Antique Car Show - Chantilly, Virginia - June 17, 2007

On June 17, my parents and I went to the annual Antique Car Show held at historic Sully Plantation in Chantilly, Virginia. There were a few hundred classic cars in attendance, nearly all dating from before 1972 (which was the cut-off year for participation). Unfortunately, there were so many cars there that there was no way I could take pictures of them all (there was a whole row of Corvettes that I didn't get any pictures of). Also, we arrived there closer to the end than to the start, and many cars that I was able to glimpse from afar were gone by the time I got close. There was also an area with cars for sale, and a number of vendors tents (including one guy who had an owner's manual for a 1974 Mercury Cougar (something that, alas, my Cougar didn't come with)).

Enough excuses, let's get to the pictures. I took a lot more than these, and some cars I'll probably devote Oddball Corner threads to when I have time, but if you want more of a certain car or any pictures in higher resolution, just say the word.

Pictures #1:
1. Sully Plantation is a designated historic site in Fairfax County, and the main house dates back to the 1790's. Much of the land that was originally owned by the plantation is now occupied by Dulles International Airport, so low-flying aircraft were a common sight through out the day
2-3. Establishing shots

Pictures #2

1. Amphicar
2-3. 1967 Austin-Healey Sprite
4. 1936 Buick
5. 1940 Buick

Pictures #3

1-3. 1959 Buick Electra 225 convertible
4. 1970 Buick GS455
5. 1965 Buick Riviera

Pictures #4

1-3. 1956 Buick Roadmaster
4. 1941 Cadillac
5-6. 1960 Cadillac

Pictures #5

1. 1960 Cadillac
2. 1963 Cadillac
3-4. Cadillac; I don't know the year (obviously old) or the model
5. 1970 Cadillac DeVille convertible
6. 1958 Cadillac Eldorado convertible

Pictures #6

1-4. 1958 Cadillac Eldorado convertible
5-6. 1936 Cadillac Fleetwood V12

Pictures #7

1-2. 1936 Cadillac Fleetwood V12
3. Cadillac; probably 1953 or 1954
4-6. 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air

Pictures #8

1-2. 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS
3. 1963 Chevrolet Corvair
4. 1966 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa
5-6. Chevrolet Corvair Corsa convertible

Pictures #9

1. Chevrolet Deluxe; probably late 1940's or early 1950's
2. 1970 Chevrolet Monte Carlo
3. 1956 Chevrolet sedan
4-5. 1955 Chevrolet station wagon
6. Chevrolet Vega GT; I'd never heard of a GT model of the Vega before, and a brief search didn't turn anything up. Does anyone know more about this model?

Pictures #10

1. Chevrolet Vega GT
2-3. 1951 or 1952 Chrysler Imperial
4-5. 1965 Chrysler New Yorker
6. 1969 Chrysler Newport

Pictures #11

1. 1969 Chrysler Newport
2-4. 1949 Daimler DB18; originally owned by actress Tessie O'Shea, currently for sale (I blanked most of the phone number on #3)
5. 1974 Dodge Challenger Rallye
6. Dodge Meadowbrook; probably early 1950's

Pictures #12

1-2. Dodge Meadowbrook
3. Fiat 500
4. 1953 Ford Crestline
5-6. 1940 Ford Deluxe woody

Pictures #13

1. 1931 Ford Fordor
2. Ford Mustang Shelby GT350H
3-4. 1972 Ford Mustang Sprint convertible; one of only 50 such convertibles made
5. Assorted Ford Mustangs
6. Ford produce wagon; unsure of year or model

Pictures #14

1. Ford Model A Roadster; unsure of year
2. 1946 Ford Super Deluxe
3-4. 1955 Ford Thunderbird
5. 1960 Ford Thunderbird

Pictures #15

1. 1963 Ford Thunderbird
2 & 6. 1966 Ford Thunderbird
3. 1957 Ford Thunderbirds
4. Assorted Ford Thunderbirds
5. Franklin; unsure of year or model

