When you stop to think about it, collecting automobiles requires a lot. Money, time, and good roads are the first few things that come to mind, and following the end of World War II, we in the United States happened to have just a bit more of each than almost any other Western nation.
Credit first and foremost our mighty manufacturing capability. Our ability to pivot in mere months from building automobiles, tractors, and refrigerators to war machinery was a primary reason we came out on top—and wound up winning the peace, as well. Since World War II was not fought on North American shores,