Published September 21, 2018 in Warp & Woof Disaster Strikes: The Beecher Tornado, 1953 We Move to Flint in Its Wake The Flint Series, Chapter 2 William Sundwick F5 tornadoes are rare in Michigan. The most destructive category of storm on the Fujita Scale hit Flint in 1953, one of the ten worst on recordContinue reading “Disaster Strikes: The Beecher Tornado, 1953”
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Flint: Lumber to Carriages to Cars
Published September 13, 2018 in Warp & Woof Flint: Lumber to Carriages to Cars The Flint Series, Chapter 1 William Sundwick When I arrived in Flint, Michiganat age six, the city, incorporated in 1855, had already established itself: first as a hub for the central Michigan lumber industry, then earning the appellation “Vehicle City,” thenContinue reading “Flint: Lumber to Carriages to Cars”
Flint Series Intro, YouTube Link
Something new!… The Flint Series, six posts will appear in Warp & Woof over the next couple months. To whet your appetite, here’s a dynamite video shot in 1936 at “Chevy in the Hole,” Flint — before the Sit Down Strikes!
Who Am I, and How Did I Get Here?
Published April 26, 2018 in Warp & Woof Who Am I, and How Did I Get Here? Rare Reflection on Origins and Motivation William Sundwick What is my earliest childhood memory? It’s hard to say. Experiences from early childhood can sometimes be counterfeit. But one that I identified years ago, when my parents were stillContinue reading “Who Am I, and How Did I Get Here?”
What We Drove, and Why
Published October 18, 2017 in Warp & Woof What We Drove, and Why One Family’s Car Culture, GM Style – 1950-1970 (Sundwick Automotive Photo Library, Part IV) William Sundwick We were not a typical family, even for Dearborn or Flint. Dad was a committed General Motors “lifer” – a salaried engineer, destined by the endContinue reading “What We Drove, and Why”
Exploring the Sundwick Automotive Photo Library: Part III
Published August 28, 2017 in Warp & Woof Exploring the Sundwick Automotive Photo Library: Part III – Imports in the Heart of the Auto Industry, Detroit-Flint, 1953-63 William Sundwick Beginning in the 1950s, before Detroit discovered “compacts,” there were dealer franchises in the heart of the auto industry, from Detroit to Flint, that sought toContinue reading “Exploring the Sundwick Automotive Photo Library: Part III”
Exploring the Sundwick Automotive Photo Library: Part I — Introduction
Published May 19, 2017 in Warp & Woof Exploring the Sundwick Automotive Photo Library: Part I – Introduction William Sundwick Roughly nine years ago, I was a follower of several automobile-related blogs. It was the capstone of a lifetime of following auto journalism. I had long since given up on theContinue reading “Exploring the Sundwick Automotive Photo Library: Part I — Introduction”
How Did Cars Become Totems for Advanced Industrial Civilization?
Published March 1, 2017 in Warp & Woof How Did Cars Become Totems for Advanced Industrial Civilization? Personal experience from mid-century America William Sundwick Origins It started in Germany. When Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz, acquaintances from a start-up engineering firm, invented a light-weight internal combustion engine (ICE in today’s parlance), they apparently realized thatContinue reading “How Did Cars Become Totems for Advanced Industrial Civilization?”
Warp and Woof: Welcome!
Welcome to Warp & Woof, a blog by William Sundwick. It is in the public domain. Free for all. Its purpose is to help its readers negotiate their lives and their futures … in the philosophical, moral and aesthetic realms. It is not scholarly, and neither is it overtly religious. Its author, however, has comeContinue reading “Warp and Woof: Welcome!”
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