THEM TO STOP ALL FOR THE CORRECT ACTIONS. OFFICERS ARE NOW RECOVERING BACK AT HOME TONIGHT.
IF YOU GET ANYWHERE, EVEN CLOSE
TO WOODWARD AVENUE THIS WEEKEND,
YOU’RE GOING TO KNOW BECAUSE YOU
WILL HEAR IT. DREAM CRUISERS
HEADED UP AND DOWN WOODWARD WITH
THEIR CLASSIC TREASURES, BUT THE
OLDER THE CARS GET THE OLDER THE
PEOPLE WHO FIX THEM GET. IT’S A
CONUNDRUM THAT’S NOT EASILY
FIXED. BUT PAULA TUTMAN FOUND A
YOUNG MAN CARRYING ON THE FAMILY
NAME BY DIVING INTO HISTORY AND
PRESERVING IT. IN THE WAY OF
KEEPING CLASSIC CARS RUNNING. WE
ALL KNOW THE DREAM CRUISES A
TIME WHERE WE GET TOGETHER BY
THE THOUSANDS TO REVEL IN THE
ARTISTRY AND THE MYSTIQUE OF
CLASSIC CARS. BUT OF COURSE,
THERE WAS A TIME THESE CLASSIC
CARS WEREN’T CLASSICS AT ALL.
THESE RELICS WERE REALLY JUST
THE CARS WITH FEATS OF MODERN
TECHNOLOGY AND COMFORT. TODAY’S
VEHICLES HAVE VERY DIFFERENT
TECHNOLOGY. THEY HAVE ROBOTICS
AND COMPUTERS. THEY TALK TO YOU.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE? AND LISTEN.
SORT OF WITHOUT QUESTION. THE
FUTURE OF THE AUTOMOBILE
INDUSTRY IS UPON US. SOME BEAUTY
UNDER THIS HOOD, WHICH BEGS THE
QUESTION. IF WE’RE A STATE THAT
BRAGS ABOUT BEING AT THE CENTER
OF THE AUTOMOBILE UNIVERSE, AND
WE’RE MICRO FOCUSED ON THE
FUTURE WELL, WHO’S GOT THEIR EYE
ON THE PAST USED TO BE AN ENGINE
FOR A 1928 PACKARD. PEOPLE WHO
WORK ON OUR BELOVED CLASSIC CARS
HAVE BECOME CLASSICS THEMSELVES
THE MACHINERY OF THOSE OLD
STUDEBAKERS PLYMOUTHS AND, YES,
PACKARD’S THOSE BEAUTIES THAT
GRACE THE DREAM CRUISE AT ABOUT
LASTED THE CAR COMPANIES
THEMSELVES ARE VANISHING GREEN.
AND WITHOUT YOUNGSTERS BREEDING
AIR INTO THE DYING ART AND
ABILITY TO FIX OLD CARS. THE
INEVITABLE IS INEVITABLE, BECOME
JUST MUSEUM PIECES. NOT THE
QUIETEST THING. IT SHOULD BE
DONE IN A SECOND MEET ETHAN
JACKSON, AN 18 YEAR OLD THIRD
GENERATION MECHANIC WHO FIXES
HISTORIC RELICS AT THE PACKARD
PROVING GROUNDS AND SHELBY
TOWNSHIP, BUT HE’S NOT JUST SOME
TEENAGER WORKING ON OLD CARS.
