Each year, a variety of car lovers bring their pride and joy out from its prolonged hibernation and haul it out to the PDC for a day in the spotlight. And car owners aren't the only ones living the dream – a large crowd of visitors and onlookers come to see what's new that year.

"I think this is such a fabulous event," said Mary Mayberry, Color Management Analyst. "Ford puts this on every year and everybody just brings their cars and trucks and it's just an awesome event!"

"This is a chance for everyone to bring out their vehicles and show people. Not only that, but to actually drive it and enjoy it," said David Glickman, product design engineer and organizer of the PDC Annual Car and Truck Show. "Half the fun of a car show is getting it down here because you get to drive it. You're nervous but at the same time you're having a great time."

The PDC Truck and Car Show is something that the people of Ford wait all summer for. The diversity of this event is broadened with each passing year and consequently, its range in vehicles has grown larger and larger. Everything from aero cars and amphicars, 30 foot Dragsters, a $12,000 authentic pedal car, 1930s Lincoln model K, and street legal golf carts to NASCAR race cars, mobile homes, trailers, hot air balloons as vehicles, military half tracks from WWII, just to name a few.

"A lot of our employee and retirees have something in the garage," said Glickman. "It's nostalgia for some people."

This year had many different vehicle displays, but one of the most interesting was the vintage tractors.

"Some of these tractors have had restoration that would outclass a lot of car restorations," said Glickman. "People do have tractor shows and collect tractors like other vehicles. Some have had well into five digit restorations. That is very expensive for a tractor."

A couple of Packard's, an American luxury automobile marquee, showed up, which Glickman assured they've never had at the PDC Truck and Car Show. "They were both amazing!" said Gickman. "Some of the last Packard's ever built and really, they were important milestone cars."

Another key vehicle display at this year's event was Dearborn Truck's Adrian Clements' 1967 Country Squire, which is one of one. The story behind the making of this vehicle begins with a man who had a wife and three kids and while he needed a wagon for his family, he also wanted to shift gears like his friends could in their sports cars.

He wanted a Country Squire wagon with Duel Facing Rear Seats (DFRS), 428 engine, air conditioning, tinted glass, power windows, power steering, AM/FM radio, luggage rack, buckets in a counsel, which weren't available on the wagon and the 4-speed. The dealership immediately said they wouldn't do it and to not bother filling out paperwork for an order form because it would just bounce right back.

So, after a lot of wrangling back and forth, the man was given the name and address of Lee Iacocca, an American businessman known for his revival of the Chrysler Corporation in the 1980s, and he was told to write him. So, he did! And Iacocca said he'd build it!

Also at this year's event, the Detroit Fireman's Fund replicated a historical fire apparatus – a 1937 Seagrave Safety Sedan Pumper – to be used as a hearse, preserving the historical heritage of fire fighting and to give fallen firefighters a fitting tribute. It is a proud and cherished tradition for firefighters who die in the line of duty to be carried to their final resting place on a fire apparatus. "We built it hoping we would never use it except for in parades," said Mark Bilancett, a machinist for Detroit Fire Department.

"It was exquisite and they held it specifically before they delivered it to make sure it would be here at the show for us to enjoy," said Glickman.