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Packard built its 1949 Ultramatic entirely in-house and locked the torque converter for direct drive
Most American automakers that wanted an automatic in the late 1940s bought one from somebody else. Packard built its own. The Packard Ultramatic arrived in mid-1949, and it added…
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7 Buicks we’d never sell
In 1953, Buick turned 50 and celebrated with the Buick Roadmaster Skylark, a convertible that cost slightly more than $5,000. That was roughly 50% more than the regular Roadmaster…
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7 forgotten Thunderbirds years ahead of the competition
Ford sold 92,843 Thunderbirds in 1960, and a buyer who chose the 1960 Thunderbird hardtop could order a manually operated sunroof. Even so, that small option says a lot…
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7 Studebakers that almost no one has seen
The Studebaker Big Six arrived in 1918 with a 354-cubic-inch six and a price that put it in Buick territory. It helped establish Studebaker as a maker of well-engineered…
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