The annual EyesOn Design show at Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan is one of our favorite classic car events. Here’s our report on this year’s exhibition, including a big photo gallery.
The theme of this year’s EyesOn Design Automotive Design Exhibition was Design Revolutions, with 22 vehicle categories to represent the groundbreakers in automotive engineering and design. Here at Mac’s Motor City Garage, that’s our jam, as they say. We’re locked in on the pioneering efforts of the auto industry in the Motor City and elswhere, so naturally, we were thrilled to be there. Here are just a few of the remarkable cars we laid eyes on this year:
+ From the Stellantis historic vehicle collection, a 1941 Chrysler Thunderbol, featuring a true full-envelope body and a fully retracting all-metal hardtop (see our lead photo above)
+ To represent the pioneering Cord L-29 front-drive, the Auburn-Cord-Duesenberg Museum brought its spectacular orange 1930 Cabriolet formerly owned by Frank Lloyd Wright.
+ The Ford Model T put the nation on wheels, and much of the world as well. Its immediate predecessor was the 1908 Model S—a proof of concept for the Model T, if you will.
+ The 1973 Kawasaki Z1 wasn’t the first four-cylinder superbike, but it raised the game to another level, kicking off a battle in street performance among the motorcycle manufacturers that continues to this day.
The weather this year was perfect and the vehicles were laid out beautifully on the lawn at Ford House. In our totally unscientific estimates, the car count may have been down a little, but the quality and selection were top notch and we’ve never seen a bigger crowd. Please check out the vehicles in the gallery below.
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