Ypsi on TV again, and no mention of murder!
The swanky PBS / British car TV documentary series"Great Cars" just did its 2nd show on Ypsilanti. They make downtown and Depot Town look almost glamorous and needle-free!
It's all about the Orphan Car Show this time (the Tucker was featured earlier, where they gave away the exact location of Tuckers house, behind Kluck's).
It just aired on WGTE 30 out of Toledo, but it'll be on again in Detroit channel 56 Sunday, November 20, 11:00 AM.
The Orphan Car show is a great thing, but the old-man snobbery was reinforced a bit in the episode, until they featured the Pacer and Yugo. No Fieros allowed yet. If there ever was and orphaned car... next might be the Camaro (GM deserves to go under just for that debacle).
Episode description:
Orphan Cars #403
Edsel, Corvair, Hudson, Studebaker, Hupmobile, Crosley, Maxwell and more --- these are the Orphan cars. Every summer out on the edge (?) of Ypsilanti, Michigan a group of car lovers gather for a car show that has been called eccentric, misguided or just fun. This passionate bunch of auto fanatics hauls out a group of ghost cars that they’ve nurtured for years. These are cars that fizzled and died out. Many of these “orphan cars” had unusual design and engineering features. They were created by people willing to go out on a limb. Unfortunately, the limb broke. But there are dedicated people who savor these marques and have turned these underdogs into show winners. It’s a salute to the fallen that intrigues everyone who attends.
It's all about the Orphan Car Show this time (the Tucker was featured earlier, where they gave away the exact location of Tuckers house, behind Kluck's).
It just aired on WGTE 30 out of Toledo, but it'll be on again in Detroit channel 56 Sunday, November 20, 11:00 AM.
The Orphan Car show is a great thing, but the old-man snobbery was reinforced a bit in the episode, until they featured the Pacer and Yugo. No Fieros allowed yet. If there ever was and orphaned car... next might be the Camaro (GM deserves to go under just for that debacle).
Episode description:
Orphan Cars #403
Edsel, Corvair, Hudson, Studebaker, Hupmobile, Crosley, Maxwell and more --- these are the Orphan cars. Every summer out on the edge (?) of Ypsilanti, Michigan a group of car lovers gather for a car show that has been called eccentric, misguided or just fun. This passionate bunch of auto fanatics hauls out a group of ghost cars that they’ve nurtured for years. These are cars that fizzled and died out. Many of these “orphan cars” had unusual design and engineering features. They were created by people willing to go out on a limb. Unfortunately, the limb broke. But there are dedicated people who savor these marques and have turned these underdogs into show winners. It’s a salute to the fallen that intrigues everyone who attends.