https://www.motorcityboomer.com/home daily 1.0 2026-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/b129415b-2bd9-43c4-a21c-817dee06f6c8/Neon+BOOMER+Sign+%28Transparent+BG%29+%281%29.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/80176a92-ec3e-462c-a689-ca9a3bc86cec/DAD+BOOK+COVER.jpeg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/022786f9-4a70-40dc-b2c1-63062d77ce44/DAD+IMAGE.png https://www.motorcityboomer.com/book daily 0.75 2026-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/f5be000f-883d-4b52-8322-13ce5108db47/imgg-demo-nLRbokBp.jpg The Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/6d6ce9d6-acc5-4337-84fa-c8c6a18cbbd7/imgg-demo-dr4UJ5bT.jpg The Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/d0c64311-b23a-4075-a6bb-08ec13a3bc11/imgg-demo-nD6Pzw4T.jpg The Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/21b70806-28c1-43e6-b433-a84998d45133/Blu+Map+Background.png The Book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/d51665be-b0ae-4def-8a68-2d45960553d4/Motor+City+Boomer+Book+Cover.jpeg https://www.motorcityboomer.com/events daily 0.75 2026-08-10 https://www.motorcityboomer.com/author daily 0.75 2026-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/022786f9-4a70-40dc-b2c1-63062d77ce44/DAD+IMAGE.png https://www.motorcityboomer.com/gallery daily 0.75 2026-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/1786280928789-0VCZA3FDHDYS7701096B/1.jpg Gallery Lynn, Mom, Dad and me, 1951 (Photo courtesy of Lynn Lewis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/cc8018ca-bc98-4dbb-af10-81f15f73a872/2.jpeg Gallery Sister Lynn steadies me, 1948 (Photo courtesy of Lynn Lewis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/fc736b82-11a5-4b5b-9a9c-321eb0bcfd2c/9.jpg Gallery Dressed for success (Photo courtesy of Donaldson Family) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/0cc9f458-da9b-4478-9868-29f771881107/10.jpg Gallery Championship hood ornaments, mid-1950s (Photo courtesy of Donaldson Family https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/9b0a0fc4-97a1-4760-a14f-da6bc86f6700/14.jpg Gallery American muscle, a 1964 GOAT (Photo courtesy of Coyote Classics) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/a2fd19ef-5eaf-438a-a938-7f1d6cdccb8d/22.jpg Gallery Life at mid-century in sunny California (Photo courtesy of the Collections at The Henry Ford https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/47e9917f-4298-4839-9c6f-a654a5da36fe/25.jpeg Gallery One of a kind, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (my collection) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/48d1e687-c43f-4763-acec-33a791ff76e7/27.jpg Gallery Best neon in Seligman, AZ (my collection) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/282312aa-b0f8-48a5-8247-9520f969c4a3/7.png Gallery Lynn and Ben's eclectic driveway in 1955. For Ben's parents, a new Oldsmobile. For Lynn and Ben, a new British-built Nash Metropolitan, a Ford hot rod sedan from the '30s, and behind the old sedan, a new Chevy. (Photo courtesy of Lynn Lewis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/cf8ecef4-3e2f-47d5-9bda-78761090e190/30.jpeg Gallery Chew on this! (Photo courtesy of John Margolies, Roadside America Collection, Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/2923cb94-bcd0-400c-89bd-beaf8995a1b3/31.jpg Gallery Want a souvenir from New Mexico? (my collection) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/c68c0468-1892-4a9a-81d1-0b47e067226c/34.jpeg Gallery Need a spare tire near Detroit? (Photo courtesy of John Margolies, Roadside America Collection, Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/d1e12c7a-1cde-435c-8692-f69b06b70f4d/20.jpg Gallery Cobra bites Stingray (Photo courtesy of Collections of The Henry Ford) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/42dc4684-2d77-4f88-b21e-df5b47ab4ed6/5.jpeg Gallery Christmas gifts, 1955 (Photo courtesy of Lynn Lewis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/e4842162-4a45-45a3-ac71-473148b938c2/12.jpg Gallery His modified Plymouth stock car (Courtesy of Donaldson Family) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/f268728f-1619-4b27-b6b9-cd6243cdf271/Image+8-9-26+at+8.37%E2%80%AFAM.jpeg Gallery One hot car, a ’55 Chevy (Photo courtesy of Mustang Joe, Wikimedia Commons) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/d5fa2dc3-cfae-4a88-9b30-7fb9f16135e0/23.jpg Gallery My favorite, a double steakburger with cheese, pickle and extra onion (Image courtesy of J. Andre, www.electric-art-gallery.