innovations as the overhead camshaft engine and the concealed windshield wiper. As head of Chevrolet, he set industry sales records in 1971 and 1972. But after ascending last fall to the group vice presidency in charge of all car and truck production, DeLorean became visibly unhappy. As had been his wont, he showed up late for G.M.'s numerous staff meetings and joked...