Think I'm going to dedicate this page mostly to car brands that have disappeared (or are about to) from the scene. The car on the left is either a '51 or '52 Plymouth and as I'm sure you all know, D-C is about to drop the Plymouth name. The car on the right is a real nice '53 Kaiser Manhattan. The Kaiser and Frazer names have been gone for a long time now and I don't know why 'cuz they were nice looking cars. Maybe it was because of the lack of V8 power? Could be.
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Here's a pair of oldies from the '30s. On the left is a '36 Studebaker and on the right is a '37 Terraplane. The Terraplane was built by Hudson. I vaguely recall one of my relatives having one way back when.
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That's a '42 Packard on the left and it's the only picture of a 1942 model that I've been able to get. It was sent to me by a person who heard me begging for pics of '42 models. That's a '48 Nash convert on the right.
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Here's a pair of Studebakers. That's a '51 on the left. It was at the Novi 50s Festival back in '98. There's a painting of Elvis on the rear quarters and the owner was dressed like Elvis. He even had the same hair style and the long sideburns. The sharp '53 Studebaker Starliner on the right belongs to Brian Skogler. He's a native Michiganian whom I met on the web. He also owns a Studebaker Avanti. It'll show up later on this page.
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I'll assume that most of you at least heard of Packard. Well here's a pair of them. That's a '53 on the left and a '56 Patrician on the right. Packards used to be really classy cars but the company started to fail. The last Packards were not very good looking cars. Some time after they merged with Studebaker, they went butt-ugly.... then went away. I have a picture of one a bit further down this page.
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These two companies merged and formed American Motors: Nash and Hudson. That's a '53 Nash Statesman on the left and a '53 Hudson Hornet on the right. Hudson did quite well on the race circuit for a while running straight-8s with dual carbs. Still didn't help them sell their cars though.
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Yep, Studebaker jumped on the big-fin bandwagon in '57. That's a '57 Golden Hawk on the left. On the right is a rare Kaiser-Darrin sports car. It's a '54.
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I'm sure most of you know about the Edsel. It was only around for a handful of years. It was described as looking like "an Oldsmobile sucking a lemon" and was one of the biggest mistakes Ford ever made. That's a '58 on the left. Next to it is one of the ugly Packards I mentioned above. It's also a '58. Packard lost it's identity that year and looked just like a Studebaker from the side. From the front it wasn't very appealing. Sales took a big nosedive.
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That's a '59 Rambler American on the left. By then, it was no longer designated as a Nash and American Motors had dropped full-size cars altogether. Their biggest car was simply called "Rambler". That's a Henry J on the right. It was Kaiser's attempt at a small car. I'm not sure of the year. It could be a '51 or '52.
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Here's a pair of Studebaker products. The Hawk on the left is a '62. That's a '63 Avanti on the right and it's owned by Brian Skogler.
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Here's the last car for this page. It's also a '53 Studebaker and it's owned by Mike Kasinsky. Mike is also a resident of Michigan. I met him back in spring of '00 and he gave me these pictures.
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