Mid-MO Old Car Show
I can’t go to a car show without taking pictures. They could be the same cars from a previous show, but I’ll try for a better photo. Maybe there’s better light, or I have a new idea for “lines.” I look for lines, curves, configurations. We attend an annual car show that’s held in conjunction with an outdoor Oktoberfest, and I have to take photos.
A lot of photos.
My wife has the patience of a saint.
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1937 Nash Ambassador Truck
1966 Ford Mustang
1964 Volkswagen Beetle
1928 Ford Phaeton
1922 Ford Model T Truck
1931 Ford Coupe
1939 Ford Coupe
1928 Studebaker 4-Door
Chevrolet Bel Air
1936 Buick 41 Series
1960 Ford Thunderbird
1956 Plymouth
1958 Chevrolet Pickup
1936 Ford Coupe
1948 Ford F1 Pickup
1955 Ford Crown Victoria
1957 Chevrolet Bel Air
1957 Ford Thunderbird
Ken G.
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Loved these photos. Took me back to when my daily had a few if these models. My fave of course is the 66 mustang.
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😀 Thanks!
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I love an old car well looked after .
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And their owners have some interesting stories to go with them. There was an early mustang that was restored (still in progress, but so very presentable) by a young lady who started it when she was 17. She’s 22, and her dad was showing the car because she was at the hairdresser for her wedding (to be the following Saturday). She’s already told her fiancé that the Mustang gets the garage!
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😀
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The colors on that Studebaker are remarkable – part of restoration, or was that an original hue choice?
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I’ll guess that was a choice at restoration that doesn’t reflect the original, just like “painted ladies” among homes.
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Great photos. That was fun. 🙂
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Thanks!
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My daughter loves it when we see one of the wonderful cars of my youth on the street…there’s no imagination to car design today. I understand why, but she and I both felt that they could take the constrictions and do something more interesting if they were so inclined. (and then she started telling me about some Russian car…I don’t know where she finds time to discover all these things)
Great photos too! (K)
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Thanks, Kerfe.
I remember someone telling me in the ’70s, “Big deal, how many makes were there, and with only 1 or 2 models each?” Well, actually, there were dozens of American manufacturers up until the 50’s.
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It’s true. And I remember the excitement as the year’s new models were revealed.
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Great photos, Ken, though I have no interest in cars. 🙂
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Thank you, Merril. Seeing these reminds me of my father. When I was a tyke back in the ’50s, he used to impress his friends by having me name every car that drove by. I probably could do that until my twenties. Now, not nearly as much.
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It sounds like a good memory.
I memorized things my dad was trying to memorize. I guess it’s easier for children. 🙂
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Love thes Ken. I see what you mean about the lines. The shape of the headlights on that 1928 Studebaker 4-Door is so different. A pleasure to look at.
Pat
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Thanks, Pat. I see something new each time, even on the same cars.
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Your wife is patient because she enjoys seeing the world through your eyes, and your photos always seem to reveal details she would never have seen on her own. And there are usually some interesting cars there, too. 😉
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❤
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