Category: PART OF A SERIES
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THREE MEETINGS: Epilogue
THE FINAL IN A SERIES OF FOUR STORIES Snapshots can only show a split second, not tell a whole story. The same can be said of meetings, or sales figures. Taken alone, they only share a little information. But it takes context and perspective to show what a snapshot really represents. The meetings taking place in and around…
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THREE MEETINGS: MoPar
THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF FOUR STORIES If they were tickled with the results of 1957 in Dearborn, they were ecstatic in Highland Park. The conference table in the Executive Boardroom was American red oak rather than the exotic imported woods at General Motors or Ford. The liquor served wasn’t the top shelf brands that the…
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THREE MEETINGS: The Blue Oval
THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF FOUR STORIES It was the first time in a long time the executives weren’t filled with a sense of dread as they filed into the mahogany paneled and glass walled conference room. Even though the kid had been in the big chair for nearly a decade, he still could…
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THREE MEETINGS: The General
THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF FOUR STORIES The automobile industry was roiling in the mid 1950s. Independent manufacturers were joining forces in a desperate attempt to compete against the dominating Big Three by finding some kind of economy of scale. American Motors and Studebaker-Packard were created in order to fight rivals with more research and development…
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JOCELYN AND JUNIOR
THE FINAL IN A SERIES OF SIX STORIES. It took him a while to decide what to get her for their anniversary. The 25th was a big one. Silver. A milestone. But then when he saw it, it was the clear choice. The perfect compromise. The best way possible to combine their automotive tastes. After all, she had always preferred big…
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EUNICE AND TYRONE
THE FIFTH IN A SERIES OF SIX STORIES. Travis Freestone was born to be a private detective. He blended into the background like his nondescript 1962 Ford Galaxie 500 Town Coupe. If there wasn’t photographic evidence that he’d been somewhere, nobody could ever prove that he had been. The man was stealthy. Freestone had ordered the Ford…
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DANBURY AND FREESTONE
THE FOURTH IN A SERIES OF SIX STORIES. “Arabella Edwards is on Line One,” his secretary shouted from her desk outside Franklin Danbury’s office. Danbury had been working on getting Mrs. Edward’s late husband’s will through probate since he’d been killed in the automobile accident. While he wasn’t expecting her phone call, he wasn’t surprised by…
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JAMES AND MAGGIE MAY
THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF SIX STORIES. James T. Upchurch was called to the Lord’s work at an early age and found himself conducting church services in the city jail in Waco or on the streets around town if there weren’t enough criminals willing to hear the sermons he needed to preach. Born on October…
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ESTHER AND FRANCIS
THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF SIX STORIES. Esther Kimble was a lovely young woman. In fact, she could have been a model if there were more than just a handful of women’s magazines available to work for in 1934, and any of them were close to Fort Worth, Texas. “That girl has skin as smooth…