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Contents: Road Tests – ’55 Buick Special & Roadmaster (Looks and expensive feel characterize both cars); ’55 Nash Ambassador V8 (U.S. travelers’ “home away from home” is now surer and fleeter) Features – Solving The Ride Riddle (Detroit has gotten itself into a quandary. You are the one who can pull it out, if you will); The Steam Car Could Come Back (Last month we considered the sad side of steam power. Here’s a 2nd look at this fascinating fable); Truck Trends (Are trucks one of the proving grounds for engineering innovations on passenger cars? Here are some new truck developments); Five-Cylinder Folly (Some think so, but this radial engine sport car is a gold mine of ingenious new features); Diogenes In The Showroom (An ex-dealer bares his soul); What Is A Classic? (How to win a restorable classic in MT‘s new contest); The Brash And The Beautiful (In unpredictable mood, MT‘s artist Don Fell runs the gamut from simple dechroming to a forecast of cars to come); Whatever Happened To…?(A survey of vanished wonders on the automobile scene); Something Old, Something New (The A.C. Ace imported sports car); Gas Turbine Car For Indy?; Driving Around With Walt Woron (Impressions of the Citroen 2CV, the Porsche 1500 Speedster, a mail-order car and a Maserati); Seats Need Strapping, Too; Do It Yourself – Installing A Radio; Do It Yourself – Power Those Brakes; Asymmetric Abarth; The Passing Of The Tailpipe; General Specifications – U.S. Cars The Cover – MT‘s art director, Al Isaacs, illustrates our article on ride (page 18) with an intriguing design of various suspension system components. Departments – Editorial; Letters; Spotlight On Detroit; Glove Compartment; Motoring Trends; Car Owners Library; Classic Comments; Technical Service; Motor Melange; Sell ‘N’ Swap
Issue: July 1955
Condition: Very Good