There was an antique car show here in Lynchburg this past weekend featuring about 100 cars covering the first eight decades of the 20th century! While I only shot a relative hand full, I did get a decent cross-section of what was there.
These shots are of an early car, a Rambler. Those are solid-rubber tires. Note also the carriage lights on the front.
The rear of the car, with another carriage light. If it looks like a stagecoach on wheels, that's because that's basically what it is! In the early days, many automobiles were built by the same companies that built stagecoaches; until Henry Ford created the assembly line, they were all built by hand. And while it does have a windshield, it has drop-down curtains instead of side windows!
As the ticket shows, this car was built in 1904! This was the oldest of the cars there.
Another old-timer was this Bush. By the time this car was built, after WW1, most were all-steel creations, instead of having custom wooden coach bodies.
According to the ticket, this car was built in 1919.
These shots are of an early car, a Rambler. Those are solid-rubber tires. Note also the carriage lights on the front.
The rear of the car, with another carriage light. If it looks like a stagecoach on wheels, that's because that's basically what it is! In the early days, many automobiles were built by the same companies that built stagecoaches; until Henry Ford created the assembly line, they were all built by hand. And while it does have a windshield, it has drop-down curtains instead of side windows!
As the ticket shows, this car was built in 1904! This was the oldest of the cars there.
Another old-timer was this Bush. By the time this car was built, after WW1, most were all-steel creations, instead of having custom wooden coach bodies.
According to the ticket, this car was built in 1919.
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