Indiana Region of CCCA hosts Grand Classic

Is this an early 20’s silver ghost?

I have friends there sharing photos and videos as well.  There is some great stuff from the midwest at the event.  the cars are in a very nice facility, secure with Climate control, the French Lick Springs Hotel’s exhibition hall.  

That RR conv coupe (is that what RR call it?) and that V16 Cadillac coupe are just bossy and stunning in their menacing Black.  We had planned to be there but are packing up for a move.  I hope some of the Rumbleseat crowd is there and shares more pics.

Each coachbuilder used their own words to describe different body styles.  I'll go with convertible coupe too.

We need to run a tour out of these one of these days.

It really is fantastic.  I’m a huge lover of older hotels with history and stories and character. The Drake, the Pfister, the Peabody, etc.    places built with money at least 100 years ago……  West Baden is different.   They were going for something completely different than a “rich turn of the century urban Hotel “as a big city destination.

It takes a special kind of crazy to restore a Model A to fine point standards. When every single fastener and detail on those cars has been documented as to correct appearance and finish, it’s a bit absurd.

Check out this video Steve....Model A guy Heaven.....

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1748706893216587

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19D9HJaXit/

Travis,  everything we do is crazy to someone else.  The Model A thing is just another form of competition that keeps some guy's brain occupied.

We live in fortunate times.  200 years ago your brain would be more worried about where food was gonna come from for the winter than what the color of the cotter pin is on your idler arm.

That is a whole lot of Model A’s!

True. But to be fair, you can still worry about where the food will come from after you spend every last penny you have on the restoration.

And a Packard he also posted.

For a light color car I really like this 640/645 .

I agree. I was thinking the same thing. When I get in my office, I need to go find those pictures of the car that Gooding had. I think someone on the AACA forum bought it, also had light colors.

This is the car I was thinking of.  They had to pull it over the block resulting in a sale at 62,700 all in.  I really liked this car.

Depending on why it wouldn’t move under its own power across the auction block, that is a lot of car for that price.

Same car? I know the owner.

He's an AACA forum guy. Correct?   I like the car a lot.  Hopefully he got it sorted easily.

I believe he goes by rydersclassics. It’s a small world. My dad knows him from way back and his son was close to the same grade as me in school. He’s a couple towns away now so we regularly see the car at local shows. It’s a great car that still presents fairly well. I think I remember reading that something with the timing chain needed to be sorted to get it running.

Definitely a small world. I was parked next to this very Packard today at Belltown. Got the story on it. It had to be towed across the block because someone had installed a high pressure fuel pump and the regulator failed so it was dumping fuel everywhere. He had to go though some sorting of the timing chain and cooling system.

That looks like a very nice car, but I think I’m odd and in the minority. I don’t fully understand or appreciate the market placing such a higher value for a Darrin.   

Let me also say I don’t believe I’ve ever seen one in person and checked it out in detail.

There are a lot of shenanigans with the Darrin's.    The 38/39 cars don't have a good build quality reputation and the 40 cars were 1/2 Super Eights and 1/2 120s.  And a lot of the 120 bodies ended up on 180 chassis.   Then there were the 12 new cast cowls in the 80s that turned in to cars.  So it is very had to find a good one.  

But the reason they are cherished is the 40 180 chassis is like driving a post war car and you get the Darrin prewar style with a super long hood and V cut windshield.

Thank you! That is all good helpful information that I was not aware of

Travis, the only trickier car to buy prewar than a Darrin is an Auburn Speedster.

Why Auburn Speedster?  The fiberglass cars are easy to spot.