Word: chevrolets
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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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...
...escalator clause; but the growing sense of futility attached to assembly-line work-psychologically at least, the real issue of the strike-was barely confronted. The settlement mostly dealt with added pay, a little more vacation, and slightly earlier retirement. Only a year later, worker discontent exploded again at Chevrolet's highly mechanized Vega plant in Lordstown, Ohio...
...their ultra-American patriotism, the cadet seniors had saved up their base pay for four years in order to buy the ultimate symbol of traditional American brute power and gaudiness, a Chevrolet Corvette. GM's domination served as a fitting contrast to Cambridge, where such automotive monstrosities are rare and BMW's and Volkswagens are the only cars one seems to see. The fact that I have a BMW, however, makes the validity of this analysis open to serious doubt...
...doggers build up repertoires of twists, turns, spins and somersaults. Four Utah ski resorts will sponsor hot-dog exhibitions this season. Last winter 110 hot-doggers got together at Waterville Valley, N.H., for the second annual Eastern Regional Exhibition Skiing Championship. The winner tooled off in a new Chevrolet...