Today (Saturday, May 12, 2012) was Opening Day of The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in preparation for the 96th running of The Indianapolis 500 Mile Race.
As they've done the last couple years, they had an invitational Celebration of Automobiles Car Show on the grounds in conjunction with Opening Day activities.
Here are the three Studebakers shown (yes, only three, and don't get picky about the Packard Hawk), and a couple Friends of Interest from the 100 or so cars shown:
1931 President Roadster of Charles Morgan / Carmel IN:
1958 Packard Hawk of Ron Rheinhardt / Evansville IN. (Shadows on the LF fender; the paint is very nice):
1961 Lark Six DeLuxe of Don Plesner / Indianapolis IN:
....and a few friends:
Drop-dead gorgeous triple black 1962 Bonneville convertible with all power, tri-power, and factory 4-speed. 'Talked to the owner at length. 'Said it was such a rare combination and he liked it so much that he spent 8 years at $10K per year (do the math) to restore it from an Albany NY rust bucket. (His description as purchased; not mine!):
Is that Speed Minder set at about 105 MPH? Note the power vent window switch!
The only one of these officially entered in the show. (Eat you heart out, Bob Andrews):
Of course, Corvette is The Official Pace Car this year:
But there are seemingly hundreds of these Official Cars running around here, too:
Lots of these running around, too, taking advantage of Indiana's plentiful, relatively low-cost, coal-generated electric power! (Sorry; this just looked like an interesting contrast, with the early-70s Camaro on display in the background <GGG>):
Overall, a gorgeous day at The Indianapolis Motor Speedway; sunny, a nice breeze, with temps in the low 70s....and they still sell the Aussie's Fosters beer for a change of pace...big cans, though; 'had to split one with Cari! BP
As they've done the last couple years, they had an invitational Celebration of Automobiles Car Show on the grounds in conjunction with Opening Day activities.
Here are the three Studebakers shown (yes, only three, and don't get picky about the Packard Hawk), and a couple Friends of Interest from the 100 or so cars shown:
1931 President Roadster of Charles Morgan / Carmel IN:
1958 Packard Hawk of Ron Rheinhardt / Evansville IN. (Shadows on the LF fender; the paint is very nice):
1961 Lark Six DeLuxe of Don Plesner / Indianapolis IN:
....and a few friends:
Drop-dead gorgeous triple black 1962 Bonneville convertible with all power, tri-power, and factory 4-speed. 'Talked to the owner at length. 'Said it was such a rare combination and he liked it so much that he spent 8 years at $10K per year (do the math) to restore it from an Albany NY rust bucket. (His description as purchased; not mine!):
Is that Speed Minder set at about 105 MPH? Note the power vent window switch!
The only one of these officially entered in the show. (Eat you heart out, Bob Andrews):
Of course, Corvette is The Official Pace Car this year:
But there are seemingly hundreds of these Official Cars running around here, too:
Lots of these running around, too, taking advantage of Indiana's plentiful, relatively low-cost, coal-generated electric power! (Sorry; this just looked like an interesting contrast, with the early-70s Camaro on display in the background <GGG>):
Overall, a gorgeous day at The Indianapolis Motor Speedway; sunny, a nice breeze, with temps in the low 70s....and they still sell the Aussie's Fosters beer for a change of pace...big cans, though; 'had to split one with Cari! BP
We've got to quit saying, 
But that Bonnevlle... WOW! Great thing about it is, with what he spent, if her paid less than $35K for it, he's not upside down. Probably paid $10-15, so he could make a good buck on it if he wanted to.
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