Old Cars Weekly

The Flood of ’42

The large number of worn-out cars was key to the post-World War II sellers’ market, but even those drivers who took great pains to care for their vehicles and make them last couldn’t always protect them from Mother Nature’s fury.

Residents of eastern Pennsylvania experienced the

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