The United States has been blessed with many great fathers, navigators who've shaped the continental divide with a cosmopolitan appreciation. Among those men was Henry M. Leland, a talented Vermont native who was directly responsible for some of the earliest Oldsmobile engines, before helping to create Cadillac and Lincoln, the latter he supposedly named for another famous father.
Yesterday's autos and today's Dad are celebrated at the 2010 Stan Hywet Father's Day Car Show. This year marks 53 years of bringing father and family together for the event, which is Sunday, from 9 am to 4 pm on the Stan Hywet Hall & Garden grounds. This year's show features "Year of Lincoln" as its theme, a fitting tribute to one of America's automotive forefathers. "It really is a gathering of generations," says Stan Hywet spokesperson Donna Spiegler. "You see lots of fathers with their fathers, grandfathers and grandkids."
Among the highlights of each year's show is the Inner Circle of classics, a stunning group of automobiles manufactured between 1925 and 1948, with well-documented histories and unique provenance. Featured among the circle is a 1929 Lincoln KB Model L Dual Cowl Phaeton, with an aluminum body by Locke. Less than 30 were built that year, owing largely to the $7,400 price tag – that's approximately $93,000 today.
Co-sponsored by the Ohio Region Classic Car Club of America, the show brings together a critically curated selection of more than 350 automobiles. Registered automobiles will be judged for first, second and third place in 25 classes, including pre-1916 brass cars, Model T Fords, Corvettes 1953-1967 and Sports Cars through 1958. Expect an amazing array of iconic motors and true treasures, from the industry's earliest days in the late 1800s through the end of the 1970s. If cars aren't your thing, enjoy a walk through Stan Hywet's gardens and grounds, or take a tour of the 1915 Tudor revival manor house.
General admission to the car show is $11/$7 members for adults and $5/$3 children 6-17. Onsite parking is not available, but free parking and shuttle service are available at Firestone High School, Essex Elementary School and RP Fitness parking lot. For more information about this event, visit www.stanhywet.org or call 330-836-5533. For a gallery preview of this year's show, click here.
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