Last weekend I was in Champaign-Urbana IL, visiting. It just so happened that the Urbana Sweet Corn Festival was going on at that time and, with that, a really bitchin’ classic car show.
I saw a lot of very cool cars and got a lot of very cool photos as well as the opportunity for a lot of artistic license and played around with multiple takes on several of the shots. To start this off, here’s a shot of what may be the coolest car I’ve ever seen, a 1935 Auburn Supercharged 851 named “Ruby”.
I can’t put my finger on exactly what it is but this car just spoke to me.
1912 Maxwell Mascotte, the oldest car I’ve ever seen in person.
1929 Packard Super 8
1959 Ferrari
1959 Chrysler New Yorker
Yeah, definitely some sweet rides. It was awesome getting to go through an abbreviated history of the American (and a little Italian, German, and British) auto industry. I wish I’d kept better track of what was what but at least I learned that lesson. The Flickr set is here.
