Once a classic business failure, now valuable collector's car,
this 1958 Edsel two door gleams in the sunlight.

This 1960 Edsel is one of less than 3,000 made.
The designers changed the controversial horse collar grille
in hopes of staving off it's eventual demise, but it was too late.

A fender ornament on the 1960 Edsel. You can find out more about these cars at Edsel.com

A 1952 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon. Too bad these side hinge hoods fell out of style.

The last of the original two seater Thunderbirds.
The nameplate would continue for the next 40 years, and revived again in the early 2000's.

The first pony car, the 1964 1/2 Ford Mustang.
As much as the Edsel had been the wrong car at the wrong time,
the Mustang hit the market and never looked back. A modern classic in every way.

The Davis Divan was a product of post WWII frenzy
to start with a fresh sheet of paper when it came to design.
Thirteen of these aluminum bodies cars were built in California before the company went under.

It was perfect day for a classic car show.

Connecticut was home to a number of early automobile manufacturers.
This Corbin was built in New Britain and was tauted as having "jewel like precision."

A 1941 Packard Darrin convertible was the car of the stars
. Rosalind Russell, Clark Gable and Tyrone Power all owned one.

Another early automobile built in Connecticut, the Pope Hartford.
A century ago, half the countries automobiles were manufactured in Hartford.

This 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk was built in the last years of the
Indiana company. A stand of trees spelling out the company name at their
former testing facility is still visible on Google Maps.

A 1961 Imperial was built in the short period when the car
was it's own division of Chrysler. It was designed to compete with
Cadillac and Lincoln but never achieved sale success.

Famed designer Virgil Exner called for free standing lights built into cutaway fenders.

In addition to the headlights, the tail lamps also got the free standing treatment.

Cars and spectators covered the grounds of the
Klingberg Family Center on a hilltop in New Britain.

The 1956 Continental Mark II was designed to be the
most luxurious car of it's day. Priced at $10,000, it cost as much
as two Cadillacs at the time, or close to $80,000 in today's dollars.
It's said Ford Motor Company lost $1,000 on each car sold

1966 Ford Galaxie 500 convertible.

1967 Mustang fastback, the second generation of the American classic.

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