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Motor Life - Issue 01 (January) 1956

TEST REPORTS

Driver's Report - 1956 Lincoln by Ken Fermoyle p 12
Driving Stude's Golden Hawk by Ken Fermoyle p 26
Road Test -1956 Dodge V-8 Lancer p 36

THE NEW CARS

THE 1956 Studebaker p 28
THE 1956 Oldsmobile p 29
THE 1956 Nash p 30
THE 1956 Hudson p 31
THE 1956 Thunderbird p 32
What Dodge has for 1956 p 40

FEATURES

Those Wonderful Show Cars by Jim Potter p 16
Chrysler and Chevrolet – Tops in Stocks by John Christy p 22
Two New Tires p 25
Door Warning Light Install p 33
The New Scoop in Combustion Chambers by Roger Huntington p 34
Dodge Technical Report p 38
Frantic Fins p 42
The Function and Fashion of Fins by Griff Borgeson p 46
The Restoration of and Aristocrat (Pierce Arrow) p 50
Variable Cylinder Chevrolet p 52
All-Year Weatherproofing p 54
Buick – Why Only the V-8? by Roger Huntington p 56
Gas Turbine Report p 65

DEPARTMENTS

Correspondence p 6
Special Reports p 8
Book Reviews p 66

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COVER: Frazer Taylor, who until recently was in the design studios of a Detroit maker – now practicing his art in Los Angeles, created two special designs to accompany the 1956 Dodge for the cover of this issue.

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