The Historic Glendale Collector Car Show

Earlier this summer I made my first trip to the Historic Glendale Collector Car Show. I'm not sure why I hadn't gone to this show in the past. Perhaps it was in conflict with another show I wanted to attend or maybe circumstances occurred where I had other plans or obligations. All I know is that, if this show is any indication of what has been going on, I have been missing an amazing show. For that reason, and the fact that this show was bigger than I realized, I'm going to spend two weeks posting photos from it before moving on.

Some of the unique cars that were on display included that Corvair Rampside that most of us never get to see and a pair of Nash Metropolitans along with some custom cars and a cool Chevy SS.

Upcoming Schedule

I've noticed that there have been a number of people checking out the blog looking for shows that recently happened. While I've been to a lot of those shows I am so woefully behind in my posts that the pictures from them have only been loaded into the queue. So for that reason I'm listing out the dates when certain shows will begin posting. Hopefully, if you are looking for pictures from one of those shows you will stop back in and check out the blog on the date listed.


The Historic Glendale Collector Car Show: Weeks of 8/31 and 9/7

7th Annual Hamilton County Fairgrounds Car Show: Week of 9/14

The Bethel Murdoch Church Classic Car Show and Ice Cream Social: Week of 9/21

8th Annual First Baptist Church of Glen Este Car Show: Week of 9/28

5th Annual Sycamore Township Classic Car Show: Week of 10/3

9^th Annual City of Blue Ash & The Untouchables Classic Car Club Classic Car Show: Week of 10/10.

As always, feel free to leave a comment or drop me a line at turnerbudds@yahoo.com.

Not Where You Would Expect

            Innovation is part of the automotive legacy. When most of us think of new and innovative ideas that changed the industry we think of them coming from American, British, German, or Italian manufacturers. But one of the leaders in automotive innovation over the last half of the 20^th Century actually came from France.

            Citroen was founded in 1919 by Andres-Gustav Citroen and became the first mass produced automobile outside of the United States. Within eight years of its launch, Citroen had become the largest manufacturer in Europe and the fourth largest in the world.

            One of the things that spurred this growth and popularity was the constant innovation that went into the design of the cars. For example, in 1934 they introduced the Traction Avant which was the world’s first mass produced front wheel drive car.

           In 1954 they introduced the very first hydropneumatic self-leveling suspension system which was widely hyped and helped launch the revolutionary DS line a year later. The DS was the first mass produced car with modern disc brakes. Seen here is a later DS-21 from 1972.

            One constant knock on Citroen had always been that they were underpowered, especially as speeds increased following World War II. In hopes of changing that they helped develop the Wankel Rotary Engine. While somewhat successful, the Wankel proved to be a bit buggy.

        

    Throughout the 1960s Citroen acquired several other automobile companies and in 1968 the bought the struggling Italian sports car firm Maserati. During this time Citroen cars got the use of Maserati engines and other technologies and Maserati, essentially saved from the scrap heap, got to take advantage of all of the advanced hydraulics being used by the French firm at the time. This lead to some of Maserati’s best sports cars.

            A musical chair of ownership had swept up Citroen along with many of Europe’s major manufacturers. As ownership changed there was a constant buying and selling of other firms.

            Today the company is part of the PSA Peugot Citroen Group which is a major worldwide power. In fact, they were one of the first car brands to be sold in China, rolling into the country in 1984.  One market Citroen has not entered is North America. That is why there are so few of these uniquely brilliant cars around and why seeing this 1972 DS-21 was so special.

The Last From the Tradition Rod and Kustom Show.... For Now

With the two concours events that I've covered this summer (Ault Park and Keeneland), I have fallen behind on posting of recent shows. With that in mind I'm doing what I've done in the past, posting from shows in chronological order but not posting every picture from a particular show. Today will be my last from the annual Tradition Rod and Kustom Car Show for now. I have more pictures and they will appear later. In the mean time, feel free to leave a comment about this show or any other. You can also email me at turnerbudds@yahoo.com. I try to answer all of the email.

The Variety Rolls On at Tradition Rod and Kustom Show

If you have checked out the past two days of posts from this year's Tradition Rod and Kustom show you will see that there are, as the name implies, a lot of hot rod and custom beauties that were on display. But you will also have seen a wide variety, not only of those two but of other collector and classic cars. That continues with today's posts. Keep in mind that I haven't grouped these cars in any way at all. This is just the order in which they were sitting in the lot.

More Than Just a Car Show

The annual Tradition Rod and Kustom show is more than just your basic car show. There is a band playing and when they rest a DJ. There is a flea market and swap meet held on the fringes of the show. There are all sorts of raffles for great prizes. There are "pin up" girls wandering around the lot. And if anyone is hungry they can walk into the host Quaker Steak and Lube and grab some chicken wings and a nice cold drink.

The Tradition of Rods and Kustoms Lives On

The east side location of Quaker Steak and Lube once again hosted the annual Tradition Rod and Kustom show. This show which is open to all pre-1967 cars is, as the name would suggest, a bit heavy on the hot rods and customs. But that doesn't mean that there weren't a number of other great rides gleaming in the sun.

A Different Kind of Beetle

I found this on the USA Today site and thought I'd share. This is a pretty cool car. I'd love to see it. http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/cars/2015/08/23/stout-scarab-detroit/32156721/

Upcoming Schedule

I've noticed that there have been a number of people checking out the blog looking for shows that recently happened. While I've been to a lot of those shows I am so woefully behind in my posts that the pictures from them have only been loaded into the queue. So for that reason I'm listing out the dates when certain shows will begin posting. Hopefully, if you are looking for pictures from one of those shows you will stop back in and check out the blog on the date listed.


The Tradition Rods and Kustoms Show: Week of 8/24

The Historic Glendale Collector Car Show: Weeks of 8/31 and 9/7

7th Annual Hamilton County Fairgrounds Car Show: Week of 9/14

The Bethel Murdoch Church Classic Car Show and Ice Cream Social: Week of 9/21

8th Annual First Baptist Church of Glen Este Car Show: Week of 9/28

5th Annual Sycamore Township Classic Car Show: Week of 10/3

9th Annual City of Blue Ash & The Untouchables Classic Car Club Classic Car Show: Week of 10/10.

As always, feel free to leave a comment or drop me a line at turnerbudds@yahoo.com.

Some More From Wayne County

The Wayne County Historical Museum is fascinating. It covers the rich and wonderful history of that part of Indiana and does so in a very interesting and entertaining way. The folks who run the museum are fantastic as well. I went mainly for the car section which boasts cars mostly manufactured in and around Richmond but the rest of the museum was entirely fascinating. Granted, I'm a museum junkie but it's well worth the drive up to Richmond to check this place out. As always, feel free to leave comments or to drop me an email at turnerbudds@yahoo.com.

The cars shown here include a 1926 Dodge which belonged to the same woman for decades and was donated to the museum when she could no longer drive, a 1914 Ford Model T Touring Car, a 1921 Ford Model T School Bus, a 1918 Davis Touring Car, a 1920 Pilot 45, a 1925 Davis Brougham, a 1908 Westcott, and a 1926 Ford Model T Fire Engine.