1949-Cadillac Coupe de Ville

The Cadillac Coupe deVille was first introduced in 1949 it was a two-door coupé, Cadillac's first pillarless hardtop. Selling for $3,497 it was one of the most expensive models of the Series 62 line. It had leather upholstery and chrome 'bows' in the headliner to simulate the ribs of a convertible top.In its first-year the Coupe deVille sold 2,150 cars becoming the company's most popular model.

Dave Burton
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The "Essex" Brand

The Essex car was produced by the Essex Motor Company and the Hudson Motor Company between 1918 and 1932.
The Essex cars were aimed at the average families pocket and proved to be a durable, reliable motor.
Initially Essex marketed a line of touring cars (open four door cars with canvas tops), which was the most popular body style of cars in production at the time. While Essex added an enclosed sedan in 1920, it was the introduction of the 1922 closed coach, priced at the (then) unheard of low price of $1,495 dollars, only $300 dollars above that of the touring car. By 1925 the coach was priced below that of the touring car.
Essex sales remained strong through the 1920s and into 1931 before sales began dip. For 1932 a redesigned Essex debuted and was named the Essex-Terraplane, a play on the word aeroplane.

Dave Burton
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The 1967 AMC Ambassador

The Ambassador was the top-line automobile produced by the American Motors Corporation (AMC) from 1958 until 1974.
In 1967, AMC introduced a completely restyled Ambassador,the car once again looked completely new, with a more rounded appearance that sported sweeping rooflines, "coke-bottle" fenders, greater glass area, and a recessed grille that bowed forward less than that of the 1965-66 models. Taillights were wider, rectangular, and divided by one central vertical bar. The 880 two-door sedans sported the identical roofline as the hardtops, but had slim B-pillars that gave them a more open-air coupe appearance.
AMC's long-lived 327 CID V8 engine was finally replaced by an all-new 343 cu in. With a 4-barrel carburetor and dual exhaust,which produced 280 bhp.
Unfortunately, sales of the redesigned models were disappointly.

Dave Burton
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