From the archives: 2005 Ann Arbor Rolling Sculpture Car Show
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Ann Arbor, MI is one of those college towns (home to the University of Michigan) that is considered a bastion of liberal, granola eating, sandal wearing, pot smoking hippies. While that is true to some degree, there are also a lot of people who work for car companies in the area, and many of them are certifiable car nuts. For the past decade, every July, downtown merchants have put on a car show on Main Street, and while perusing my archives I found some pics you might enjoy from the 2005 iteration.
The photo above is one of two Australian Ford Falcons that came out, in '05. Back before Mel Gibson lost his Aussie accent and went completely insane, he was in a little movie called Mad Max, where he drove a car based on that mid-70s Falcon coupe. Also included in this collection, is one of the few Vector W8s ever actually completed and a mid-80s Aston Martin Lagonda. Of course, no car show would be complete without a bright red stretched limo C4 Corvette.
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Will 1:32PM (3/12/2007)
I love how in the middle of all that muscle car goodness you have that dubbed primered-out ranger. What a POS.
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akintz 2:01PM (3/12/2007)
I'm with #1. Everything was all nice and classy up until that Ranger... wtf? I understand it's probably a work in progress of some sort... but it it ain't painted, leave it home!
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Mick 3:20PM (3/12/2007)
The XC falcon was the last of the line for the coupe, and ute (Pickup) and panel-van with the big barn doors and pillarless windows.
For the coupe at least it was a sad day when Ford released the Cobra version with special stripes and an individual build number.
Word was that Ford could not sell the remainder of the coupes with the new XD on sale (In sedan only), so decided to build the last 500 with either the 4.9 (great motor) or the 5.7 and special stripes. Cobra name and build number.
Love the car, but hate the last reminante of what could have been.
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zach 2:55PM (3/12/2007)
damn, i'm a sucker for the AM Lagonda in all its 80's glory. That Citroen is pretty wild too.
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Rob 3:13PM (3/12/2007)
Hey, why can't one be a granola munching, pot smoking hippie AND like fast cars? I do. :P
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Pinkerton 3:34PM (3/12/2007)
The Ann Arbor show is one of the better free shows to go to in southeast Michigan (actually, I was there in 2005). Instead of the usual row after row of 60s-70s muscle cars, there is a wider variety to be found, which can be summed up by the inclusion of the Aston Martin Lagonda. BTW, that interior so cheesy. I mean, was it necessary to label everything, even the clock?
There was also a guy with an unrestored 1926 Chrysler sedan. Original engine, paint, interior, and in rather good condition.
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Mark 4:14PM (3/12/2007)
I grew up in ann arbor and am a freshmen at the U now, and the car scene is extremely small, but during Rolling Sculptures (and local Washtenaw Community College Car Show - who built among other things a Ford GT powered Ford Fivehundred which was featured in some large car magazines) there is some very cool stuff! But being the U of M, there are plenty of sorority girls driving around in X3s...
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voodoojoo 11:33PM (3/13/2007)
what's that one blue-green coupe with the wide mouth up front and the vents behind the front wheels?
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Sam Abuelsamid 8:23AM (3/14/2007)
Voodoojoo, I think it's a first generation Pontiac Tempest, from the 62-64 time-frame.
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