1950s A sleek powder-blue Studebaker Commander Starliner hugs the curves of the newly completed sections of Highway 1 along the California coast. The Pacific Ocean sparkles under the midday sun, waves crashing against the cliffs below. A young couple has pulled over at a vista point, the woman's silk scarf and full skirt billowing in the sea breeze as she stands beside the car. A family in a wood-paneled station wagon passes by, children waving through the windows. The Studebaker's revolutionary "coming-and-going" design looks futuristic against the timeless natural backdrop of cypress trees and coastal scrub.