Category Archives: Fine Lines

Fine Lines: Plymouth Fury
Fine Lines April 22, 2019

Overview

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What it is: Many of you asked if we could put our expertise to work to create a feature that covers not just classic cars, but those vehicles that have left an indelible mark on car culture. The Fine Lines series examines significant vehicle marques, their backgrounds and their contributions to the history of the automobile. All this, with real artwork.

Product specifications

Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
art files for maximum work flexibility.
About 850 words: separate text file included.
Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
PDF of layout included.
High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark
Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with
standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to
match your style.

Description

Back in the mid-1950s, Plymouth needed some Fury behind it. And by 1958, it was there . . . all 18 feet of fins and chrome. Before 1956, Plymouth was the poor cousin in a lineup that consisted of high-end Chryslers and DeSotos as well as the more popular-priced Dodge coupes, sedans and station wagons. Plymouth cars were relegated to price-leader status, a way for the average breadwinner to buy a new car – usually in bare-bones format – without breaking the bank. Since the first Plymouth rolled off the assembly line in 1928, the division had enjoyed a proud and carefully nurtured reputation of producing one of the least-expensive full-size automobiles on the road.

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Fine Lines: 1975 Delahaye 175S
Fine Lines March 18, 2019

Overview

Product specifications

Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
art files for maximum work flexibility.
About 850 words: separate text file included.
Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
PDF of layout included.
High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark
Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with
standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to
match your style.

Description

When considering the sleekest and most desirable cars ever built, collectors and fans of classic cars regard Delahayes as some of the finest.
It’s easy to see why. One glance at the 1947 175S model (featured here) and you know you’re in the presence of something very special. It and others constructed throughout the so-called “Golden Age” that existed from the late 1920s to the beginning of the 1950s catered to buyers possessing extreme wealth.

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Fine Lines: Subaru 360
Fine Lines October 22, 2018

Overview

Product specifications

Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
art files for maximum work flexibility.
About 850 words: separate text file included.
Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
PDF of layout included.
High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark
Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with
standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to
match your style.

Description

Most imported small cars manage to find a following with buyers looking for economical and affordable transportation. The Subaru 360 just wasn’t one of them, and for obvious reasons. In hindsight, the Japan-built two-door sedan was not well-suited to North American travel and if it hadn’t been for a budding entrepreneur, it never would have been sold here.

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Fine Lines: Ford Mark IV
Fine Lines September 24, 2018

Overview

Product specifications

Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
art files for maximum work flexibility.
About 850 words: separate text file included.
Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
PDF of layout included.
High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark
Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with
standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to
match your style.

Description

In the early 1960s, Ford Motor Company set out to show the world that it was better than Ferrari at racing. The rallying cry was to win at any cost, and the company meant it. Just as the GT40 competition cars had done in 1966 by winning the French 24 Hours of Le Mans — considered the race of all endurance races — the 1967 Ford Mark IV was created to further the effort and carry the company’s colors to the winner’s circle for a second straight season.

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Fine Lines: Jaguar XK
Fine Lines September 17, 2018

Overview

Product specifications

Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
art files for maximum work flexibility.
About 850 words: separate text file included.
Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
PDF of layout included.
High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark
Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with
standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to
match your style.

Description

More than 12,000 XK 120s were produced from 1948 to 1954, with 85 percent being shipped to continental Europe and North America. At a price of less than $4,000, this low-slung, high-performance machine was considered to be an absolute bargain. The XK120 was replaced by the XK140 in 1954.

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Fine Lines: Volkswagen Van
Fine Lines September 3, 2018

Overview

Product specifications

Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
art files for maximum work flexibility.
About 850 words: separate text file included.
Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
PDF of layout included.
High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark
Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with
standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to
match your style.

Description

With a minimum of horsepower, but a maximum of fun, reliability and adventure on a shoestring budget, Volkswagen’s boxy vans carted people to and from school, transported families on cross-country vacations and became the focal point for a generation of disaffected 1960s-era youth who shunned mainstream automobiles in favor of these rolling political and cultural icons.

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Fine Lines: Corvette Grand Sport
Fine Lines August 20, 2018

Overview

Product specifications

Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
art files for maximum work flexibility.
About 850 words: separate text file included.
Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
PDF of layout included.
High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark
Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with
standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to
match your style.

Description

In mid-1962, the first of what would become five special Corvettes, labeled the Grand Sport, began to take shape. Loosely based on the new-for-1963 Sting Ray coupe, each featured a tubular aluminum chassis, extra-thin fiberglass body panels and clear-plastic windows. The Grand Sport’s engine bay contained an aluminum-block fuel-injected V-8 that had been increased to 377 cubic inches from the original 327.

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Fine Lines: The Original Beetle
Fine Lines August 6, 2018

Overview

Product specifications

Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
art files for maximum work flexibility.
About 850 words: separate text file included.
Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
PDF of layout included.
High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark
Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with
standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to
match your style.

Description

Most people are familiar with the rags-to-riches story of what became a mainstay on North American roads, and introduced millions of drivers to the joys of cheap, efficient automobile ownership. If you or your family never owned a Beetle, you certainly had plenty of friends, family or co-workers who did.

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Fine Lines: Bugatti Veyron
Fine Lines July 16, 2018

Overview

Product specifications

Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
art files for maximum work flexibility.
About 850 words: separate text file included.
Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
PDF of layout included.
High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark
Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with
standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to
match your style.

Description

Bugatti’s factory in France turned out about 8,000 vehicles in total, including some of the most successful racing machinery of the 1920s and ’30s as well as small runs of luxury cars from 1910-’57, 10 years after his death at age 66. All were known for their power and extraordinary beauty and the surviving cars represent iron-clad investments for their owners.

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Fine Lines: Roads?
Fine Lines June 25, 2018

Overview

Product specifications

Mac and PC page layout with accompanying text and
art files for maximum work flexibility.
About 850 words: separate text file included.
Layout is 8×21.5 inches (newspaper), but can be
reconfigured by your designer to fit most spaces.
PDF of layout included.
High-resolution artwork suitable for print.
Includes Photoshop layers file of main art.
Multi-platform page layout opens with either Quark
Xpress or Adobe Indesign.
Fonts are not included, but we attempt to stay with
standard system fonts. If not, just change the fonts to
match your style.

Description

As odd as it was, the Lunar Rover was one of the most celebrated modes of personal transportation ever to be built.
Talk about a niche vehicle. As the star of the last three missions to the moon, the Rover provided the means for six intrepid adventurers — two per mission — to traverse the lunar landscape, collect rocks and soil samples and beam their experiences directly into our homes.