Dear WeatherCat automotive enthusiasts,
Last Saturday was the 15th Orinda Classic Car show. This year there was a special exhibit of station wagons, which would have a greater effect on my participation than I imagined. They did have a decent number of station wagons, but most of the other owners had brought more than one car and didn't make much of an effort to describe the history of their wagon. As a result, when people arrived at the station wagon exhibit, they invariably were drawn to Biquette and me! I've never been so busy at a car show before!
As a result, I hardly had any time to take pictures of the other cars. What pictures I did take can be found on this online gallery:
https://canebas.smugmug.com/ClassicandCustomAutomobiles/Car-Shows/2019-Orinda-Classic-Car-ShowSmugMug has a built-in slide show feature, so if you prefer to see the photos that way here's the link:
https://canebas.smugmug.com/frame/slideshow?key=6jrXgR&autoStart=1&captions=0&navigation=0&playButton=0&randomize=0&speed=3&transition=fade&transitionSpeed=2&clickable=1It didn't help that the service bay were the wagons were displayed was relatively dark and we had a very unusually cool and cloudy day. The only wagon that was showing up in the gloom was the one with an LED work light illuminating the engine bay:
Now do you see why I was so mobbed?
Here are a few highlights. They did have this nice pairing of 3 different 1971 Chevy A-body styles:
The white car is a Chevelle station wagon, in the middle is a Chevelle Malibu, and at the end is an El Camino.
Here is a 1966 GTO for you GM muscle car fans:
Those of you from the other side of
"da' Pond" might enjoy this 1951 MG TD convertible:
There was one other wagon that was really historic, a 1938 International Station Wagon Moller.
Here is the description of the car:
One of seven. Three door body by Moller of Hagerstown, Maryland. Built for the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite to deliver guests to and from the railroad station. Pebble Beach Winner.
That's all I've got.
Enjoy!Cheers, Edouard