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2012 HCCA Holiday tour

As many of you who follow the Vault Classic Cars website know, the Pasadena Holiday Motor Tour is a tour put on by the local region of the HCCA, for cars 1932 and older.  Seeing as how it’s now April, and people have been sending Emails asking when I will post this tour, I guess it’s time to do it.  Just consider me somehow related to your neighbor who leaves his Christmas lights up until about now!   And, then let’s consider this lovely 1926 Cadillac Roadster, new to the area.

How about a Franklin?

Here’s a  Late Pierce-Arrow Sedan.

Or a late Lincoln L,  I think it’s a 1930.

Rolls-Royce Ghost touring car

Duesenberg Model “A” dual windshield tourer

Model T Fords reflect the brilliance of the assembly line concept!

8 Cylinder Auburn Speedster

Buick Special Speedster

1934 Buick Convertible

Stutz Roadster

1917 Detroit Electric Convertible

Pierce-Arrow V-12 Convertible coupe

Cadillac Touring

1914 Cadillac

Here’s a  Packard  touring

Here is a model A Ford Engine with cutaways and color coded.  Believe it or not, it runs on just the one cylinder,  so you can see all of the internal parts working.  Not sure about the lubrication,  maybe they set it up really loose so it doesn’t need any!

there’s a wild looking engine.  overhead camshaft, 4 valves per cylinder. Pretty advanced.  If the tags on the firewall are to be believed and my Italian translation ability is up to snuff, , it’s a FIAT aircraft engine.

’31 Auburn, and the very, very rare 1932 Corvette prototype.  Who knew Harley Earl was so advanced back then?  Just like the 90 MPG carburetor, all of the advancements were kept under wraps and doled out to the un-suspecting public a little at a time.

Well who am I to make fun of those People who drive MODERN cars, ( newer than 1932 )  when I, Myself drove a ’37 Buick!  Indeed, I suffered the withering gaze of disapproval from the tour organizers, who, even through their disdain, gave me a tour map anyhow!  Sorry guys, I’ll drive something more year-appropriate next year.

this bus was full of post-1932 drivers, but they were let out for an excercise and doughnut break!

Hard to look much better than a ’32 Packard Dual Cowl Phaeton.

Model 18 Packard

Model T’s just keep on runnin’

Buick Touring

Stutz Touring

Packard Standard 8 Sedan, 1929

1932 Cadillac Convertible coupe

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