Pictures #16

1-2. Franklin
3-6. 1952 Hudson Hornet

Pictures #17

1-3. 1955 Imperial
4. Jaguar Mk. II; unsure of year
5-6. 1954 Kaiser Darrin

Pictures #18

1. 1954 Kaiser Darrin
2-5. 1939 LaSalle
6. 1953 Lincoln Capri

Pictures #19

1. Lincoln Continental; unsure of year, definitely pre-WWII
2-4. 1957 Mercury Montclair
5. 1950 Mercury Monterey

Pictures #20

1. 1950 Mercury Monterey
2. Assorted Mopar Muscle
3-4. 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
5-6. 1932 Plymouth; unsure of model

Pictures #21

1. 1932 Plymouth
2-3. 1970 Plymouth AAR 'Cuda
4-5. 1968 Plymouth Barracuda
6. 1939 Plymouth pickup; when they were getting ready to leave, this old truck required a push before it could get going

Pictures #22

1-2. Plymouth; unsure of year or model
3-4. 1963 Pontiac Catalina
5. 1964 Pontiac GTO
6. 1957 Pontiac Star Chief

Pictures #23

1. 1957 Pontiac Star Chief
2. Porsche 550 Spyder
3. 1955 Triumph TR2
4. Triumph TR250
5-6. 1969 Volkswagen Transporter

Pictures #24

1-4. 1972 Volvo 164E; probably the only Volvo 164E ever painted in "Ocean Green," a color only officially offered on the 140 series and P1800, this car was special ordered from the factory in Sweden
5. 1965 Volvo P1800

Pictures #25

1-5. 1930 Willys-Knight Model 66B "Plaidside" Roadster; a very rare car - only about a dozen are known to exist today. The nickname derives from its unusual and unique coloring pattern on the doors, a design specifically meant to draw attention to the car and to bring customers into the showroom.

That's the last of them. There were a few pictures that even with my downsizing measures were too large to upload as attachments. I'll probably adjust them some more and add them later, but for now I'm done. As you can see, there are a few cars where I'm unsure of the year and/or model; corrections are welcomed. Comments are also welcomed, and criticisms are grudgingly accepted ;).

[QUOTE=Timothy (in VA);753842]4. Jaguar sedan; unsure of year or model[/QUOTE]
It's a MKII, probably a 3.8. Unusual color. Very nice. ;)
Thanks for sharing those pics.

Interesting event. Thanks for pics!
Do you have any info on whether the 550 Spyder is original or a replica?

Those are some nice pictures!

I would post my pictures up, but unfortunately I don't know 98% of them. Not to mention they are a lot of them.

They're all antique American cars. Even though I live in America, it's not my expertise. :D

[QUOTE=faksta;753899]Interesting event. Thanks for pics!
Do you have any info on whether the 550 Spyder is original or a replica?[/QUOTE]

I don't know for sure, but it didn't strike me as the kind of event that would welcome a replica, so I'd guess it was an original.

[QUOTE=McReis;753898]It's a MKII, probably a 3.8. Unusual color. Very nice. ;)
Thanks for sharing those pics.[/QUOTE]

Thank you; fixed.

And here are the pictures that wouldn't upload before because they were too large. So these are at a slightly lower quality than the others.

1. circa 1910 Buick Model 10 Touring or Model 10 Surrey
2. 1965 Buick Riviera
3. 1955 Ford Thunderbird
4. 1965 Lincoln Continental

[QUOTE=Timothy (in VA);754046]1. Buick; unsure of year or model
[/QUOTE]

Think it's a Buick Model 10 Touring - around year 1910, maybe.

Timothy thanks for sharing your terrific pics :cool:

You chose a great selection. The one of the '65 Riviera reminds me of my old one, nearly identical. Almost 9 years of bliss (sob)
[QUOTE=Timothy (in VA);753839]Pictures #14

1. Ford; unsure of year or model
2. Ford Super Deluxe; unsure of year[/QUOTE]
1 = Model A Roadster, unsure of year
2 = I think its a '46

:)

[QUOTE=Timothy (in VA);753834]Pictures #9
....
6. Chevrolet Vega GT; I'd never heard of a GT model of the Vega before, and a brief search didn't turn anything up. Does anyone know more about this model?[/QUOTE]
[URL="http://oldcarbrochures.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3238&g2_imageViewsIndex=1"]Here[/URL] is a page from 1972 Vega brochure describing GT package.

