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?
I keep missing these cute local events. Who's got a calendar that I can subscribe to? :-)
ReplyDeleteThat 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.
ReplyDelete@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."
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteThe XK surely is a thing of beauty. The detailing is where it's at.
That's a really great looking Jag.
ReplyDeleteThe shine- it was like looking in a mirror.
ReplyDeleteShould 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?
ReplyDeleteSorry, it's in California.
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