The Huron Expositor, 1979-04-19, Page 31Old car festival recall,
horseless carriage era.
Visitors to Greenfield Village
during Old' Car Festival can
almost hear drivers coaxing
, and sweet-talking their 300
antique automobiles as the„
cars clang landsputter' their
Kay down quaint Village..
; streets.
None built later than 1925,
the cars recall the age of au-
tomobile adventure. Here
one can see the drivers in
gogglesand dusters and, flap-
pers in their frills, symbols of
an age revolutionized by the
Model. Ts, Stutz. Bearcats,
Studebak�ers and many more.
The Old Car Festival is one
of the pre-eminent events of
its .kind. -a chance for Pam-
pered motorists to glimpse
early automobiling and for,
enthusiasts and collectors to
compare notes and trade
tales: The Village is an ap,
nropriate place for such a 1.
athering: it was founded by
he late Henry Ford,
Daily parade •
During the daily parades,
the cars clatter past a collec-
tion, of more -than 80 historic
homes and buildings, relo
cated.from.all over the Coun-
tr'.and set: down in the pat-
tern of a typical New
England Village.
The setting takes 'on a par-
ticularly ,Early' American
mood. .when riders on high
wheel bicycles, a special fea-
ture of this event, glide
placidly by, . exhibiting both
balance and bravery.
Some cars, like the bicy-
cles, have -almost djsap
peared from modern mem
-
pry, for few people canre-
member when a Jewett Tour-
: ing Car or a Holsman Auto
Buggy trundled down Main
Street.
A car from the 1920s is new
by Old Car Festival stars -
dards, It is a festival tradition
to divide the cars into two
categories: the venerable au-
!tare :cars
Like .;Some
nearly, extinct
tion on: parts and repairs.
They might barter with a
local, hot rodder for a rare
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species, many cars are ex-
tremely rare, . For instance,'
the five Rickenbackers at a
recent event were among the
nine sole survivors of about
55,000 cars.:.
Products of a simpler era,
these cars invite 'tinkering.
°Collectors "will; have spent
many. a Sunday afternoon
preparing for this eventby
polishing the outside and
workingon the engines; ' try-
ing to turn those sputters into
purrs.
Hunt for parts
Many of the ::participants.
belong ,to antique car 'clubs,
which prove to be convenient -
clearing houses for informa
tomobiles of the pre -1917; era
and the upstarts from the
1918 and '1925 period Cars in
each group compete in sepa-
rate
eonteststandt games, in-
cluding judging for authentic-
„ ity. 5,
Amidst . the Fords, Buicks
and Dodges, there are cars.
recalling the shattered hopes
of early. manufacturers. Just
ask an owner of a Wills Ste.
Claire about C.H. Wills and
his short-lived enterprise.
near the shores of Lake Hu-
ron.
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While the initial cost will
be higher than'. for regular
tires, tests •have shown that
both steel and rayon, belted,.
radials increased gas mileage.
by up to 10 percent while im-
.proving car handling charac-
teristics.
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part or track down the latest;
rumor about a cache of these
valuable, objects.
One entrant' followed up
the story of a lone hubcap:
dying in a farmer'sfield and:
discovered a veritable trove:
a hubcap,,twlo wheels and an'
axle.
That. of course, is part of '.
.he fun of owning anantique
automobile; it takes more
than just turning the ignition
key to keep the car running
The owners take a lot of satis,•
faction in their avocation,
and it is no wonder that they
come to the Old Car Festival
each year to show off the fruit
of their labor.
The 1979:old` Car Festival
will be held September 8 and
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