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Explained the story beneath: "Dropped axle, 4-inch-long shackles, reversed spring eyes and a leaf removed from the spring group account for snooping attitude of front end. Spic-and-span engine room houses a semi-torrid flathead with lightened flywheel, two-pot manifold, headers and special distributor . . . The lakes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Hot Magazine | 10/21/1957 | See Source »

Dawn was breaking over Edwards Air Force Base at California's Muroc Dry Lake when the husky, dark-browed test pilot chugged up to the flight line in a battered model A Ford coupe. Lieut. Colonel Frank K. Everest Jr., 35, wiggled into his girdle-tight high-altitude suit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Thicket Without Thorns | 8/13/1956 | See Source »

Quality Control. In El Paso, Charles Steen refused to plead guilty to having stolen a mere Cadillac, had the charge changed to read "Cadillac Coupe de Ville," explained that he never bothered with anything but the best.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 20, 1956 | 2/20/1956 | See Source »

Winner of the Coupe des Dames (women's division), for the first time in four tries, was Sheila Van Damm. Said she: "I got hot and tired-it was the toughest rally I have ever done and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Woman on the Move | 1/31/1955 | See Source »

On dozens of occasions, Curtice has displayed his knack for picking automotive winners. In 1940 he brought out the first two-tone car. In 1948, for a special investment bankers' show, Curtice ordered a Buick combining the all-weather protection of a coupe with the sporty look of a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Battle of Detroit | 11/1/1954 | See Source »

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