by Wallace Wyss - YouTube is a wonderful thing; you can dial up your favorite car ad see a video of it driving down the highway. On YouTube I found a video of one of my favorite concept cars of the last few years, the Cadillac Ciel, a four door … [Read more...]
Marketing: Cars Detroit Should Have Built
June 8, 2020 By 1 Comment
The 2003 Cadillac Sixteen Concept. by Wallace Wyss - Built for the 2003 Detroit Auto Show, the Cadillac Sixteen was a concept car that payed homage to the V16 cars of Cadillac’s past, even though you could argue that hardly anybody remembered … [Read more...]
Now You See It, Now You Don’t – The 1960 Corvette XP700
May 25, 2020 By 2 Comments
Is it really gone? by Wallace Wyss - Back in the ’60s, I used to know a guy in Detroit who was a top-drawer exec for GM—head of styling, in fact. And when he replaced the founder of GM Styling, Mr. Harley Earl, Bill Mitchell had to fill some … [Read more...]
Fiction: Dead Ringer
April 26, 2020 By Leave a Comment
by Wallace Wyss - Jerry was swearing. It wasn't that hot, but he was swearing because he had agreed to do what Johnny wanted, and now he was worried that, if he did it, his employer would somehow connect him to the theft. The object to … [Read more...]
On Made In The USA
April 21, 2020 By 9 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Yes, it was thought of as controversial when our present President, when he was running for President, said he wanted to see more things made in the USA. Most people dismissed it as pandering to prejudiced folks but … [Read more...]
Make Life Size Model Cars of Clay and Get Paid For It
April 15, 2020 By 1 Comment
by Wallace Wyss - When Harley Earl, the first designer hired by General Motors, was a little boy in Pasadena, CA he played in the (almost) dry clay riverbed, whipping up car designs. When he and his father made a name for themselves restyling … [Read more...]
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