It’s official: No. 10 of the Futurliners–one of 12 oversized, streamlined buses General Motors built to haul its traveling promotional Parade of Progress shows in the 1940s and 1950s–is up for sale.
Where? Where else? eBay. The pricetag? There’s already one bid, at $950,000, so your price will be anywhere north of $950,100. Is it worth [...]

News from the Detroit Auto Show: they want their m.p.g.
The Detroit Auto Show continues, and the New York Times reports that the big American automakers–that’d be General Motors, Ford and Chrysler–are once again backing away from the once-mighty V-8 engine.

The remains of Johnie’s Broiler–one of Southern California’s last large-scale drive-in restaurants, where custom cars were king and even the food was fast–needs your help.
It’s been nearly a year since a man driving a bulldozer managed to flatten most of the 1958 Downey landmark. What’s left of the Googie-style restaurant–replete with flagstone, exuberant script and [...]

So, our friends over at Jalopy Journal almost always have something interesting to report–and presently, it’s the re-emergence of a three-part documentary series on design from the late 1950s.
Real super bitchen jet-age stuff; I’m linking to the third part, which is automotive-related–but which ties back in the other two parts.
Also, the person who posted this [...]