GRILLS GRILLS GRILLS

Here are more pictures from the Sensuous Steel Cars.

Mary had some fantastic shots of the details that make the cars what they are.

Here is a selection of grills.

 Nothing like the Bugatti horseshoe

 Henderson Motorcycle

 Yes, this is the front of the Chrysler Thunderbolt

There will be more details coming

Sensuous Steel Art Deco Automobiles

Cars on display at the Frist Museum in Nashville. All from the 20's to the 40's.

 1936 Delahaye 135 Figoni & Falascht Competition Coupe

 1937 Delahaye 135MS Roadster

 Jordan Speedway Ace (These guy's knew how to name cars)

 1930 Cord L-29 Cabriolet

 1934 Ford Model 40 Special Speedster

Edsel Ford had this one off built by the aviation group at Ford

and he drove it to work when the weather was good. 

The family still owns it.

 1940 Indian Chief

 1930 Henderson JK Streamliner. Take that Orange County.

 1930 Talbot-Lago T-150C-SS Teardrop Coupe

My favorite thats why there are two pictures.

 1929 Bugatti Type 46 Semi-Profile Coupe

 1934 Voisin Type C27 Aerosport Coupe

 1934 Packard Twelve Model 1106 Sport Coupe

 1938 Hispano-Suiza H6 Dubonnet "Xenia" Coupe

This is a huge car compared to the rest especially since it was a two seater.

 1933 Pierce-Arrow Silver Arrow Sedan

 1936 Stout Scarab. Yes it is.

 1938 Tatra T97

 1935 Chrysler Imperial Model C-2 Airflow Coupe

 1936 Cord 810 Beverly Sedan

 1937 Bugatti Type 57-C Cabriolet by Vanvooren

 1941 Chrysler Thunderbolt

Delage

This was the last car in the collection and I forgot to get the info for it.

I will be posting more pictures  of the cars and details in the coming days.
Here is a link to more pictures at Mary's blog 

This runs through Sept. 15

HUDSON'S, HUDSON'S and more HUDSON'S

My wife and her sister wanted to go to Shipshewana, IN to do some shopping.

 This is an Amish area in northeastern IN.

There was a Hudson museum in the town and I thought "How many Hudson's have the Amish owned?

Boy was I in for a surprise! It is an outstanding Museum.

The Hostetler Collection. Almost one of every year built.

From The first Hudson's a 1909 Model 20 

 A 1911 model 33 Speedster

 A 1917 race car

 1927 Firetruck

Hudson tried everything

 1928 Town Car. A little more upscale.

 A 1929 Mail truck. A little more utilitarian.

 A 1936 Rumble seat convertible Series 65. A little too yellow.

Yes Hudson raced NASCAR and won.

 Some of the cars were over restored but this one wasn't one of them.

A partial view of the collection

This 1928 Convertible tucked back in one corner just happened to be a winner of....

 It's class at the 2009 Pebble Beach!!!!!!

What a collection.