In the 1930s and 1940s, Henry Ford developed a car body that was made from from hemp fiber, and now YouTube has a video of it (and everything else). The video is only 26 seconds long, pixelated ...

Of course, weed and hemp are not the same thing, but this is the best we can do to mark the occasion. Here are the hemp+car stories we've had on AutoblogGreen over the past year. Enjoy.

When Ziggy Marley mentioned he was “into hemp material”, Danny knew exactly what to do. The car’s interior was transformed ...

These are just like the carbon composites that are de rigueur in fast cars, but trade the plastics for hemp and/or flax, just like your hippie uncle. The material is a little weaker than carbon ...

Additionally, hemp’s compatibility with polymers improves the stiffness and crash performance of car bodies and bumpers. Major manufacturers like Ford, BMW, Lotus and Peugeot are experimenting ...