Tag Archives: Pontiac

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 II — Customs

Published June 9, 2017 in Warp & Woof Exploring the Sundwick Automotive Photo Library: Part II — Customs William Sundwick What is a “custom car?”  This library will use the following definition: Custom: any car or light truck that has been altered in appearance significantly from a model available in the manufacturer’s original catalog forContinue reading “Exploring the Sundwick Automotive Photo Library: Part II — Customs”

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?”