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In pics: Beautiful classic and muscle cars at a car meet near my home

7th August 2024, 14:29 by Utkarsh Chaudhary

While there is no rule on what you can bring as it's not a car show per se, the overwhelming majority is of classic American cars from Chevy, Ford, Mercury etc and some rarities like Studebaker and Lafayette.

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We have a huge parking lot near our home and in typical American fashion, it's almost always empty, except on Sundays.

Every Sunday enthusiasts from nearby come there with their beautiful vintages. Chromed and polished looking as if they just rolled down the floor of the dealership. They then set up a camp, hang around, sometimes even barbeque and just have a good time!

I have been going there and clicking pictures from my mobile but where's the fun in that? Mobile cameras don't do justice to artistic pieces like this and you can't change my mind. So today I went with my MLC and a prime, mounted on a monopod to take pictures. A lot of effort post-processing them but I think it was worth the time spent.

It's summer and temperatures have been through the roof but nothing stops these guys. Almost everyone is super friendly and LOVES to talk about their proud possessions. The knowledge they have, the efforts they have taken (sometimes years finding the right part) and the continuous maintenance they do, it's worth listening. I wish I had a "drive" like this!

While there is no rule on what you can bring as it's not a car show per se, the overwhelming majority is of classic American cars from Chevy, Ford, Mercury etc and some rarities like Studebaker and Lafayette. In fact, I had never seen a Lafayette before today. Coincidentally, the two Studebakers were my absolute favorite. The one in teal color was breathtaking.

Anyway, without further ado here are some pictures from today. If you click on them you will see a much bigger and better version:

The green car is a Triumph TR4, red needs no intro.