'Wheels 2007' Show & Shine car show

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http://www.actmotorclubs.org.au/go/shannons-wheels-expo

A very hot day (well into the 30Cs) but otherwise clear skies and sunny weather in which to view the enormous number of entries, reputed to be around 1,000 vehicles of all descriptions

Please forgive my mediocre photography skills as we begin with some beautful 'Brass Era' Veterans

De Dion Bouton

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Swift 1912
Overland 1912
Ford Model T (x2)
Hupmobile (x2) very tasteful resto

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Maxwell (antecedant of Buick)
Peugeot modele 1905 500cc
De Dion Bouton note the rear entry
FIAT 1914 52B 2813CC 28hp (x3)

One of the charms of car events like these is meeting the proud owners, who can't resist walking up and voulunteering info to anyone who shows an interest in their machine. I spent a good 15 minutes chatting with an elderly gent regarding this FIAT. He enthused about the quailty engineering and design flair as evinced by its extensive use of lightweight aluminium componentry including (IIRC) for engine, gearbox & differential - not bad for 1914!

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The lightweight Amilcar sports racer with wooden decked Boat Tail coachwork
Frazer Nash (x2) featuring its famous chain drive
Sunbeam (x2)
The Sunbeam's owner was another very friendly chap who just walked up and started talking, kindly inviting me to sit in his car. A fascinating bloke originally from the Netherlands ("I been here fordy tree yeers") then after a while said he had 'something special' to show me and delved under the front seat of this Sunbeam, only to produce this incredible antique flintlock gun .. circa 1625

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1929 Durant D66 or Six-Sixty-Six (x4) no doubt a rare car. William Crapo Durant was the business genius who founded General Motors

Dodge Brothers (x2) of the year preceding the Chrysler buyout. These were a well regarded machine. In the metal this car has a really pleasing style about it (not captured well in these pics alas) which was enhanced by a particularly sympathetic restoration. It represented itself just like a well kept original-build - not in any way overdone, overchromed or over-restored to the max with that modern overglossy and ill-befitting 'two pack' paint etc

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This magnificent Packard (x4) with a 1934 Buick on the left in the rear pic. Note lovely styling detail in headlight lens & rim (pic #1)

Only slightly less imposing is this lineup of very attractive same-year Buicks (a Phaeton between two Roadsters) do you like the cute wind deflectors for the rumble seats?

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1939 Buick Coupe (x2) shows its unusual 'insect' face. Their finely spaced grille filigree and mis-positioned opening meant these '39s were prone to overheating

Another 1939 Buick Coupe displays the optional and by then rare Six Wheel Equip aka Dual Sidemounts (twin external spare tyres) and by this time its easy to see the trouble designers were having in accomodating this feature into the shorter front ends as styling trends evolved. For Buick this would be about the final year for this desirable option

Great looking Nash with its funky closely-spaced headlights and towering chest-high bonnet. I liked its visage enough to attempt an 'arty' juxtapose against a '59 'king of the fins' Cadillac Coupe DeVille

[henk4]

wonderful stuff....

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The Buick car club was out in force with many on display. I'll wrap up their depiction with the Special Coupe from 1941 (x3) imo one of Buick's best-ever years for styling

Dodge sedan from 1933 or thereabouts

The unique to Australia Holden-bodied Chevrolet Coupe Utility, this example one of 1484 built in Melbourne in 1940 on imported chassis. GM-Holden's passenger car-based coupe utilities were offered in Chevrolet and Pontiac versions and preceding the America's 1959 Chevrolet El Camino debut by many decades. They also sold Roadster Utilities. Holden began offering car-based Pontiac Coupe Utilites in 1929 and ceased with the 1953 Chevrolet, which was replaced by Holden's ute version of their own passenger car

I'll chuck in this 1952 Malvern Star bicycle with front suspension and also equipped with the interesting BSA 'Winged Wheel' a pinion-drive 35cc engine integral with the rear wheel. Adjacent to it is an unusual all-plastic Itera pushbike from Europe in the 1980s, apparently a flop in sales and function

[Ferrer]

Wow, just wow

Fantastic.

[Cyco]

Brilliant thread and pics nota

[clutch-monkey]

love the pics Nota, and thanks for the descriptions since i'd have no idea otherwise..

[motorsportnerd]

Great stuff Nota. Especially the older pre-50s stuff which I have limited knowledge of.

[2ndclasscitizen]

Great write as usual nota, top stuff d00d. I was there as well, however my photos aren't really of any of the old classic stuff, more the really shiny stuff.

[nota]

Great write as usual nota, top stuff d00d. I was there as well, however my photos aren't really of any of the old classic stuff, more the really shiny stuff.

A warm thanks to you and those other fellow UCP'ers for the kind words, it really is appreciated

As far as I'm concerned you're welcome to blast away with your later model pics and enhance this thread - go for your life mate!