Comments on: McCAHILL REPORTS ON The 1960 Cars (Nov, 1959)

By: joe amiller

joe amiller — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:25:19 +0000

i have a 1960 cadilliac in need of being restored need to now if it is wirth restoing my number is 769-610-1328

By: Dave Mackey

Dave Mackey — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:07:02 +0000

My brother and I always used to crack up at McCahill’s letter column (“Mail for McCahill”), in which he’d answer letters from readers in the typical McCahill style. It was the second best feature in the magazine, besides Mimi, of course. McCahill always seemed to run a letter from one Ken Greenberg of Skokie, Ill. in every issue. (Not unlike Roseanne Roseannadanna getting all those letters from Mr. Richard Fader of Fort Lee, New Jersey.)

Our other McCahill memories involved his ultimate trunk-test strategy: seeing if one of his rather large hunting dogs could fit in the trunk.

By: Neil Russell

Neil Russell — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 04:50:11 +0000

Uncle Tom’s Mopar bias is showing pretty strong in this article but it’s still a great read. His admiration is forgivable, how could he resist those swoopy lines of Exner’s Forward Look? I thought the square steering wheel came out earlier when they first introduced Full Power steering, it was about the only way to know you were centered up.
Funny that he still gives a nod to Packard when referring to Studebaker, but I guess technically that was still the name of the outfit in 60.
How about that light hearted last comment of his about gas prices jumping up to 60 cents? That’s like us worrying about 5 or 6 bucks now! Oh wait….

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:02:49 +0000

I remember my dad test driving a car with a square steering wheel way back then. He said going around a turn “was like trying to juggle a cigar box.”

By: Rick Auricchio

Rick Auricchio — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 01:03:12 +0000

The square wheel may give more knee room when driving straight, but when turning it will still hit one’s legs.

Just one more reason the US auto industry is doing so well.

By: Al Bear

Al Bear — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:48:40 +0000

I’m so glad square steering wheels never really took off!

By: Gazzie

Gazzie — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 05:24:59 +0000

I like the last paragraph at the end.

By: Bob

Bob — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 03:40:06 +0000

Tom McCahill has always been one of my favorites, and I always enjoy his articles when they are posted here.

As critical as he was known to be towards mediocre US cars, I wonder how he would feel about the current state of the US auto industry?