Hi All,
We left the coach at the paint shop this morning. With rain forecast for the entire day, we picked indoor activities. First stop was the Tupelo Automotive Museum. This 120,000 square foot, 120+ car museum was the personal collection of TV broadcast engineer and businessman Frank Spain.
This is an 1886 Benz Patent Motorwagen, considered by most to be the world's first production car.
Many cars in the collection are from builders few people remember. How about this 1913 Minerva Knight!
They don't make emblems and hood ornaments like this any more.
Perhaps more folks will remember Stutz. This 1927 model has a boat tail
and another classy emblem and hood ornament.
Anyone remember a Lagonda from 1936?
In 1937, Chrysler built a car way ahead of its time. It was very streamlined with the headlights built into the hood instead of sticking out in bullet pods. Sadly, the public did not yet appreciate streamlining and this design was considered the greatest automotive flop until the Edsel came along.
Love,
Sandy & Carl
Living & Traveling in our Motorhome
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