[QUOTE=Timothy (in VA);753841]Pictures #16
....
3-6. Hudson Hornet; unsure of year[/QUOTE]
Hudson is from 1952.

[QUOTE=faksta;754151]Think it's a Buick Model 10 Touring - around year 1910, maybe.[/QUOTE]

Thanks :); I had no idea where to start before. I'm not sure it's a Touring though. I did some research and think it may be a Model 10 Surrey, but I'm not sure. All the pictures of Tourings I could find had doors and a windshield, and the in all the pictures I found of the Surrey, it doesn't, like the one at the show. But I know very little about early Buicks, and good information is hard to find, so I could easily be wrong. My best bet may be to wait until next year's show and hope it's there again.

[QUOTE=Revo;754189][URL="http://oldcarbrochures.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=3238&g2_imageViewsIndex=1"]Here[/URL] is a page from 1972 Vega brochure describing GT package.


Hudson is from 1952.[/QUOTE]

Awesome, thanks. :)

Another note about the vega's, the ones with aluminum blocks, the cylinder walls sank into the block making the engine useless unless rebuilt w/ sleeves. :P
We have a bunch of them at the shop, fun little cars, loud as hell. They also built wagon GT's.
High perfomance versions were made by Motion(we have a couple of those too), guaranteed 10 seconds in the 1/4 mile.

I run vega gt wheels on my race car. :)

[QUOTE=Timothy (in VA);754249]Thanks :); I had no idea where to start before. I'm not sure it's a Touring though. I did some research and think it may be a Model 10 Surrey, but I'm not sure. All the pictures of Tourings I could find had doors and a windshield, and the in all the pictures I found of the Surrey, it doesn't, like the one at the show. But I know very little about early Buicks, and good information is hard to find, so I could easily be wrong. My best bet may be to wait until next year's show and hope it's there again.[/QUOTE]

Strange.. I thought that surreys appeared in 1950s... It is something new for me, then.
And.. I think I've seen pics of the following car taken at some event this year somewhere in the net, and think I saved them, but couldn't find them neither in my collection nor in Internet.

[QUOTE=Timothy (in VA);753834]Pictures #9

6. Chevrolet Vega GT; I'd never heard of a GT model of the Vega before, and a brief search didn't turn anything up. Does anyone know more about this model?[/QUOTE]

Great pics. I drove one of these new, from 1973-1976, first "compact" F/R driver I cut my teeth on. Other than the all-Aluminum engine tanking at about 30k miles and replaced with I believe a iron-sleeved model under warranty, it was a decent car for its day. It was a gold-ish color with white GT stripes. It was my father's car, he was heavily into FB SCCA at the time, he more than once said it was one of the better handling US Compact cars he'd driven.

The handling was pretty good, at least in the GT. 6" wide rims with 13" tires made for a pretty solid footprint. I had the one time opportunity to also ride in the Cosworth version of this car, which sported a Cosworth engine transplant, some other features, and came in black with gold trim. That model was pretty quick, something a little lacking in the GT :)

[QUOTE=johnnynumfiv;754261]Another note about the vega's, the ones with aluminum blocks, the cylinder walls sank into the block making the engine useless unless rebuilt w/ sleeves. :P
We have a bunch of them at the shop, fun little cars, loud as hell. They also built wagon GT's.
High perfomance versions were made by Motion(we have a couple of those too), guaranteed 10 seconds in the 1/4 mile.

I run vega gt wheels on my race car. :)[/QUOTE]

They sure did, our GT lasted 30k on the first engine, I am thinking the replacement was still Aluminum with cylinder wall sleeves. The wheels are light, 13"x6", although the tires it had at the time were downright scary (bias ply even on the GT). Brakes were also scary weak, or maybe I just drove too fast - I was only about 15 at the time out in the middle of nowhere in Oregon, with many miles of open, empty roads.

I love these classic US cars, too bad we don't have much of a car culture here in Europe...

[QUOTE=winnieandbuzz;874281]I love these classic US cars, too bad we don't have much of a car culture here in Europe...[/QUOTE]

welcome.
A brief search on google using "car clubs Holland" resulted in this
[url]http://www.mopar.nl/[/url]

They have a meeting schedule for 2009 but not yet specified.

and I haven't checked the other links further.