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1912 Ford Hershey's Delivery Wagon
The Car That Delivers the Goods!

Stronger Than An Army Mule and Cheaper Than a Team of Horses
Henry Ford was reluctant to get into the truck business. After an unsuccessful effort in 1905, he waited until 1912 to try again. This time he spent two years testing the product through Bell Telephone and the Wanamaker Department Store. The results were excellent and Ford put the Delivery Car on the market in 1912. Almost 2,000 were sold at $700. It featured a wood body, two swing out back doors, and the same 22 horsepower 4-cylinder engine used by Ford cars.

If It Had Wings It Would Fly!
1936 Chrysler Airflow

So Tough—Chrysler Test Drivers Pushed It Over A Cliff—
Then Got In And Drove Away!
More than just a car, it was a pioneering adventure into the automobile of the future. The first truly streamlined car in automotive history. Loaded with an array of features never before seen on any other car. It wasn’t until 60 years later, with the advent of the Mercedes SLK, the Jaguar S-Class and the Chrysler PT Cruiser—that ‘Airflow’ styling was finally acclaimed “One of the 5 most significant automotive breakthroughs of the 20th century!”

1936 FORD DELUXE CABRIOLET

It Dazzled America
It dazzled America and left European car buffs absolutely breathless. With its airplane V-grille nose and its monster V-8 engine, the 1936 Ford Cabriolet out-ran, out performed and outlasted every car that dared to challenge it. To this very day car aficionados toast the 1936 Ford Cabriolet as the most beautiful Ford ever built. This fabulous Ford reigned as "King Of The Road".

1936 Pontiac Deluxe Coupe

Silver Streak Styling Sets the Standard
General Motors created the Pontiac in 1926 as a less-expensive partner in its Oakland Division. The Pontiac quickly eclipsed its partner and by 1932, Oakland was gone, replaced by the Pontiac Motor Company. In the midst of the Great Depression in 1935, stylist Frank Q. Hershey developed the “Silver Streak”, chrome-bands extending from the grille to the end of the hood. This combined with its solid-steel Turret Top Body by Fisher, helped make the 1936 Pontiac live up to its “Most Beautiful Thing on Wheels” ad slogan.

1937 Studebaker® Coupe Express
The Master Wagon Makers First Pick Up

Over A Century's Experience Building Cargo Haulers
When the Studebaker family immigrated to the United States from Germany in the late 18th century, they brought with them their wagon making skills. By the late 1830’s, the Studebaker name stood for quality and craftsmanship in the wagon making trade in Gettysburg, PA. Although the Studebaker Motor Company and made some heavy duty trucks previously, 1937 marked their debut in the pick up arena. With design suggestions from famous styling consultant Raymond Loewy, the Coupe Express was a hybrid, melding the best features of a car and a truck. Studebaker accomplished this by using their best-selling Dictator passenger car, including features such as vented side windows and whitewall tires, and added a heavy duty pick up bed to the back.

1939 Chevrolet® Deluxe Coupe
The “Cadillac” Anyone Could Afford

#1 Selling Car In America
In 1939 General Motors’ advertising department had plenty to crow about as the 1930’s came to a close. Their 1939 ad campaign for Chevrolet was built around the slogan “the Cadillac anyone could afford”. America bought Chevys 577,278 to be exact, making Chevrolet the best selling car in America, beating Ford by 90,000 cars. The GM designers had done their job also. With streamlined headlights, chrome grill and trim and its always-economical price, the 1939 Chevrolet Deluxe Coupe had a lot to offer.

The Car That Saved Lincoln
The Depression had crippled the U.S. luxury car market, relegating Lincoln to a money-losing minor division of Ford, producing barely 40 cars per week. Cadillac and Packard were the first to react, both coming out with less-expensive models in the LaSalle and the Packard One Twenty. Briggs Manufacturing Company, who provided Ford with the Lincoln bodies was as concerned as Ford. They assigned John Tjaarda to produce a dream car in 1933 that could be used as the basis for a lower end Lincoln. This car, with some modifications (Henry Ford nixed the rear engine), became the Zephyr, named after the first streamlined train, the Burlington Silver Streak Zephyr. The car was an immediate hit producing about 20,000 cars per year in the late 1930’s. The public, which at the same time was rejecting the streamlined Chrysler Airflow, loved the Zephyr’s look from the hidden running board to the distinctive “waterfall” split grille. But as with most Ford cars over the years, the real magic was under the hood and in the price tag. The Zephyr was priced between $1500 and $2000 (this 1939 Convertible Coupe cost $1747) and was by far the least expensive V-12 on the market. Fully Wired 267.3 Cubic Inch V-12 Engine Provided 110 Horsepower