HE’S THE EMBODIMENT OF A NEW
BREED HATCHED FROM THE LIKES OF
DINOSAURS. YOU KNOW IF WE HAVE
ANY REBUILD KITS, OLD CARS ARE
ETCHED INTO HIS VERY D N A. SO
IF YOU HAVE A RELATIVE WORKED AS
PACKARD YOU LOOK HIS NAME UP, SO
IT’S ALL IN THERE. THIS IS
ACTUALLY HIM RIGHT HERE. DUE TO
OUR SO THIS WOULD BE DUE TO HIS
LAST NAME ARE FOR RAYMOND, HIS
FIRST NAME, THE DATES AND THEN
HIS PHONE NUMBER FOR HIS
DEPARTMENT. MY GREAT GRANDFATHER
WORKED FOR PACKARD MOTOR CAR
COMPANY AND GRAND BOULEVARD. MY
GRANDFATHER KIND OF FOLLOWED
SUIT. HE WORKED FOR CHRYSLER FOR
MULTIPLE YEARS. UNDERSTANDS AND
LOVES WHAT CARS WERE AND SO ON
HIS WAY TO STUDYING TO BECOME AN
ATTORNEY. HE’S PICKED UP THE
MANTLE OF HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER,
RAYMOND DUDA, ONE OF THE
ORIGINAL MECHANICS FOR THE
PACKARD BRAND. THESE CARS ARE A
LITTLE DIFFERENT. THEY WEREN’T
BUILT FOR SPEED THEY WEREN’T
BUILT FOR. THEY WERE BUILT FOR
LUXURY VERY WELL BUILT CARS.
THEY WERE AHEAD OF THEIR TIME
AND EVERYTHING AND IT WAS. IT’S
QUITE ASTOUNDING TO SEE HOW WELL
THEY LASTED WHILE PEOPLE HIS AGE
ARE BOLDLY GOING INTO THE FUTURE
, ETHAN IS COMFORTABLE NESTLED
IN THE SEAT OF HISTORY, WORKING
ON CARS BUILT BEFORE THE
SEVENTIES. EVERYTHING HE FIXES
PREDATES HIM BY A MINIMUM OF 30
YEARS AND HE LOVES IT. AND THEM
JUST NEEDS TO BE TIGHTENED UP,
RIGHT? HE’S GOT ALL THE INTERNAL
SET ON THIS ONE. HIS GREAT
GRANDFATHER WORKED ON CARS
BEFORE WORLD WAR, TWO PLANE
ENGINES DURING THE WAR AND BACK
ON CARS AFTER THE WAR. BUT THE
CARS HAVE LASTED AND EVEN LOVES
BEING PART OF THE LEGACY BEFORE
UNPACKING HIS TOOLS, HIS GREAT
GRANDFATHER’S SERVICE RING AND
CHANNELS HIM HIS HANDS MIGHT
HAVE TOUCHED ONE OF THESE CARS
GOING DOWN THE ASSEMBLY LINE. UM
HE MAY HAVE WORKED ON HE MAY
HAVE PUT THIS WORKED ON
DESIGNING THIS ENGINE OR
SOMETHING. THAT I’M LOOKING AT
RIGHT NOW. MY GREAT GRANDFATHER
, WHO I NEVER MET COULD HAVE
WORKED ON MANY. MANY YEARS AGO.
RAYMOND SON, MARTIN PICKED UP
THE MANTLE AND WORKED FOR
CHRYSLER IN THE SIXTIES. BUT THE
CAR BUG SKIP THE GENERATION BUT
LANDED BACK ON ETHAN. AND IF YOU
THINK YOUR CLASSIC CAR IS
VALUABLE IMAGINE BEING AN 18
YEAR OLD MECHANIC WHO FIXES
THESE THINGS. THERE AREN’T VERY
MANY OF US LEFT THAT ARE THAT
ARE INTERESTED AND I’M FROM
ANOTHER GENERATION COUPLE
GENERATIONS AGO, BUT YOU KNOW,
THERE’S THERE IS A HARDCORE OF
US THAT DO IT, AND WE’RE JUST
THRILLED TO HAVE ETHAN, WE DON’T
GET INTO IT. AND IF MORE PEOPLE
DON’T LEARN IT, AND MORE PEOPLE
DON’T GET INVOLVED, THEN YOU’RE
NOT GOING TO SEE HIM ON THE ROAD
ANYMORE. THEY’RE GOING TO END UP
IN GARAGES AND FORGOTTEN ABOUT
AND THESE BEAUTIFUL WORKS OF ART
THAT WE’RE GOING TO SEE AT CAR
SHOWS THAT WOODWARD COMING UP,