A big crowd came out to see the 18th annual Rolling Sculpture car show in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Friday evening.
Ann Arbor is an affluent college town (University of Michigan) about 40 miles west of downtown Detroit that also happens to be home to many in the auto industry’s professional class. One day each July, the city fathers and mothers rope off eight blocks of downtown for an eclectic collector car show called Rolling Sculpture.
A2, as Southeast Michiganders like to call it, is a diverse community and the cars in the show tend to reflect that diversity. There’s a little of everything, from British sports cars to Ferraris, Brass Age cars to classic Motor City muscle. Attendance for the event is typically estimated at three to five thousand, but last night’s crowd looked much larger. The throngs of spectators around the cars made photography nearly impossible at times, but MCG did its best. Gallery below.
nice cars. nice weather. its freezing in the UK,too cold to go over to your garage.garages in Stratford upon avon where designed for William Shakespeare to put is dog in.
My sister lives in Ann Arbor – I must time a visit to coincide with one of these events. Nice photos and not too many intrusive others in them, your threatening glare must be working nicely, Mac.
There doesn’t seem to be many cars there that are less than about forty years old though. Do we not make beautiful cars any more? I must admit that if I had to name the cars I find most appealing they’d be mostly from the 30’s,50’s, 60’s and 70’s.
There were quite a few modern cars, but I can’t think of any that really compared to the unique and/or beautiful set that Mac picked out here.
It’s a great show, I’m lucky enough to see it every year. As noted above, there are tons of automotive professionals in the area – from simulation to design studios to engineering to traffic research (and of course major proving grounds for Chrysler and GM are within striking distance), so you get a great crowd of enthusiasts. And that’s not to mention the restaurants with outdoor seating and ice cream shops for a warm July evening.