TITLE: MOTOR TREND magazine
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ISSUE DATE: May 1953; Vol. 5, No. 5
CONDITION: Standard sized magazine, Approx 8½" X 11½". COMPLETE and in clean, GOOD condition, some tears along the left bottom edge. (See photo)

IN THIS ISSUE:
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COVER: Lincoln's X-500 In Production soon?

FEATURES:
EXPOSING THE CAR FINANCE RACKET . . . Robert J. Gottlieb Our policy has always been to keep our readers informed about schemes to remove money from the car owner's pocket. Here is a scheme that is just within the limit of the law.

'53 FORDS FEATURE A BETTER RIDE . . . Jim Potter and Walt Woron . . . An improved suspension system gives the 50th Anniversary Fords better handling and better roadability characteristics.

DAYTONA BEACH SPEED WEEK . . . This colorful annual event begins a series of spectacular attempts at speed on tracks and strips all over the country.

THE PONTIAC EIGHT . . . Pete Molson and Walt Woron . . . An all-around car with many features of more expensive makes, the Pontiac remains a satisfactory though unspectacular choice in the price field just above the lowest.

WHY DO COPS GIVE TICKETS? . . . Ernest J. Antrobus . . . How do you feel about the man who writes out that ticket? Here is a revealing account of the protectors of our life and Iimb on our increasingly crowded streets and highways.

CADILLAC--AMERICA'S FAVORITE LUXURY CAR . . . Walt Woron and Pete Molson . . . Luxury, performance, even economy--the Cadillac has them-but above all, it is the car with prestige.

MEXICO AND THE MOTOR AGE . . . Don Pope . . . The machine-age banquet is going full blast, and the people be- low the border are finding themselves with noses against the window . . . yearning to drive and to tinker, muck as the younger generation in the U.S.

HEADS OR TARS" . . . Some customizers, with time and money to spend, remodel an entire car. Most of us lavish more tender care on one end or the other.

LINCOLN'S LUXURY EXPERIMENTAL MODEL THE XL-500.

DETROIT EMBRACES CUSTOMIZING . . . Harry Cushing . . . Once a bult-nosed Ford could attract attention in the Motor City. Now it takes a fairly radical job to raise Detroit's eyebrows.

GONE CUSTOMS . . . They come in all shapes and sizes, plump and slim, long and te short. By and !arge, they get smoother and more unified in design.

1934 DUESENBERG SJ PHAETON . . . Robert Bastress.

CLASSIC COMMENTS--HOW TO RESTORE A CLASSIC . . . Robert J. Gottlieb. Our readers have asked for it, so here it is . . . the complete step-by-step procedure for restoring your classic.

EUROPEAN NEWSLETTER . . . Gunther Molter . . . Fiat introduces its new 1100; America gets its most British sports car to date.

ACCESSORY TRIAL--SHIFTOMATIC . . . Here is a new item for '49, '50 and '51.

ACCESSORY TRIAL--LIFE-TIME BATTERY . . . Bob Hoeppner . . . A comparison test shows that this new battery out-performs two others which come as stock equipment with certain 1953 cars.

ACCESSORY TRIAL--OCTA-GANE . . . Bob Hoeppner.
DEPARTMENTS:.
BRIEFS.
EDITORIAL.
LETTERS.
SELL 'N' SWAP.
SPOTLIGHT ON DETROI.
T -- 10TRENDS IN PRODUCTS

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