Mac’s Motor City Garage presents another formative and challenging year for the American automobile industry: 1952. Here’s the full story for ’52, told with rare facts and seldom-seen photos. Continue reading
Category Archives: Auto History
Video: Step up With the 1962 Studebaker
Can a Studebaker be sexy? You bet, said the carmaker, especially when the Studebaker is a sporty new Lark convertible. In this three-minute promotional clip, the ’62 Lark is touted as the hottest car in town. Watch this. Continue reading
Video: Chevrolet Tours the Pennsylvania Turnpike, 1951
Join a typical American family—Mom, Pop, Junior, and Sis—for this 1951 tour of one of America’s great highways, the Pennsylvania Turnpike, in their brand new Chevrolet Styline De Luxe Convertible. Continue reading
Video: Selling the 1955 Ford Thunderbird
In this 1955 promotional spot, the Ford Motor Company unveils its new two-seat sports luxury car, the Thunderbird, unpacking the marketing plan for five more decades of T-Birds to follow. The Thunderbird story starts here—watch. Continue reading
Five Noteworthy Vehicles at the 2015 Ypsilanti Orphan Car Show
From the nearly 200 remarkable vehicles on display at last weekend’s Ypsilanti Orphan Car Show, here are five we chose for a closer look. Join us for a fun journey into orphan car lore. Continue reading
The Great Age of Convertible Racing in NASCAR
Today’s NASCAR fans might be shocked to learn there was once stock car racing with convertibles. There sure was, and it was very popular in its time. Here’s a fond look back at the NASCAR ragtops. Continue reading
Ypsilanti Orphan Car Show 2015
Presenting one of our favorite collector car events: the annual Ypsilanti Orphan Car Show in scenic Riverside Park in Ypsilanti, Michigan. And if you’re drawn to the rare and unusual in vintage cars, you’ll love it, too. Here’s our report with a big photo gallery. Continue reading