A Model T Ford Is the Michigan DOT’s Oldest Safety Vehicle
October 2, 2024
BY KYLE SMITH/ ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED July 09, 2024 / HAGERT For a good long while, the main users of the paved highways and byways of the U.S. countryside have been cars. The transition from horse and buggy to automobile has not happened for all road users though, and to help ensure the safety of some ...
How One Man Made A Mopar Ad Real
February 23, 2022
BY Brendan McAleer / ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED February 21, 2022 / HAGERTY / Color is basically dead in modern motoring. We went from the Model T’s “any color… so long as it’s black” to a ’60s Pantone catalog of hues, and now the pendulum has swung back. Fifty Shades of Greymight as well be a sign ...
Celebrating 40 Great Years in Pomona
July 24, 2015
“Americans have had a love affair with their automobiles that dates back to the turn of the century and it’s stronger than ever today. I bought my first Model T in 1960 and it opened a new world to me.” – George W. Cross III On August 3, 1975, George W. Cross III held ...
The Five Cars We’re Most Thankful For
November 26, 2014
By Rob Sass / Originally Published November 26, 2013 / Hagerty 1964 ½-66 Ford Mustang: The original pony car celebrates its 50th anniversary next year with the introduction of an all-new and promising version, but for classic car fans, it’s the first generation car we give thanks for. Whether as an inexpensive six-cylinder hard top or a Shelby ...
The Enduring Ford Motor Company
September 11, 2014
The Ford Motor Company has been creating iconic cars since Henry Ford sold his first car, a Model A, to a Chicago physician in July 1903. The two-cylinder engine could reach speeds up to 30 miles per hour on smooth roads. The Model A was followed by the Model K, the “Gentleman’s Roadster,” and the Model ...
A Few Facts About Ford Motor Company And It’s Place In American History
May 6, 2013
The success of The Ford Motor Company in America shows how innovation helped the company find a place in our nation’s history books. With a $28,000 cash investment to get started, The Ford Motor Company successfully “changed how the world moved.” It all began with a man named Henry Ford who had a way with anything mechanical. ...
Street Rod Nostalgia
November 19, 2012
From the chop top hot rods to the classy white 1956 Ford Thunderbird featured in 1973’s nostalgic coming of age film “American Graffiti”, America loves her street rods. The late 1930’s saw the birth of this genre of cars in the desert-like region of southern California. In those days you were lucky to own one ...
