Beautiful Old Cars

You mean like this, Horseless?

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You've great tasted in old cars, @Aunt Marg . Those cars are in the collection of Robert Collings and are in the car barn on his property in Stowe MA. He has some real gems in that barn., including Al Capone's 1940 Cadillac. You can seem them if you Google "collings foundation cars". I have probably taken photos of all of them at one time or another.
 

You've great tasted in old cars, @Aunt Marg . Those cars are in the collection of Robert Collings and are in the car barn on his property in Stowe MA. He has some real gems in that barn., including Al Capone's 1940 Cadillac. You can seem them if you Google "collings foundation cars". I have probably taken photos of all of them at one time or another.
Thank you for your words, Jon.

My husband is the one who got me hooked on classic cars, and while I'm not familiar with car makers of or the models and such, I do appreciate a classic old car, especially the ones I posted here.

How lucky you are, and how I envy you for having lived the experience of being able to get up close and photograph the cars that you have. Will definitely be having a look at the Robert Collings Collection! Thank you so much for mentioning it.
 
Thank you for your words, Jon.

My husband is the one who got me hooked on classic cars, and while I'm not familiar with car makers of or the models and such, I do appreciate a classic old car, especially the ones I posted here.

How lucky you are, and how I envy you for having lived the experience of being able to get up close and photograph the cars that you have. Will definitely be having a look at the Robert Collings Collection! Thank you so much for mentioning it.
Good on your husband and good on you! Should your husband enjoy tanks and planes, Collings has a huge new museum full of them. It's the American Heritage Museum, which is also on their property.
 

We were down in Paso Robles CA (roughly halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles, for those unfamiliar with the coastal areas) in 2015. I saw this cute pick-up truck which someone created and uses for their business - couldn't resist taking a photo of it.

Whoever made it did a very professional job; the truck bed looked to be heavy aluminum, maybe? Anyone here can take a guess? I never did look up the company name, I admit.

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Back When We Were Newly-Minted DINKs: : Both working, no kids yet, first house but what a car.

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We had a love affair with this 68 Dodge Charger and drove it across the U.S. and back. This is the one I regret not keeping, but then kids came along.
I always loved those Chargers.
I had a 1970 Charger, light blue with black vinyl top.
All I have is the old fashioned photos of it.
 
In a previous post, I mentioned the cars in Robert Collings' car barn. Below is a picture I took of the barn during one of the foundation's open house days.,

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Inside is the usual assortment of and and lux cars (e.g., Cord, Rolls, Duesenberg, etc.) but one I particularly enjoyed seeing was this 1931 Chrysler Imperial.

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That beauty also oozes class.
 
In a previous post, I mentioned the cars in Robert Collings' car barn. Below is a picture I took of the barn during one of the foundation's open house days.,

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Inside is the usual assortment of and and lux cars (e.g., Cord, Rolls, Duesenberg, etc.) but one I particularly enjoyed seeing was this 1931 Chrysler Imperial.

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That beauty also oozes class.
Wow! What a spectacle!

Jon, the cream coloured convertible reminds me of an Auburn Speedster.
 
The magnificent Chrysler Imperial is an icon of the 1930's. So it was too here in Europe. The Daimler company produced this in 1928, it's a Daimler Royal Limousine:
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But move on a decade and MG, famous for making little sports cars, produced this, a model they simply called: The MG WA.
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The 1930's were the zenith for classic styling, no need for fuel saving, no aerodynamics other than if it lends itself to the art deco style, as seen in the MG PA Airline:

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You're a right old smoothie Marg, but don't stop. Back in the day Ladies always wore such gloves. How pleasing that you noticed.
Oh, yes, Horseless, when I was younger (started around age 10) I used to serve tea at our church (bazaars, Christmas parties, etc), and many of the older women wore hats, but most of all I remember them wearing gloves.

I always felt that there was a sense of properness about it, and to me the gloves heightened their overall appeal and dress.

Looking at your wife in the picture, she looks stunning, and her wearing of gloves adds a level of sophistication that gloveless women don't have. It makes for such a finished and complete look, so womanly.
 


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