Anybody going this year? It's usually the 1st Sunday in Aug but they bumped it back to this Sun (I heard rumors of why but who cares). there's always something worth seeing and I plan to take a bunch of pics this time. We'll be showing a Packard roadster (imagine that...) and another friend of ours is showing a Chevrolet "Light Six", which may be 1 of 1 according to his research. safari-wagon posted earlier about the Bortz collection of Motorama cars, and the normal groups of histroic racers and sportscars, heavy cl***ics, 50s icons... So who's going?
I'm not going but I know of several very cool '62-'65 SS/AFX cars that are attending. Dave Strickler and Gas Ronda cars just to name a few!!
I wish I could make it. Going up north. Maybe next year. I hear that the "ebay find" SD Tempest is supposed to make it's post-restoration debut there.
That's the *****in thing about this show. Where else can you see pre-war racers and early drag racers together? All blended in with the cars you usually just see pictures of. Duesys, Packards, Hispanos, br*** cars, all wrapped up in nice clean setting. No matter if your taste is that of a raised pinky finger or a Pabst Blue Ribbon guzzler...it's all there.
http://forums.performanceyears.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4053268&posted=1#post4053268 Found these...
Was a good show to go to. Nice weather, got some nice sun burn. Nice to see great cars. The style of them is just fantastic More here http://www.singlefingerspeedshop.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=2&sid=07aeed39f861e75a25680681f236578e
The car that the Highlander & CaptnScarlet worked on took home a People's Choice award & I forgot to take a pic of the ****** thing... It was good to see a bunch of HAMBers there.
Here's another shot of the beautiful Packard Captain Scarlet and the HIGHLANDER worked on. As for the Bucciali, I'm 99% sure this is a real original.
Here's a few shots from Sunday's Meadowbrook Hall Concours D'Elegance. Sadly, this will be the last Concours held at Meadowbrook Hall as the 2011 event will be moved to The Inn at St. Johns in Plymouth, Michigan, a golf course and conference center. In these 50+ pix, I tried to focus on the somewhat rare or unusual cars as viewed through the HAMB perspective. Enjoy!-Mark Here is the view as you walk into the event. Meadowbrook Hall was the Dodge family mansion and most of the grounds were long ago donated to form Oakland University. The Di Dia 150 AKA The Bobby Darrin Dream Car built by Andy Di Dia. The maestro himself, Andy Di Dia at a grand 93 years young. Starting in 1953, it took him seven years to build the car and at a cost of $93,000. The PA announcer told a story that in June this year, one of the shops finishing up a restoration for the Concours was having trouble fitting the doors, so they called Andy up and at 93, he came by the shop and machined the door hinges to make it all fit together swiftly to a concours level of finish. May we all have such a long and active life. It Lives !! Joe Bortz's Chevrolet Biscayne Motorama concept car. The story behind this car's journey is quite amazing. See pdf below from the Bortz Collection. http://bortzautocollection.com/***ets/pdfs/BiscayneAutoRestorer.pdf Joe Bortz' Pontiac Parisienne Motorama Concept. Joe Bortz' Pontiac Bonneville Motorama concept. What is it? A 1932 Bergholt Streamline. Who doesn't love a big red firetruck? Imagine that bill from your chromer! More coming soon...
Rolls Royce, body by LaBourdette 1932 Voisin Coupe' Mercedes 540K 1932 Bucciali Tatra Fiat 8V...supposedly, FIAT wanted to name these cars 'V-8's' but did not want to tangle with Ford's copyright of the 'V8' name so they used '8V' instead. Ferrari 340
Motorcycles galore... Awesome slot car track company... You don't see barrelback woodies too often. You don't see too many Kaiser Coupes...one of 55 or so ever built? Who says they don't make chopped cars from the factory? 193? Stutz.
Ain't she sweet? Such a great looking Mercury. 1953 Paxton Phoenix rectractable hardtop coupe. 1915 Packard Model 48...the wheels are huge! 192? Checker Sedan Budd XR 1909 Peerless Model 25 Raceabout 828 Cubic Inches-50HP 191? Steam-powered White Touring Car These folks sure captured the spirit of the event! Best in Show European-Talbot-Lago 150 body by Figoni and Falaschi Best in Show American-1932 Duesenberg SJ body by Murphy New and Old Buicks on the green in the driveway circle. See you next year in Plymouth.
Nice shots Mark, I was there with camera in hand as well. I posted some of them on the SFSS website: http://www.SinglefingerSpeedShop.com/ Detroit Division.
Thanks for the kind words TFee and thanks to Alsancle for the clarification on the coachworks of that Stutz...that car had a lot of prescence on the field. BTW, here's the link to the other recent thread about the Meadowbrook Concours-McKee took some great shots. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=496630&highlight=meadowbrook Up next event wise-the AMC Nationals in Livonia's Greenmeade Park and then the Woodward Dream Cruise. See y'all down the road...If you're at a Michigan area car show and you see a fat guy with a cheap camera in blue/yellow HAMB shirt-Say Hi, it's probably me, I always like meeting new folks, especially HAMB folks...All the best-Mark http://clubs.hemmings.com/frameset.cfm?club=greatlakesamc/page9.html http://www.woodwarddreamcruise.com/
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