One Year Later- Palm Springs Automobilist Facebook Page Has First Anniversary

 Quite a little milestone for us as the Palm Springs Automobilist Facebook Page went live one year ago today. In that year, we've had over 5,700 fans join our merry band, shared over 3,300 cool photos, and grown to the point where our posts reach over 100,000 people weekly.

To commemorate, we're sharing our first live photo above- it's the special gold painted 1956 Eldorado Biarritz from "The Solid Gold Cadillac" starring Judy Holliday. It got us rolling on May 6, 2012, and we've been far too busy to look back.

This 1959 Chevrolet advertisement was our first cover photo. It's an awesome photo that shows the amazing depth of Chevy's product line for '59. Except for the Corvette- all of the entries are based on the all new '59 Full Sized Chevrolet, even the brand new El Camino, and who doesn't love the bat winged Chevrolet madly? Our folks sure seem to.

And here's our top photo of the year. Of the 3,300 plus photos last year, this lovely portrait of Annette Funicello with her candy custom painted '57 Thunderbird was our most liked and shared. A great tribute to a lovely lady.

We've got the rest of the top 10 photos of the year and lots more over on the Palm Springs Automobilist Facebook Page. We hope that you enkoyed the year as much as we did and look forward to more!

Photo of the week: Here's Lucy

Another busy week for cool retro images on the Palm Springs Automobilist Facebook Page. We somehow got onto the topic of the 1954 film "The Long Long Trailer, starring Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball, a new brand new Mercury convertible and a ginormous New Moon trailer. The conversation recalled the magic substitution that was made during the mountain driving scene where the Mercury convertible was replaced with a more powerful Lincoln, and this still from the movie became our top image of the week.

 
Our second most popular image for the week comes from the archives of General Motors. This is the 1955 GMC L'Universelle, designed by GM legend Chuck Jordan for the 1955 Motorama. It was designed around a Pontiac V-8 engine, Hydra-Matic automatic transmission and special front wheel drive unit. A running chassis development prototype was built and evaluated and the project came very close to production approval, but alas it was not to be. It is shown here with the Golden Gate Bridge in the background.

Be sure and drop by our Facebook Page daily for retro images and lively banter. See you there!