Dayton Duncan was born and raised in a small town in Iowa, then went east for college, graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in German literature. From there he went to New Hampshire, where he worked for The Keene Sentinel as a reporter, editor and editorial writer. His weekly syndicated humor column, "Wooden Nickels," ran in 17 northern New England newspapers. Articles of his have appeared in the New York Times, the Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, the Old Farmer's Almanac, and American
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 Though it has been decades since Mustang coupes rolled off the assembly line bearing the legendary Shelby name, the cars will once again thunder across the roads under a deal inked by Carroll Shelby, Sanderson Sales & Marketing and Unique Motorcars of Irving, Texas.
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A remarkable Scotsman was born in Arbroath, Scotland 120 years ago. He was a man who deserved fame and fortune, yet died in poverty and is virtually unknown in his native land. He was David Dunbar Buick, born September 17, 1854 at 26 Green Street, Arbroath.
Do you recognize the name? You should. David Buick founded the company that grew into the General Motors Corporation of America, one of the mightiest car-making empires in the world. |
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 William C. Durant was born on December 8th, 1861 in Boston Mass. He quit high school to begin work in his grandfather's Flint, Michigan, lumberyard. By 1885 he had partnered with Josiah Dallas Dort to organize the Coldwater Road Cart Company, which would become a leading manufacturer of horse-drawn carriages. By 1890, Durant-Dort Carriage Company was the nation's largest carriage company, producing approximately 50,000 horse-drawn vehicles a year.
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 Recently, General Motors resurrected an automotive icon from the past to help introduce the newly restyled Buicks for 2003. Today, Harley Earl is known only as a character in GM's television commercials, yet his legacy as GM's premiere design engineer is still very much alive. It is his vision that defines the lexicon of what "is" a Classic Car today.
Harley Earl was born on November 22, 1893 in Los Angles California, one of the first cities designed for |
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Author of Horatio's Drive: American's First Road Trip
Classic Car: How long did it take you to make the documentary once you got going?
Duncan: I started researching this off and on back in 1990 when I first came across a brief reference to the trip and became intrigued by it. I then began to convince my friend Ken Burns that this would be the makings of a great documentary film if we could find the critical mass of information needed.
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