TITLE:                                    Speed Age
MONTH:                                April
YEAR:                                     1953
VOLUME:                              6
EDITION #:                            12
COVER SUBJECT:               1953 Commander Hard Top Convertible

ARTICLES (Title or subject/author/illustrator and/or photos)
Readers Talk Back / Illustrated / Photos

News and Forecast

Meet the Author / Morris B. Carroll / Photos of:
- Author

I Drove the Boards / Peter De Paolo / Photos of:
- Pop Myers and Pete De Paolo
- Pete de Paolos Alfa Romeo passing Tommy Milton
- count Brilli Peri in the Italian Classic
- Giussepi Campari, De Paolo and Brilli-Peri

Paul and Me / Ray Nichels and Bob Russo / Photos of:
- Ray Nichels
- Ted Duncan
- Nichels and Russo
- Ray Richards
- Mike OHalloran  with the Earl Muntz Offy Midget

Statistically Speaking / Photo of Ray Harroun

Indianapolis Preview / Photos of:
- Troy Ruttman
- Johnnie Parsons
- Sam Hanks

Dodge Wins 53 Opener / Photos of:
- Lee Petty
- Red Ram V8

New for 5 3: Studebaker / Photos of:
- Studebakers Hooded Instrument Dials
- Champion 4 Door Sedan
- The Commander Coupe
- Hudson Super Jet

Crash In Safetys Sake / Photos of:
- Hugh De Haven, A.J. White
- Kaiser Cars
- Dummies
- Steering Wheel Extension

Depreciation / Richard Day / Photos of Cars / Illustrations of Charts

Forgotten Man / M.B. Carroll

Automotive Ultimate / M.B. Carroll, Jr. / Photos of:
- Bentley
- Dash of Bentley

More Performance / Roger Huntington / Illustrated by Ivey

American Racing vs. Engineering / Roger Huntington / Illustrated Diagrams and Charts / Photo of Hilborn Fuel Injector

Drive It In, Fix It Yourself / Bill Nichol / Photos of:
- Jack Aikens Self Service Garage
- Jim Wild, Ralph Muccilli, Aiken, Art Koscinski and Don Gamroth
- Aikens Parts and Service Department
- Working Space in the Stalls

The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village / Michael Frome / Photos of:
- Museum Tower replica of Independence Hall
- Automotive Exhibit
- First Ford Car in 1896
- Late President Roosevelts Limousine
- 62 Inch Wheel Base Steamer
- First Ford Production Model in 1903
- V8 Engine

Telecar: Miracle Messenger / William H. Watts / Photos of:
- Telecar Dispatchers in Western Us Main Baltimore Office
- Wallis Woodward

The Silent Killer / Ted Koopman

Chrysler Air Conditioning / Photos of: Air Conditioning Equipment

Racing Art / Illustrations by Frank Miller Jr. and Jim Gary

200-300-400 / W. Boddy/ Photos of:
- Sir Malcolm Campbells Huge Bluebird
- John Cobb
- J.G. Pany Thomas
- Campbell inspecting Car

20 Feet of Chrysler / Photo of Chrysler Car

Another Morris / R.B. Stewart / Photos of:
- MG cars
- Author

Customize It Yourself / Bud Unger / Illustrations of Diagrams

Product Testing / Ray Brown / Photos of:
- Chet Herbert  

500 Mile Pace Car / Photo

Detroit Corner

New Products and Ideas / Photos / Illustrated

Technical Topics

Its a Fact

Pit Stops: Around the World News in Brief

Automotive Racing Schedule

Automotive Movies

PHOTOGRAPHS (Title or subject)
Pictures Tell the Story
- Notables of the Auto Racing Safety Council
- Tom Cherry of Muncie, Indiana in his Roadster
- Lou Meyer and Troy Ruttman
- John Bosman, Virgil Exner, John Dugdalem, Ken Purdy

Autogravure
- Chrysler Special built by Ghia
- Chevrolet Corvette
- Ferrari
- Templetons Custom Job
- The Mantaray
- Lancia Aurelia
- Brooks Stevens Excalibur
- Covertaplane
- Chrysler
- Cadillac Le Mans
- Buicks Skylark
- Mercedes 300 Sl
- Hermann Lang
- Karl King
- Oldsmobiles Fiesta Coupe
- Frank Kurtis
- Ford Sunliner with William C. Ford and Wilbur Shaw

Sunbeam Talbot
- Mike Hawthorn on the Summit of Galiber Pass
- Mrs. Nancy Mitchell and George Murray Frame
- Mike Hawthorn and Chips Chipperton in Cannes
- Winners of the Team Prize in the International Alpine Rally

CARTOONS (Illustrator)
Wesley Thompson
Vic Martin
Bob Schroeter
Regan
Hagglund

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