Saturday we went to the Fall Festival at Robbers Cave State Park. We had been planning this for several weeks and I had visions of wearing one of my colorful new flannel shirts and walking around enjoying the cool fall weather and the lovely fall colors but it was almost like summer – over 80°F and barely a hint of turning leaves.
It was a nice little event. There was a craft fair with all the usual kinds of stuff. There was an older couple selling tie dye clothing and I bought a hat. I probably wouldn’t have bought anything but the guy was so friendly I hated to disappoint him. And I do like the hat. I should have asked someone to take a picture of me wearing it so I could show off but my guys were pretty busy yesterday.
There was also a big classic car show, which was the main attraction for us. Photographing was a little bit difficult because most of the cars were lined up very close to each other, almost like in a typical parking lot, and they were always surrounded by people but I did manage to get a lot of pictures anyway.
I like this hood ornament.
If I was a serious car person I would know what model car this is and would have also taken a picture of the whole car but this is all I got. I didn’t notice the reflections until after I uploaded the picture and looked at it on my PC.
There were so many beautiful cars it’s hard to decide what else to share so, when in doubt, go for the pink one.
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Beside a trail in the park we saw this interesting structure.
And inside…





October 18th, 2010 - 12:26 pm
Not certain, but I believe that Oldsmobile used those airplane hood ornaments in the 1950′s.
October 18th, 2010 - 4:15 pm
I’m thinking ’55 Pontiac. (The Olds ornaments were more, um, rocket-y.) Besides, those hood streaks were a Pontiac staple in those days.
October 18th, 2010 - 5:25 pm
Here are a few Pontiac pictures.
October 18th, 2010 - 5:30 pm
And here’s a hood ornament page
October 19th, 2010 - 8:38 am
That last looks like an old flathead engine with a generator attached. I’m surprised the car guys haven’t restored it.
October 20th, 2010 - 2:00 pm
I think that engine hooked to the generator is a chevrolet six.
October 20th, 2010 - 2:16 pm
It had “Hercules” on the intake manifold. I wonder why she never gets a picture of the important detail?