I am far from a car lover -hell I don’t even drive, but I will take a refurbished classic to a brand new maybach any day. There is just something about the beauty & preservation of classic American cars that represent the lure of the symbolic “American dream” & how this dream spread all over the world. While Detroit has been completely destroyed & seemingly left to die by the recession, Cuba continues to celebrate Detroit’s infamous renaissance era when it was the hub of the great American auto industry known for the best cars that were BUILT TO LAST!

“Here (Cuba) you can resolve everything ,here as the saying goes the impossible is when you are dead”

While most of the hundreds of cable channels continue America’s brain drain, public television keeps hopes, dreams & education alive. Check out the documentary, Classic American Cars of Cuba on WLIW21. Perhaps Cuba can teach America a thing or two about preservation & resurrection, as we look to the past to shape the future!

Escape to Havana for a 1950s time capsule as 21 Weeks of Summer continues with a celebration of a timeless tradition: cruising in hot cars – top down, radio up. Sat., 5/8 at 9 p.m. & Sun., 5/9 at 11 p.m.Watch now.