IStockPhotoAn Ode to the Old Car MakersIn Detroit, once and always a bustling hive Car manufacturers do thrive From coast to coast, they always did compete But alas, now a few are obsolete Packard, Studebaker, and Nash Their vehicles once did dash Hudson, Oldsmobile, and Pontiac Working on them required quite a knack DeSoto, Edsel, and Kaiser Their designs couldn't be nicer AMC made Rambler and Gremlin But who could forget the Javelin These cars have long since gone Their factories silenced, their manufacture all done But their legacy lives on today In collectors' garages where they stay So here's to the defunct car makers We're not mad at them, we're not haters Though they may be gone from daily sight Their memory still shines bright....More.