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  • The Carchive: 1966 American Motors Marlin

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    After last week’s Rambler Classic, I thought we’d carry on the AMC theme for another week with a look at another Kenoshan creation. While the Rambler brochure was gorgeously photographed and remarkably forward-thinking in terms of presentation, this is something else. Inexplicably, though clearly based on photographs, the illustrations have been meticulously produced in an…

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  • The Carchive: 1966 American Motors Rambler Classic

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    We’ve been living in the past this last couple of fridays, and I reckon we ought to stay there for a little while. A fortnight back we were in 1966 to see what Buick was up to, last week we were giving Dodge a chance to impress us with the ’62 Dart. This week, it’s…

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  • The Carchive: 1962 Dodge

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    Last week, we all agreed that the 1966 Buick range was rather more interesting than its 51-year-on successor. This time, we’re heading back a little further, to see what Dodge had to offer us in 1962. This brochure, presumably issued as a supplement to a magazine at the time, is among the most gratifyingly wordy…

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  • The Carchive: Buick in 1966

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    Not every volume protected in the dank recesses of The Carchive is in the best possible condition. The truth is that certain documents of note would be worth far too much to be owned by the likes of me if they were as crisp and glossy as when they were new. I don’t so much…

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  • The Carchive: The 1978 Mazda 323

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    Think back to a simpler time. A time when the North America was resting between fuel crises, and Japanese imports had really captured the imagination of an increasingly value savvy and reliability-hungry buying public. It was also an era before lifestyle didn’t mean quite what it does now. A look at Mazda’s car range today…

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  • The Carchive: The Lancia Y10

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    From last week’s look at the Mazda 626, a car that had buyers both sides of the Atlantic abandoning domestic rivals in droves, we turn our attentions to a car that, as far as I know, was never sold Stateside in any official capacity. It was an interesting car, an interesting design and an interesting…

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  • The Carchive: 1981 Mazda 626 Saloon and Coupe

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    The last couple of visits to The Carchive have taken a look at a few of North Americas most honest cars of the late ’70s. The economy offerings of Ford and Chevy – basic, simply engineered cars designed to work hard so their owners didn’t have to. They weren’t aspirational, but they were the right…

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  • The Carchive: The '77 Chevrolet Chevette

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    The Carchive has its fair share of spangly, high-buck automobiles accounted for amid its dusty, cobwebbed shelves. But it’s the down-to-earth, blue-collar, working guy’s everyday transport that’s, in so many ways, more interesting. These are the cars that litter the streets one week, and are all gone the next. There’s no mourning, no sadness, just…

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  • The Carchive: 1975 Ford Pinto

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    What could be more fun than perusing a forty-two year-old brochure for a really excellent, broadly celebrated automobile of class and distinction? Why, reading a forty-two year-old brochure for a car that’s widely panned as an example of automotive mediocrity from the least lamented era of all time, of course. It’s the Ford Pinto. This…

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  • The Carchive: '74 Ford Econoline vans

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    The last time we visited the Ford section of The Carchive, it was to take a glimpse at a car that Ford didn’t have the faintest idea how to market. It was the European Ford Fusion, a car that came some way short of appealing to the people it to whom it should. Today’s helping…

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