Rear View

1952 Crosley Station Wagon

By Jay Hirsch Powell Crosley Jr. was a Cincinnati industrialist who made his fortune producing radios and refrigerators in the 1920s and 1930s. By the...

1957 Dual Ghia

By Jay Hirsch In 1957, and the same for today, most new cars leave the factory on giant transport trucks. This is an industry unto...

1955–1961 Mercedes-Benz 300SL

By Jay Hirsch In the early 1950s the German economy and its auto industry in particular were   still recovering from the devastation of WW...

1957 Willys Utility Wagon

By Jay Hirsch After WWII the American car industry began to make cars bigger and more  “glitzy.” The Willys Overland Car Company of Toledo would...

1959 Cadillac

By Jay Hirsch Cadillac introduced the fin in 1948. It was nothing more than a gentle upward  sloping of the rear fender in which the...

1965 Pontiac 2+2

By Jay Hirsch The Pontiac 2+2 made from 1964 to 1967 was a Catalina with special exterior and interior features. The interior was more like...

1930 Chevrolet Coupe

By Jay Hirsch The 1939 Chevrolet Master Business Coupe seen here is “the best of both worlds,” as its owner and builder Hank Dahl would...

1956 Imperial

By Jay Hirsch The 1956 Imperial seen here is not all that it appears to be. It is more. Aside from the 20-inch wheels and...

1960 Plymouth Fury

By Jay Hirsch “Suddenly it is 1960” was a headline for the 1957 Chrysler Corporation line of cars. Ironically, that headline, along with “The Forward...

1955 Willys Bermuda

By Jay Hirsch The name Willys may not be that familiar to many people today, but the name Jeep certainly is. The original Jeep was...