Back to B.C. by Johnny Hart for February 23, 2023

GM started that marketing malarkey in the 1920’s

Your new wheel will be “trendy.” Aren’t you excited?

According to Allan Sherman these are “Cruiserline ventiports”

“New” on a product has always meant ‘just a tad better than the old.’ Has rarely proved true, but hype works. If it didn’t, how come cell phones go out of style before a year has passed.

In addition to eliminating dealerships from the equation, this is another way Tesla is different. No pointless froo-frah changes. (although I understand the software changes are frequent).

Fifty years later, and still true.

Once upon a time, all cars didn’t look alike as they do today. While some annual design changes were subtle back in the 50s, 60s and 70s, most were bold. Cars were like works of art with wheels. Many of us eagerly awaited the unveilings of the new designs and oohed and ahwed when they were revealed. We prided ourselves on being able to identify the make, model and year of ANY car without seeing the brand name which is the only way to distinguish one from another these days. Case in point, the ’57 Chevy is a masterpiece yet bore little resemblance to the ’56 and ’58 models which were also beautiful but not AS beautiful. And, yes, there are those who would disagree with me because, after all, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.

In retrospect, the tailfins were a bit too much.

Still relevant.

What do the hash marks look like? Like this? # If so, he was way ahead of his time.