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Subject: [Leica] Another auto show - revisited
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Thu Jul 14 19:44:19 2005
References: <c8.62d02985.3006dd43@aol.com>

Thanks for identifying the autos, Sonny.

I've updated the the pages to reflect the car names.  Keith Whaley on 
the Pentax list wrote "What a beautuful MOG!"  but I don't know which 
car he meant.

These cars were brought in by their owners from all over the northeast, 
including parts of Canada.

Mike Wilson, also of the Pentax list wrote of #11:
"Triking, I think.  Modern version using Moto Guzzi engines.  Doesn;t
look quite right for one of those but it's the only one I know in
production."

http://www.triking-cyclecars.co.uk/

05 - There were a half dozen Metropolitans but I didn't take any pics of
them.

10 - What does "vert" mean?

11 - The gull front candy car was another three-wheeler.  There were two
more, one with long windows as in a station wagon, and one with windows
only in the front with the rest of the car looking like a panel truck.
A car like these was used as a "sinister car" in the Mr. Bean series on
television

13, 14, 15 - Yep, I like this car. A large number of the cars took turns
providing free rides around this part of the estate.  This owner seemed
to have had the greatest time doing it, with the driver of the Triking
being a close second.

Everyone seemed to be having a fun time, I didn't even hear any children 
crying.

The building in the background of some of the photos is the Museum of
Transportation and was formerly the carriage house for the Andersons. 
Currently, there is a show of early French cars from the museum's 
collection.

The Andersons were a very wealthy couple who owned this 26 acre estate 
in the early 20th century.  Actually Isabel Anderson, Larz's wife, was 
the car collector and the museum should be named after her.  I can 
remember when the mansion was demolished in 1955.  It was mach larger 
than the carriage house and had a ballroom that must have been over 200 
feet in diameter.

Here's more information if anyone is interested:

http://www.mot.org/

http://www.mot.org/Museum/andersons.html

http://www.culturaltourismdc.org/calendar2532/calendar_show.htm?doc_id=273857&img=1

http://tinyurl.com/b7lvm

http://www.townofbrooklinemass.com/recreation/LarzAnderson.html

http://tinyurl.com/7wwe7

Jim


SonC@aol.com wrote:
>  
>  
>  
> 01  Hondas
> 02 Honda Interior
> 03  dunno
> 04  Messerschmitt
> 05  twins  Messerschmitt  with a Metropolitan in the  BKGD
> 06 mini, Citroen, Fiat and Isseta in near bkgd
> 07 minis
> 08 new mini
> 09 citroens
> 10 messerschmitt vert
> 11.  I think this is a BRA  I see a fiat 600 in bkgd, wondering  about the 
> green and gull front candy car in bkgd
> 12  gogomobil !!!!  The fancy version
> 13  Fiat
> 14 Fiat too
> 15 you like this car?
> 16 Minis and an austin panel, I think
>  
> Looks like a fun gathering!
>  
>  
> 
> Regards, 
> Sonny
> http://www.sonc.com
> Natchitoches,  Louisiana
> Oldest continuous settlement 
> 
> In a message dated 7/13/2005 4:01:04 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
> Jim@hemenway.com writes:
> 
> Nothing  "artsy" or particularly well composed, just a few shots taken at 
> a "mini"  car show at the Larz Anderson Museum in Brookline, MA last  
> Saturday.
> 
> The lighting was alternately light and dark due to the  passing of 
> tropical depression "Cindy", the remnants of which can be seen  in the 
> last photo.
> 
> http://www.hemenway.com/MOT/
> 
> Pentax isDS,  14mm used for most of them.
> 
> Jim
> 


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