The 1955 Chevrolet is the right sized car for America. Don’t believe me? Then why does America keep buying cars that take up its footprint? The size is perfect: It’s large enough to seat who you need to, six in… Read More ›
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1955 Woodill Wildfire Wins “Car of the Exhibition” at Stuttgart Retro Classic – Geoffrey Hacker @UndiscoveredClassics
1955 Woodill Wildfire I first wrote about this Wildfire when it was spotted at the 2014 Retromobile Show in Paris, France. Click here to Read About The Woodill Wildfire Discovery in Paris France Since then we have become friends with… Read More ›
Flathead V-8-Powered 1954 Ford Customline – Hemmings Auction
Flathead V-8-Powered 1954 Ford Customline What’s this? A 1954 Ford with a flathead V-8 instead of a Y-block? How can this be? Though Ford discontinued its famed flathead V-8 for the 1954 model year, Canadian-built cars continued with it until… Read More ›
Little delivery van with maximum style, 1955 Chevy Sedan Delivery Street Rod – Bob Golfen @ClassicCars.com
The Pick of the Day once worked for Sears Little delivery van with maximum style, 1955 Chevy Sedan Delivery Street Rod While the 1955 Chevy Nomad gets all the love and attention, there were a few other wagons from that… Read More ›
1955: Chrysler’s All-Transistor Mopar Car Radio – Rick Hirsh @AllPar.com
Chrysler and Philco announced that they had developed and produced the world’s first all-transistor car radio in the April 28, 1955, edition of the Wall Street Journal. Chrysler made the all-transistor car radio, Mopar model 914HR, available as an option in Fall 1955 for its new line of 1956 Chrysler and Imperial cars, which hit the… Read More ›
1955 Nash Ambassador Pinin Farina Speciale – Mark J. McCourt @Hemmings
Take in the lines of this 1955 Nash, and you’ll likely agree that it seems out-of-time, perhaps more modern than its year of construction would suggest. Indeed, it embodies the “long, low, lean” look that would become so popular by… Read More ›
Buying a 1955-57 Ford Thunderbird? Here’s what you need to know – Benjamin Hunting @Hagerty
Sometimes the best ideas don’t come from inside a company but rather spring forth as a reaction to external forces. When Chevrolet brought its two-seat Corvette to the New York Auto Show in 1953, it couldn’t have known that it… Read More ›
FORGOTTEN FIBERGLASS: 1955 REPLAC DEBONNAIRE AND VENTURE – @rcnmag.com
Many of the fiberglass sports cars of the 1950s were designed by individuals who later became established names in their field. Hugh Jorgensen, who designed the Victress S1A (along with Doc-Boyce Smith), is one such designer who went on… Read More ›
Restored by Spartan Garage students, a “Baby ‘Bird” is this year’s classic car raffle – Kurt Ernst @Hemmings
Each year, students enrolled in the automotive technology program at East Syracuse Minoa Central High School in New York state have the opportunity to help restore a classic car, or in some cases, build a kit car from the ground… Read More ›
Rob Ida Concepts working to recreate Tucker’s last car, the 1955 Carioca – Kurt Ernst @Hemmings
Preston Tucker viewed failure as a necessary milestone on the road to success. A year after a jury found him not guilty of charges brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission, Tucker was hard at work on a new automobile,… Read More ›