Antique automobiles are wonderful. Many make us smile simply because they exist. Some are genuine works of art, and you can find them in museums where they are displayed alongside paintings and sculpture. Not quite a year ago, the Museum of Modern Art in New York mounted an exhibition called Automania, celebrating the automobile in all of its controversial glory. The show exhibited nine cars, including a Volkswagen beetle, a Willys Jeep, and an Airstream travel trailer, among others. Count me among those who missed the show but wishes he could have gone.
Years ago I owned an early Volkswagen--early enough that it had a tiny rear window and the inefficient heater they were known for. Before that I owned a 1950 model DeSoto, and forty years afterward a 1950 Ford pickup truck. Antique cars are wonderful memory machines. Here are a few.
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| "1957 Hudson Hornet," digital drawing |
Although I never owned one, the Hudson Hornet is still a favorite of mine. Back in the day they were sleek, low-slung, and handsome. By my high school years many a young man owned a Hudson, a 1950 Mercury, or perhaps an early Buick Skylark because by then they were widely sold as used cars.
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| "1954 Buick Skylark," digital drawing |
Of course, these two were common assembly line Detroit machines, unlike fancier foreign cars but their design shared the same nod to Art Deco.
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