A sneak peek of what’s inside Old Cars’ April 1, 2025, issue!
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Ken Gross remembers Albert ‘Bud’ Drake
Albert “Bud” Drake, a prolific author, Michigan State College English professor emeritus and respected Pacific Northwest hot rodder, passed away on June 11, 2023. He was 88 years old.
Angelo Van Bogart sheds light on a Bronco with a double life
A look at a mysterious 1967 For Bronco served the military as well as the forest service.
Paul Mayer, of Reeseville, Wis., knows first-gen Broncos. He restores them and has owned dozens of them at once, and it’s the vehicle in which he learned to drive. Yet it took him almost 20 years and a couple strangers to discover the fascinating origin of what’s likely his most interesting Bronco.
Gerald Perschbacher talks on Packard's sales
Packard sales underwent a serious sag in sales of its Golden Anniversary 23rd Series (late 1949 and 1950) models. The slump indicated Packard’s luxury-car image was slipping, and it rattled the company. Top-line model sales slid by 50 percent — from 5,936 sales in 1948 to 2,990 in 1949. The short sales run in 1950 was a dismal 707 more cars. Packard asked, "Why?" and got answers.
Al Rogers catches a Cougar by the tail
A look at a well-optioned and over-detailed 1973 Mercury.
The Gogola family opened Midwestern Auto District, a used car dealership that carved a niche by selling automobiles traded in at local new car dealerships. Son Chris worked for the family business and developed a keen eye for cars. Time went by and eventually an opportunity to purchase a 1973 Mercury Cougar arose. Already having an affinity for the 1973 Cougar, Chris caught the Mercury.
The Cougar has become part of the family and remains with Gogola today.
Gregg D. Merksamer recaps the Lincolns that converged near Gettysburg
The Lincoln and Continental Owners Club chose the Classic Auto Mall of Morgantown, Pa., to serve as its headquarters for the 2024 Eastern National Meet. Gregg offers a look at the 1920s to 2000s Lincolns that gathered.
These articles and a whole lot more can be found inside the April 1, 2025, issue of Old Cars.
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