Ford sold 20,766 Skyliners for ’57, but demand fast tapered to 14,713 for ’58, then to 12,915. The model was duly axed after 1959, a victim of new division chief Bob McNamara’s no-nonsense approach to products and profits. A full steel-roof model was also offered for $70 less than the «bubble-topper»; predictably, it sold much […]
From this handful of men that remained and the reinforcements that he would receive, Lieutenant Colonel Rollet reformed the elite unit. At the end of 1906, a few months before the beginning of the French campaign in Morocco, Lieutenant Rollet left for the Algerian-Moroccan border, assigned as a platoon leader to the 3rd Mounted Company […]
Born on December 20, 1875 in France’s Auxerre, where his father served as a captain in the 46th Infantry Regiment, Paul-Frédéric Rollet also chose a military career and entered the prestigious military academy of Saint-Cyr in October 1894. Promoted to second lieutenant when he graduated two years later, he was assigned to the 91st Infantry […]
Rollet attended Ferris State University before volunteering in the Navy starting in the summer of 2009. He officially enlisted later that year, attending the Naval Aviation School at the Naval Aviation Technical Training Center in Pensacola, Fla. Whether you’ve lived your entire life in one state or moved around the country, there’s no denying the […]
The Oldsmobile 98 was the company’s top-of-the-line offering for the 1951 model year, offering three body styles (coupe, sedan and convertible), a 5.0-liter Rocket V8 and standard features including a leather interior, a deluxe steering wheel, dual horns and a lot of chrome. Released for the 1958 model year, the Chevrolet Impala would go on […]
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