The Old Car Festival at Greenfield Village is the great grandpappy of vintage car meets—it’s been a happening for 62 years now. Here’s a photo essay on this past weekend’s 2012 edition.
The annual Old Car Festival in Dearborn, Michigan is a good old-fashioned time. The picture-perfect streets and buildings of Greenfield Village provide an ideal setting for an antique car meet. Village employees—and many of the participants as well—contribute to the old-time vibe by dressing in period costume. Antique bicycles, buses, and taxis propel people around the streets of the village, all in the midst of a first-class collector car show. It’s fine fun.
The show is limited to vehicles built in 1932 or before, and the cutoff is strictly enforced. So if you feel like you’ve already seen enough ’65 Mustangs and ’69 Camaros to hold you over for a while and now you’re ready for something else, this might be just the show for you. However, you’d better like Fords. Just as you’d expect for an event held at Henry Ford’s personal Neverland, the entry roster is dominated by FoMoCo products. Still, there’s plenty enough variety to keep the show interesting.
In the photo gallery below, Motor City Garage departs from its usual vehicles-only format to show you some of the other interesting sights at the Festival. To learn more about visiting Greenfield Village and all its great events, including the Old Car Festival, consult the Village website.
Sorry I couldn’t be there. I could almost swear I heard Buck’s Marmon racer in Ohio!
Whay a great website!
All the best people live in the mid-west!
andi
Sydney Australia
Also see this link for an Aussie version:
https://picasaweb.google.com/106060021326976807965/ClassicCarMelbourne2010
I’m going this year too to bang off a couple more shots
Help yourself or contact me
Greetings all. I have wanted to attend the Old Car Festival since 1972 but never had the opportunity. This year, 2013 will be my year! I want to trailer my Canadian 1928 Model A Ford “Special Coupe” to the festival. Questions: Is there a registration fee to attend the festival? Can I preregister in advance? Is there a place to park the truck/trailer at Greenfield Village and leave it over the weekend once I unload? Can I leave my Model A in the park over the Friday/Saturday night or do I have to move it out to my hotel parking lot. Any information would be most appreciated. Thank you.
James, here is the official event info:
http://www.thehenryford.org/events/participants.aspx
Additionally, I might suggest reaching out to Model A club members who have participated in the show. Perhaps they can give you some insider tips.
Thank you. I will contact club members for any information they might have. I know one gentlemen who has gone before. Perhaps he plans to go again this year and can provide me with information. James