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Concourse d' Elegance
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It seems like all we do is celebrate birthdays! Our
friends Alex and Jeannette treated us to a day at the Concourse d' Elegance
car show at the Ironstone Winery in Murphys for my birthday.
The cars were arranged all over the grounds, here
are a set of classic Packards in the amphitheatre. These are CARS, compared
to them, our Toyota Camry is a car. |
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Here's the 1940 Ford sedan Rich used to drive, Berlynn
remembers tooling around in it when she was a teenager. (The car was older
than she was. (A lot!)) |
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It wasn't that crowded which really gave us time to
look at everything. Here Alex is checking out the engine in a Ford Model A. |
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A fuel pump, a carburetor, some spark
plugs and an exhaust manifold. Isn't that all that is needed? |
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This was a beauty with polished brass
and cloth fenders. We all hoped that this was the prize in the raffle they
had. |
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Berlynn thought this collection of Ford
Thunderbirds looked like a basket of Easter eggs.
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During lunch I spotted a winery worker
driving a lift-all and asked him if he would give me a lift. |
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He did! Here you can see the view of
the amphitheater and some of the cars. |
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Looking back towards the parking lot
from my perch up high, I spotted Berlynn, Alex and Jeanette getting our
picnic lunch ready. (Look next to the red car in the first row!) |
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This tested the limits of my zoom lens
and ability to hold the camera steady while I was forty feet off the ground!
Jeanette was waving, Alex was getting the wine out. Berlynn was getting warm
in the car. |
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They celebrated the 100th anniversary
of the Rolls Royce with a nice assortment. This one used to be General
Bernard Montgomery's car during World War II. I took the picture for Ian,
the Brits were here as well! |
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After a nice day, we'd seen just about
everything. We stopped for a last picture at one of the picnic tables before
heading home. |
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