The Cars of Orville Wright

Orville and Wilbur Wright were from Dayton and lived most of their lives in the city when they weren't inventing ways to allow people to fly. Orville in particular had a fondness for automobiles and so to honor this, the 11th Annual Dayton Concours d'Elegance brought together some example of the cars that Orville owned in his lifetime to put on display.

Included in this set of beautiful cars was a 1932 Pierce Arrow Club Brougham, a 1904 St. Louis that had a one cylinder engine, a 1933 Essex Terraplane which was what parent company dubbed it as a "land plane," a 1933 Essex Terraplane 8 with an eight cylinder engine, a 1916 Ford Model T which was actually a staff car for the Wright Brothers' company, and a 1937 Terraplane utility coupe.

Later MGs At the Dayton Concours d'Elegance

The 11th Annual Dayton Concours d'Elegance showed a parade of cars detailing the history of the British marque, MG. Yesterday were some of the earlier models. Today's shots include a 1974 MGB, a 1967 MGC GT, a 1958 MGA, a 1963 MGB, a 1958 MGA twin cam roadster, a 1969 MGC GT, a 1958 MGA twin cam coupe, a 1976 MGG GT V8, a 1958 MG ZB Magnette, a  1972 MG GT, a 1968 MGA 1600, a 1969 MGB GT Mk II, a 1961 MGA Mk II Deluxe, and a 1979 MG Midget.

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Early MGs At the Dayton Concours d'Elegance

The history of the MG was one of the featured attractions at the 11th Annual Dayton Concours d'Elegance. The event is held to benefit the Carillon Historical Park. Representing this marque was a 1954 Arnolt MG convertible, a 1953 TD, a 1950 TD, a 1930 M Type, 1955 TF, a 1948 TC, a 1952 TD, and a 1948 TC.

Firebirds At the Dayton Concours d'Elegance

As part of the 11th Annual Dayton Concours d'Elegance held to benefit Carillon Historical Park the event celebrated the General Motors F Body cars on the 50th anniversary of the Camaro. To do so they also had a selection of Firebirds including this very rare Pink Mist 1968 model with a fun license plate, a 1967 model, a couple of 1968 models, and another 1967.

Camaros At the Dayton Concours d'Elegance

The 11th Annual Dayton Concours d'Elegance held to benefit the Carillon Historical Park celebrated 50 years of the Camaro by making it their featured marque. On display was a 1967 RS Convertible, a 1969 Z 28, a 1967 SS/RS, and another 1967 model.

Other Fords At the Mustang Ford Club Show

While the local chapter of the Mustang Ford Club holds what they call an all-Mustang car show each summer, they also invite other Ford Motor Cars to attend. This year a number of really nice ones took them up on the offer and rolled into Summit Park in Blue Ash. Among those other cars on display was a beautiful Ford Fairlane, a 1963 F-100 pick up truck, a Cobra kit car, a 1963 Falcon convertible, a 1959 Edsel station wagon, a 1930 Model A, a first year Ford Thunderbird, a 2003 version of the T-Bird, and a Galaxie 500 XL convertible.

The Last of the Mustangs...For Now

Today marks my last post of Mustangs from the regional Mustang Ford Club show but don't fret you Pony fans, there will be plenty more to come from this show as I work my way through the colder months.