Gave Birth to the Continental
Edsel Ford, then president of the Lincoln division, was so enamored with the ’39 Zephyr Convertible Coupe, that he had 2 of them made especially for his sons. It was this model that provided the basis for the first Continentals a few years later.

1940 Classic Ford® Woody Station Wagon

Years Ahead Of Their Time
Trailblazers Who Dared To Be Different These Are The Ford(s) That Threw Away The Rule Book! Exciting new kinds of cars never seen on the roadways before!

Pioneering Dream-Machines
That Are To Cars What The Moon-Landing Is To Space - Each A History-Making "First" Styled directly from the Ford( Car Museum in Dearborn, Mich. come these all-time collector's classic replicas - each a style-setting "heartthrob" that completely revolutionized America's taste in cars. Packed with KO power under the hood and a body you could die for.

1941 Original World War II Jeep

It carried GI's and Generals
to ultimate victory in all three theaters Africa, Europe, Asia. It was Ike's front-line "limo" and Patton's go-for-broke, command post on wheels. Nothing could stop it. Not axle-high mud, not hood-high snow, not drifting dessert sands, not soggy jungle swamps, not even the sand-mired beaches of Normandy or the raging swollen streams of Germany's Black Forest. Its 4-wheel drive and 1/4 -ton capacity out-raced, out-flanked, out-maneuvered enemy troops in all 33 major land battles of WWII.

1948 Tucker Torpedo

1949 Buick® Roadmaster Convertible

Buick Looks Fine For ‘49
After 3 years of work, 1949 marked the first new post-war styling for General Motor’s cars. The all-new Buicks, designed by Ned Nickles from GM’s new C-body, lived up to its ad slogan of looking “fine for ‘49”. The Roadmaster convertible led the way, both in design and performance. From its aircraft-inspired low silhouette, Art Deco taillights, 25 tooth “Dollar Grin” grille, and for the very first time, its legendary 4 “Ventiports”, the design was completely new. Under the engine the changes were as dramatic. Not only did the Roadmaster come with the Fireball straight-8 150 horsepower engine, but also Dynaflow Drive, the worlds first conventional torque converter automatic transmission.

1950 Studebaker Champion Deluxe

Studebaker’s Best Year Ever
The critics and comedians had a field day making jokes about the new design of the 1950 Studebaker. With its bullet-nose front, vertical fender-mounted taillights and wrap-around rear window, this Raymond Loewy/Virgil Exner design did look like its front and rear ends may have been switched. But the public knew which way to go. 1950 was Studebaker’s best sales year ever, with over 320,000 cars sold. For the first time, their slogan that “It’s 4 cars—not 3 that lead the lowest price field” proved true.

Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Admittedly, it wasn’t much to look at. Hudson just didn’t have the money to restyle their line in the early 1950’s. It wasn’t even very popular, ranking 14th in sales of U.S., automakers in 1952. But, as every teenager and race car driver of the 50’s knew, it had the power to make it the unquestioned ruler of the road. In 34 1952 NASCAR races, the Hornet finished first 27 times. In fact, Hornets ran 1-2 in Daytona, Darlington and Charlotte. The H -145 remains the largest (308 cubic inch) and most powerful (145 horsepower) 6 - cylinder engine ever built in America.

50th Anniversary Edition
1953 Chevrolet® "Bel Air"

See the USA in Your Chevrolet
Never was Chevrolet’s motto more realized than the beginning of the 1950’s. From 1950 to 1953 Chevrolet was the undisputed #1 in U.S. car sales. In 1953 Chevy abandoned the now old-looking fastback body style and used a completely redesigned Body by Fisher. The new luxury Bel Air series featured 2-tone body and interior, new curved wraparound windshield, rear skirts and a repowered Blue Flame 6, now up to 115 horsepower with Powerglide transmission.

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