you know those 90s car brochures..

Usually its with a colorful sky like the one below or a gray or black background.

If I wanted to recreate photos like these, where would I need to start with lighting?

I never used any artificial lighting so far and I dont know much about what works best.i do have an idea how to use most of the equipment ive seen so can someone recommend something they think they would use to recreate these kinds of shots?

Most of the '50s cars were done with fairly flat direct light. Then the Boulevard Photographic guys started bouncing that light off big flats to highlight the curves in the bodies. You can see some of both here: Classic Art: Boulevard Photographic
Your T-Bird looks about right.

Some tricks were used to stretch the cars: The Car & the Camera - The Detroit School of Automotive Photography
Scroll down to: "The Development of The Detroit School of Automotive Photography."

Thanks for sharing. Will definetly read into it

PhotosGuy wrote in post #17846059
Most of the '50s cars were done with fairly flat direct light. Then the Boulevard Photographic guys started bouncing that light off big flats to highlight the curves in the bodies. You can see some of both here: Classic Art: Boulevard Photographic
Your T-Bird looks about right.

Some tricks were used to stretch the cars: The Car & the Camera - The Detroit School of Automotive Photography
Scroll down to: "The Development of The Detroit School of Automotive Photography."

My dad worked for them in Detroit in the late 60's to mid 70's. He has thousands of negatives of cars they shot, I loved it when the manufacturers would chop the tops off to get interior shots. Some times the new model years would not have hub caps yet so they would super impose them on at at a later date. Good times.

Chet wrote in post #17846769
My dad worked for them in Detroit in the late 60's to mid 70's. He has thousands of negatives of cars they shot, I loved it when the manufacturers would chop the tops off to get interior shots. Some times the new model years would not have hub caps yet so they would super impose them on at at a later date. Good times.

Really? I probably knew him! What's his name?
And those 'negatives' were probably color transparencies. ; )

Edit: Chet answered in a PM.

PJmak: I remembered that they printed a book about Boulevard, so if you want to know how it was then, look here: http://www.amazon.ca …Advertising/dp/​0760303053