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Tom McCahill was the prototype for David E. Davis. Pretty knowledgeable, knew lots of people and came across as pretty much unwilling to or incapable of 'suffering fools gladly'.
I own a copy of MI from 02/1959. He heaps praise on the Studebaker Lark in this issue. It's funny that for someone as influential as he was he really couldn't get Americans into smaller, better handling and more efficient cars in numbers that made much difference. I guess all the gilt and flash slathered onto luxury barges in the Harley Earl or Virgil Exner mold was too much of an attraction for too many people flush with cash in a roaring economy seeking the latest bigger and better.
Funny how little things have changed.
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