Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Vintage Cars at Keenland



Like other Concours events, the Keenland Concours d'Elegance brings in some of the rarest, most beautiful automobiles from the past. Strewn across a beautiful grass paddock area were representatives of those great Vintage cars from 1925 through 1949. This includes the car above, a 1932 Chevrolet 2 Door Coach which was their answer to the popular Ford Model A.




Here is a 1935 Buick Model 46C convertible. This was the last year for the wood body and mechanical brakes for Buick. Of the 933 Model 46Cs produced only five are know to still exist. And yes, this is the original color.



Easily recognizable is this 1929 Ford Model A Roadsters. This car was so popular among drivers that two million were manufactured by the time this one was bought. Keep in mind, too, that the car had only been released 19 months prior to this one hitting the show room floor.


A lot changed in car styling and design in 20 years as is evident by this 1949 Buick Roadmaster Sedanet Model 70. This car was purchased new by Helen Gerber of Gerber Baby Foods fame. She owned it until 1986.


The next car is a 1932 Plymouth PA Sport Roadster. Plymouth was introduced in 1928 as a competitor of the wildly popular Ford Model A and while its sales never approached that of Ford this car propelled parent Chrysler solidly into third place as most popular car brand in America.


Finally here is a 1928 Dodge Victory Six Touring 4 Door Phaeton. The car was released in honor of the 10th anniversary of World War I. It was Dodge's first six cylinder car and the first car manufactured by any company to have an all steel body.

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