We’re two weeks away from the start of this season’s THF Summer Camp! Each day will spark curiosity and joy as campers explore Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village. Register your camper now: inhub.thehenryford.org/summe…

WEEKEND ALERT PART II – Tomorrow at 6 p.m., the @PackardPGrounds will host Packards & Pours! Join them for an evening of craft beverages, classic cars, and great atmosphere where guests will enjoy sampling stations, live music, food trucks, and tours of the site. #ExploreMotorCities packardprovinggrounds.org/20…

#OYTD in 1940, Edsel Ford agreed to build @rollsroycecars engines to use in British and U.S. airplanes for World War II. Director general of the Office of Production Management and former president of @GM, William Knudsen, approached Henry and Edsel Ford with a proposal to manufacture 9,000 engines earlier that spring. @Ford Motor Company had experience building planes, producing the Trimotor just a decade earlier, but never on the scale that Knudsen wanted for the Rolls-Royce aircraft engines. Nevertheless, Ford’s success mass-producing other vehicles gave them the confidence to go ahead with the project, at least until Henry Ford saw Britain’s announcement of the agreement. While Edsel supported the project, his father opposed doing business with Britain or any other country. Upon hearing that Ford would build 6,000 engines specifically for British use, he canceled the deal. Henry only wanted the planes to be used for American defense, but as it became more certain that the United States would join the war, he reaccepted the deal. Along with the Rolls-Royce aircraft engines, Ford Motor Company went on to produce bombers, trucks, tanks, tank destroyers and even a naval training station throughout the course of World War II. #ThisDayInAutoHeritage

#OTD in 1928, the first Plymouth was built at @Chrysler's Highland Park plant. Consumers wanted smaller, less expensive cars, but Chrysler had not yet entered this market. Chrysler was able to sell 58,000 Plymouth cars in the first year of production. #ThisDayInAutoHeritage

Introduced in 1975, the Cadillac Seville was a quick success in the automotive industry. Learn more about the Cadillac Seville, promoted by General Motors as “A new expression of Cadillac excellence” in this week’s #StoryoftheWeek! motorcities.org/story-of-the…

PROGRAM ALERT PART II – Tomorrow at 4 p.m., the @StahlsAuto will host its monthly Rockin’ Roll In Cruise Night! This event will have live music, food trucks, and fun for all. It's Decades Night, recognizing the 50s, 60s, 70s, and 80s. #ExploreMotorCities stahlsauto.com/event/rockin-…

PROGRAM ALERT – Tomorrow Night at 7 p.m., Pontiac Transportation Museum will host its monthly Wheels of Time Lecture Series. This month’s lecture is titled, “Pontiac’s Metal Fabrication Heritage" and will be presented by Jim Gaeschke. #ExploreMotorCities pontiactransportationmuseum.…

#OTD in 1922, William C. Durant, bought an Elizabeth, NJ plant from the struggling Willys Corp for his newly founded company, Durant Motors. One year after being forced out of @GM in 1920, Durant established Durant Motors, but needed somewhere to make cars. #ThisDayInAutoHeritage

#OTD in 2021, @Ford introduced the Maverick, their newest small truck. It came with a standard hybrid engine package. Initial sales of the Maverick were very strong. Pictured are the Maverick Lariat & the Maverick XLT hybrid models. (Source: @detroitnews) #ThisDayInAutoHeritage

🍇 Michigan wine. 🚒 Historic firehouse. 🎶 Live music. Attend the Michigan Wine Festival at the @MIFireMuseum in #Ypsilanti. On June 27th, history and hospitality will make a perfect pairing. 🍷michiganfirehousemuseum.org/… #MichiganWineFestival #PureMichigan #WineLovers

#OTD in 1925, Walter Chrysler founded @Chrysler Corp. through the restructure of the Maxwell Motor Company. Maxwell was previously one of the top automakers in the U.S., but the company overextended itself and was bogged down in debt going into the 1920s. #ThisDayInAutoHeritage

#OTD in 1998, 3,400 @UAW members began a 7-week strike at @GM's Flint Metal Center, after the union claimed that GM broke a commitment to upgrade the plant. Soon after the initial walkout, over 5,000 workers at the Flint East plant also joined the strike. #ThisDayInAutoHeritage

History is more than machines and #manufacturing. It is also about people. R.E. Olds Transportation Museum has a new exhibit highlighting the people, workplaces, and labor movements that helped shape the capital region and the #automotive industry. #LaborHistory #America250MI

#OTD in 1896, Henry Ford unveiled his 1st vehicle, the Quadricycle, in Detroit. Weighing 500 lbs, the ethanol-powered auto’s 2-cylinder engine produced 4 hp with a top speed of 20 mph, 2 gears (no reverse), 4 bicycle tires and a tiller steering mechanism. #ThisDayInAutoHeritage

In the 1960s & 1970s, @Dodge led a successful advertising campaign featuring Ms. Joan Parker. Ms. Parker was known as both the Dodge Rebellion Girl & Dodge Fever Girl, learn about this advertising campaign and its success in this week’s #StoryoftheWeek! motorcities.org/story-of-the…

#OTD in 1957, @USSupremeCourt ruled against DuPont, reversing a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the Justice Department alleging unfair business practices by DuPont in selling its automotive finishes & textiles to @GM. #ThisDayInAutoHeritage

#OTD in 1875, a major shareholder of @GM and three-term mayor of Flint, Charles Stewart Mott, was born. Growing up in New Jersey and taking over his family business, Weston-Mott Co., he moved to Flint at the invitation of Billy Durant to produce axles. #ThisDayInAutoHeritage

PROGRAM ALERT – Tomorrow, June 3rd at 7:30 P.M., the @MiFlightMuseum will host a Historic Presentation Night with photographer Kurt Affholter. Kurt will be introducing his new coffee table book, “Yankee Lady: Remembering an Icon.” #ExploreMotorCities miflightmuseum.org/event/his…

#OTD in 2009, @GM filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the largest industrial bankruptcy in U.S. history. Despite being the world’s biggest automaker until Toyota took over in 2008, GM had reported annual sales losses since 2005, amassing $172 billion in debt. #ThisDayInAutoHistory

#OTD in 1929, @Ford signed an agreement to produce vehicles in the Soviet Union. In a time when the U.S. government didn’t formally recognize the Soviet Union diplomatically, the agreement with Ford was deemed groundbreaking. #ThisDayInAutoHeritage Photo: automotivehistory.org