Video of the Week: Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation: Historic Automobiles at the Henry Ford Museum
In this four-minute film, Matt Anderson, Curator of Transportation of the Henry Ford, gives a tour of the historic automobiles of the Henry Ford Museum. Can you guess which automobile is Matt's favorite among the 260 in the collection?
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
The 1962 Mustang I Prototype and one of three known pre-production pilot Mustangs in the background. The 12th S-coded Mustang (5S08F100012) was shipped to Ford's Dearborn Assembly Plant in early 1964 and assigned the VIN 5F08F10001.
1903 Oldsmobile
1924 Essex
Old 16 Locomobile- Seen but without a shout-out.
Comments
If you are ever in Michigan, plan to visit the Henry Ford Museum, it is not to be missed. The museum has something for everyone.
The collection has one of my dream cars. The 1955 Chevy gray/pink two-tone. I was seven years old in 1955, and my third grade teacher got one in 1956. Of course, cars in the 50s were death traps; wrap around windshields, hard steering wheels, no seatbelts, no padded dashes, and high-compression engines. But one can’t have everything. At least they had style and flair.
Chrysler aficionadoes of the world - UNITE! Contrary to Roy’s comment, my (and my father’s) three ‘49 and two ‘50 Chrysler 8s all had padded dashboards! “Style and flair” - you betcha; long and lean! The only thing compact about ‘em held my mother’s face powder. Sam, III