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/18e66811-3519-4d65-b05e-259d8ec731ae/26.jpg Gallery Best neon in Tucumcari, NM (my collection) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/27d0c716-e5a4-494a-b08e-d3ca50103445/29.jpeg Gallery What a “Great Sign”! Photo courtesy of John Margolies, Roadside America Collection, Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/aa954842-60f7-4efe-ae87-32e2ff596e73/8.png Gallery The Schaffer Drive kids went to Boy Scout camp together in 1958. That's me (with the terrible haircut) bottom row, fourth from left. Same row, second from right, Bill Crossley, and first right, Phil Reynolds. On the top row, Terry Crossley, third from left, and Rick Cosier, sixth from left. (my collection) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/3bbddfff-5d44-4061-85bb-58f9be4bb071/33.jpeg Gallery Several states claim Paul Bunyan and the Blue Ox as residents (Photo courtesy of John Margolies, Roadside America Collection, Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/c26f138e-978d-4cb3-97f2-833a71b039ee/35.jpeg Gallery Somebody forgot to add kitsch to this stretch of Route 66 in Oklahoma (Photo courtesy of Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/fef8af7f-7e73-4c5d-b438-cbd8926d251e/21.jpg Gallery Death Car (JFK) and Dream Car (GTO) at The Henry Ford (Photo courtesy of Collections of The Henry Ford) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/ec6d33ab-1340-408a-bd56-431a33b98971/3.jpeg Gallery Mom, Lynn and Aunt Millie hijack my vehicles, 1950 (Photo courtesy of Lynn Lewis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/e3d2c1b2-a947-49fe-a6bf-86d0d448aa6e/6.jpeg Gallery My first electric car, a Ford (Photo courtesy of Lynn Lewis) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/53af4ae7-fc37-4f52-b124-afe25aacb59c/13.jpg Gallery Ralph in his Midwest Champion Sprint Car, ca. 1960 (Photo courtesy of Michigan Motor Sports Hall of Fame) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/f8b359ac-e611-445c-9211-195fc7e39a5c/16.jpg Gallery Look at that luster! ’57 Bel Air (Photo courtesy of Dave Lawrence Photography, http:davelawrence.photo) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/9ecfffc0-c758-4d65-ad64-abecb72c3f43/24.jpeg Gallery Golden arches, glass walls – and no seating (Photo courtesy of John Margolies, Roadside America Collection, Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/61d7aa42-481b-4c04-a6cd-418421961d3b/32.jpeg Gallery So what if dinosaurs never lived in Michigan? (Photo courtesy of John Margolies, Roadside America Collection, Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/1786280959999-D5ZQEEXSEAB06OTXP7YP/4.jpg Gallery 1861 Schaffer Dr., Jackson, Michigan (my collection) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/1786281839399-W7HXB2VKKIVUPTLHVGTA/11.jpg Gallery Jackson Motor Speedway Champ, 1956 (Photo courtesy of Donaldson family) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/13e0e2aa-2cc5-4225-9c9f-8312ddb5baf5/17.jpg Gallery Mellow yellow, a ’57 Chevy (Photo courtesy of Pixabay) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/049a9e65-be1f-42a1-a5dc-97e974b5f664/28.jpeg Gallery Only in America! (Photo courtesy of Carol. M Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/6f092fe6-7acc-457b-bb0e-26318e06d343/18.jpg Gallery Have some chrome, Mr. ’58 Buick (Photo courtesy of Paul Dapa Rocks on Pixabay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6a701368ff66b570b8e8c1f1/f1f52f14-5057-4ac9-9ca4-009f327a62c4/19.jpeg Gallery Ugly enough for you? Late 50s Edsel (Photo courtesy of Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress)