Sunday, June 20, 2010
Lafayette Motorama 2010 pictures
The first annual Motorama is here. It leans heavily towards domestic cars and there were quite a few pre-war cars, including an iconic beige Cord. These are my favorites:
What is this? It was parked in a long line of American iron.
Isabella coupe. Still does not ring a bell.
Borgward?! Say that quickly three times.
It's a Borgward Isabella. A German car. I had to Google it while standing in front of it. I have no idea what the yellow tape is for.
Superleggera. Is it gonna be a Lamborghini 350GT, or an Aston?
It's a DB6. That's a Ferrari Daytona next to it.
Outrageous Buick jet plane hood ornament.
Nash Metropolitan. Now I know there are at least two in the neighborhood.
This is easily the most beautiful car at the show. It's a Jaguar XK120 FHC (fixed head coupe).
Could it be too shiny?
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I keep missing these cute local events. Who's got a calendar that I can subscribe to? :-)
That Borgward is in the process of detailing, I believe that's the reason for the yellow tape. You can clearly see that the driver's side is a lot shinier than the passenger's. Detailers like to do these 50/50 shots. Not sure if they did that on purpose or just ran out of time.
@Edvin: You're right. And, the major sponsor of the show was a classic car detailing company. It was putting signs on various cars saying: "This car was detailed by XYZ Detailing Company."
I read on BaT that the Isabelle coupe came to exist because the director's wife fell in love with the then new VW Karmann Ghia. VW being a direct competitor of Borgward's, he had his team design a similar car to please his wife.
The XK surely is a thing of beauty. The detailing is where it's at.
That's a really great looking Jag.
The shine- it was like looking in a mirror.
Should I assume this was NOT Lafayette, Indiana? I am hoping it is, because I would really like to attend next time...can you post some more detailed info on the location and dates?
Sorry, it's in California.
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