THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, March 1, 1996 TAG: 9603010543
SECTION: AUTO WEEKLY PAGE: H1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: By MARY SCULLY
LENGTH: Short : 36 lines
[This story is not available electronically. For complete text, please see microfilm.] ILLUSTRATION: Color photos
Courtesy Henry Ford Museum
A 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible is seen in context, under the
golden arches of a McDonald's restaurant, at the Henry Ford Museum
in Dearborn, Mich.
1896 Duryea Motor Wagon is the only existing example of the first
American production car.
BARBARA BETTS/The Virginian-Pilot
1925 Alcoa/Pierce Arrow was built by Aluminum Co. of America as an
experimental car of about 85 percent aluminum, most of it diecast.
It's beside the oldest (1952) surviving Weiner Mobile, given by
Oscar Mayer.
The Sunshine Special, a 1939 Lincoln with a convertible roof, was
used by both Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S Truman.
by CNB