Originally posted by robtcorl Remember their auto expert,
Tom McCahill?
His article was the first thing I'd read when my monthly MI issue came.
I do, very well. Uncle Tom McCahill.
He was an icon. He was the guy that came up with the 0-60 mph as a test to see how fast a car could accelerate. In fact I think he chose the 60 mph because that was the speed limit on modern highways of the era and it was an important to know how quick a car could merge onto the highway from a dead stop.
At least that is what I read somewhere.
He was very knowledgeable about cars, a great driver, had many contacts in the industry, but best of all...with his inimitable writing style..... he was perhaps the most entertaining car writer I've ever read...and that goes back an awful long time....well to about 1955.
I recall reading a test of an ill handling, big boat of a car back in the '50's, where he said the car corners like a moose on a frozen lake.
Here's an interesting article about Tom McCahill and even though he passed away in 1975, he is still my favourite automotive writer.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=...3j8qO29UwkrcJ7