Classic Cars

All I know about cars is how to steer and brake.  Still, some classic automobiles fascinate me.

Incidentally, with just one exception, every car in this collection is taken out
and "exercised" at least once every year.

Packards were the patricians of the automobile world in the 1920s and into the 1930s.  The car that carried Lindbergh in the 1927 ticker tape parade down Broadway was a Packard, as was the car for President Roosevelt's 1933 inaugural.  This 1933 V-12 Phaeton can reach speeds over 100 mph.  Unfortunately, in the depths of the Depression, few people could afford them, so, though Packards continued to be built, they were a flop financially, and finally went out of business in 1958.

This powerful Targa Florio 28/95 was built for the American Mercedes Company.
It is one of only three known to exist.

A Sunbeam took second place in the 1925 LeMans race.  This 1929 Three-Liter Twin-Cam Super Sport set a new land record of over 200 mph.  Unfortunately, the compromises that made it both an elegant touring car and a winning race car drove its price so high that few could afford it.

This 1928 Stutz Black Hawk Boattail Speedster won most races it entered.
It was so well made and advanced that it still raced 20 years later, at Watkins Glen.

The Hispano-Suiza was the most expensive European car in the 1920s.  The engine is derived from an aircraft engine.  It was favored by gentlemen racers and society women.  This is a 1928 H6C Skiff.