Cars have played an important part in 20th century American history and most of us have fond memories of a particular automobile. Whether it was your first car or what you were driving when when you met your spouse, the memory of that car stays with you.

My first car memory is the 1949 Mercury... with a back seat big enough to park a compact car in. Our family would drive it out to state parks or a fishing cabin on weekends. The big vacation in the summer time was a trip to Lake Erie to stay in a motel right on the water. Here's a 50 year personal automotive history.

Fords, Chevrolets, Hudson's, Cadillacs, sports cars, convertibles, muscle cars.. we all have our favorites. There are also some visionary designers that created the memorable cars and race car drivers that made some of them famous.

As we build this site, we invite you to send us photos and stories about the people, places and cars that shaped your world. We'll add your submissions and credit you by first name only. And don't worry, unlike the DMV we don't give out personal contact information.

Yes, we know gasoline used to be a lot cheaper and the man at the filling station used to pump gas, clean the windows and check the oil.

We've just started this site so please be patient while we try to remember stuff.