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Bill Vance: Rickenbacker鈥檚 fame helped build sales

Bill Vance: Rickenbacker鈥檚 fame helped build sales

Eddie Rickenbacker is best remembered as a First World War United States fighter pilot who shot down some 26 German planes and became known as the 鈥淎merican Ace of Aces,鈥 a genuine home- grown hero.
Bill Vance: First Indy 500 race open to all, lured thousands of fans

Bill Vance: First Indy 500 race open to all, lured thousands of fans

The Indianapolis 500 mile race has been held every year since 1911, except for six years during the First and Second World Wars. This Greatest Spectacle in Sport runs on Memorial Day in May.
Bill Vance: Ferrari built reputation with little 166 MM

Bill Vance: Ferrari built reputation with little 166 MM

Not since the classic Bugattis has an automobile elicited quite the cachet of the Italian Ferrari, a mystique created by sometimes temperamental road cars and racers that amassed an enviable competition record.
Bill Vance: Postwar Chryslers were roomy, sturdy

Bill Vance: Postwar Chryslers were roomy, sturdy

Nineteen forty-nine was an important year for the North American automobile industry.
Bill Vance: Arnolt MG truly an international project

Bill Vance: Arnolt MG truly an international project

When a tiny roadster with tall wire wheels began landing in North America from England after the Second World War it ignited a whole new type of motoring fun. It was called the MG TC and it became the quintessential sports car.
Bill Vance: Jensen-Healey famed engineer鈥檚 swan song

Bill Vance: Jensen-Healey famed engineer鈥檚 swan song

Donald Healey could be called a natural engineer, a man with an innate mechanical talent. His engineering training, natural ability and initiative resulted in his name being carried on several cars. Our subject is the last one.
When a rat makes a home in your engine compartment during a pandemic

When a rat makes a home in your engine compartment during a pandemic

This is the evidence. Chewed cables. Bits of debris. Droppings. A rat has been spending time in your engine compartment. Rats can cause tremendous damage, chewing through wiring, gnawing on hoses, plugging things up with debris.
Bill Vance: Upscale Cougar beat Mercury鈥檚 forecasts

Bill Vance: Upscale Cougar beat Mercury鈥檚 forecasts

The introduction of the 1965 Ford Mustang in mid-1964 launched a new class of automobile dubbed the Pony Car. Its long hood, short deck and low silhouette made it an immediate marketing success in spite of its mundane Ford Falcon underpinnings.
WHAT'S IN YOUR GARAGE: Bill Pomeroy's 1963 Corvair

WHAT'S IN YOUR GARAGE: Bill Pomeroy's 1963 Corvair

Dog and human love leaving COVID-19 stress behind in this American classic

Bill Vance: America responded to the takeoff of luxury imports

The 1970s was a watershed decade for the American auto industry. Slipping away were the freewheeling days of the 1950s and 鈥60s, replaced by two 鈥渙il crises,鈥 spiralling fuel prices and new fuel-economy, emissions and safety legislation.