Donnie Crevier

In a vast cavern of a building like an aircraft-hanger just a tad more than a stone's throw from Newport Beach is a sparkling chrome vista that would set any motorhead's heart a flutter. This waltz through recent history takes you from a sturdy-looking 1931 Ford Model A to a plushly upholstered 1948 Hudson Commodore to a 1956 Ford Thunderbird Convertible the color of a brightly polished London bus, and onwards. The oldest, most venerable member of the gang is an open-topped 1911 Hudson Speedster—a throw-back to a bygone era...