2021 Westlake, Texas Car Show

[TexRiv_63]

After almost two years of car gathering drought I was very fortunate to attend the Westlake show this past Saturday. They were celebrating their 10th anniversary and I have been to about half of those, but it was canceled last year. The weather cooperated and gave us a cool and totally clear day and they had a great turnout of about 100 cars, most of which were very high quality. They expanded their age range to 1900 - 1969 this year so there was a lot to see. The prewar era was well represented by everything from Model A Fords to Rolls-Royces, and even a fabulous blower Bentley. Later models included everything from 50s cruisers to a 1969 Hemi Charger. Here is a sampling:

[George Smolinski]

Of all of the ones pictured here, I'll take the hemi.

Edited October 17, 2021 by George Smolinski (see edit history)

[TerryB]

Nice cars and what appears to be great weather for the show.  The white Lincoln is very sharp looking.

[TexRiv_63]

19 hours ago, George Smolinski said:

Of all of the ones pictured here, I'll take the hemi.

That would be one of my choices but the Bentley would top my list.

[pmhowe]

The Bentley would top my list, too.

 

I was intrigued by the white Packard convertible coupe. Would that be a conversion from a fixed roof coupe? The three hinge door arrangement looks strange to me.

[Matt Harwood]

16 minutes ago, pmhowe said:

The Bentley would top my list, too.

 

I was intrigued by the white Packard convertible coupe. Would that be a conversion from a fixed roof coupe? The three hinge door arrangement looks strange to me.

 

The landau irons are also ridiculously wrong.

[TerryB]

The Bentley was built by a plumber on drugs!  He knew the guy that made this motorcycle.

 

Edited October 18, 2021 by TerryB (see edit history)

[Captain Harley]

3 hours ago, pmhowe said:

The Bentley would top my list, too.

 

I was intrigued by the white Packard convertible coupe. Would that be a conversion from a fixed roof coupe? The three hinge door arrangement looks strange to me.

I believe the Packard convertible coupe (not a conversion) or "Cabriolet" is the 1928 6-cylinder version.  I can't remember what the model number is and the car was for sale a while back in Hemming's too.

 

Capt. Harley😉

 

Skirts are for women and not car fenders!

[TexRiv_63]

19 hours ago, Captain Harley said:

I believe the Packard convertible coupe (not a conversion) or "Cabriolet" is the 1928 6-cylinder version.  I can't remember what the model number is and the car was for sale a while back in Hemming's too.

 

Capt. Harley😉

 

Skirts are for women and not car fenders!

Unfortunately I did not take many pictures of the white car because I thought I already had at a previous show - turns out I was wrong! These are the only others, I have never seen hubcaps like those before. The owner also put every kind of Packard emblem on the front. 

[TexRiv_63]

One surprising and slightly alarming thing I noticed at this show was how many cars with wide whitewall tires had dirty or cracked whitewalls. Dirty always surprises me since the whitewall is such a noticeable part of a classic but cracked indicates age damage and makes me hope this car doesn't spend much time on the road. There were a large amount of trailers on site so maybe....

[Graham Man]

Here is another 1928 Packard Cabriolet

 

[TexRiv_63]

Here are some additional cars at the show.

[rocketraider]

On 10/18/2021 at 12:34 PM, TexRiv_63 said:

 

 

🤨What's that funny looking thing above the license plate???

 

 

 

 

And young'uns think huffing devices are something new!😼