After this age, it was now all about how cars fit into one’s lifestyle. Choices. Diversity. Individuality. These are the key words of today. “How does the car suit me?” asks the everyday man. For the sport buffs who want style and the image, there’s the Ford Escape. The sensible practical guy always has the Ford Lynx to choose. There’s the Ford Expedition as family car. The ma-porma yuppie can drive the Ford F-150. These are the new additions to the Ford family.

Strolling past the gleaming lovingly cared Ford vehicles from the past to the present models, I saw how a Ford stood proudly in every decade. A Ford for every generation. A Ford for everyone –from the gangsters to movie legends to music stars to royalty to the “common” man.

The Ford Day was a walk in history. It wasn’t just about the cars… it was about the people who owned the cars. It was about how culture defined the cars or was it the other way around? You be the judge.

The author poses with a lovingly restored yellow 1957 Ford Thunderbird.

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