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In Asheville, NC, we went to see our friend's ceramic studio - located among a number of artists' studios and an unexpected old car museum in Grovewood Village.
The front right corner of a bright cyan Ford pickup truck. Found parked in the streets of Thebarton.
Sailing boat, Marina Cannes, French Riviera, France.
A boat is a sailboat (pieces of fabric), propelled by the wind. Historically, the boat was the first conveyance medium and long distance. Sailboats carrying goods, passengers, mail. They were used for fishing at sea, military and naval battles.
From the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century sailing propulsion gradually disappears for utility transport replaced by steamships and motor boats. Today, utility transport and fishing boats remain only in the less industrially developed countries.
The yachts are used for recreational purposes: competitive sailing and boating.
Packard series
Packard Motor Car Company was an American luxury automobile company. It was founded in Warren Ohio as the Ohio Automobile Company by James Ward Packard, his brother William, and their partner, George Lewis Weiss. The first car rolled out of the factory on November 6, 1899.
Packard’s cars were considered the preeminent luxury car before World War II, and owning a Packard was prestigious. Henry Bourne Joy, a member of one of Detroit's oldest and wealthiest families, bought a Packard. Impressed by its reliability, he brought together a group of investors to refinance the company, soon after which Packard moved its operations to Detroit.
In 1953 (or 1954, depending on your source), Packard bought rival Studebaker and formed the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana. Some historians believe that this was the beginning of the end of the company. It was certainly followed by a series of circumstances and events that ultimately led to the end of the company in 1962.
This series of photographs was taken at America’s Packard Museum in Dayton, Ohio. The Museum is a restored Packard dealership transformed into a museum that displays twentieth-century classic Packards and historic Packard artifacts and memorabilia.
The dealership originally sold Packards in Dayton, Ohio beginning in 1908. It moved into the building that is now home to the museum in 1917. Robert Signom II, the museum's Founder and Curator for 27 years, acquired the building in 1991 and painstakingly rehabilitated it to its original Art Deco grandeur, opening the museum in 1992.
Car Collector magazine named the museum one of the top ten automotive museums in the United States. The cars on display range from 1900s Brass Era cars, the streamlined Classic cars of the 1930s and 1940s, to the modern Packards of the 1950s. The museum also has a collection of war machines, parts, accessories, and original sales and service literature.
I took this at a car show recently. I was lucky that it didn't turn into a selfie in the reflection :)
For we was only hiding
Sitting in the back seat of my car, yeah
And when we finished driving
We can say we were late in arriving
And listen to her daddy's song
-Music: Back Seat of My Car by Paul McCartney
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uylNpMGEzQ
Taken @ Native Soul
The steering wheel of my Dad's classic car, a 1955 Sunbeam Talbot, his pride and joy!
Posted for Sliders Sunday
Day 162/365:
Saw this Hillman Minx, vintage car in a car park in Cromer, Norfolk. Tomorrow there is a vintage car show in Sheringham, the next town along.
I'm usually rubbish at photographing vehicles but I'm actually quite pleased with this one. At least I got a shot which is all I'm aiming for at the moment.
If you have a minute you may enjoy viewing and listening to this video by Madness...a bit of fun and a blast from the past:
Street scene from Monterey. Picture is actually taken in summer, but for me it feels more springlike.
I completely forgot to get informed about the car, so I can hardly tell anything about this beautiful oldtimer.
Monterey, California, USA
taken with fujifilm x-t1 and xf18-55 zoom lens