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PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 5:37 am 
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I had an excellent time on sunday at the Rally of the Giants, this year held in the grounds of Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. Probably the best American car show on the calender, IMO.

What a venue!:
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Now for the cars....

1976 AMC Pacer:
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1932 Buick Series 50:
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1953 Buick Special Riviera:
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1992 Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon with its sister car, the Chevrolet Caprice wagon:
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another '90s Buick Roadmaster Estate Wagon:
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1931 Cadillac Series 355, said to have been owned by Liberace and covered in 23.5 carat gold leaf:
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1933 Cadillac Series 355C:
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1949 Cadillac Coupe De Ville:
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1956 Cadillac Eldorado:
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1989 Cadillac Allante:
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1954 Chevrolet 3100:
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1955 Chevrolet 150:
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1961 Chevrolet Impala:
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1931 Chrysler CMX:
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1936 Chrysler C7:
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1958 Dodge D100:
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1959 Edsel Ranger sedan and Citation convertible:
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1953 Ford Crestline:
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1954 Ford Country Squire:
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1969 Ford Thunderbird:
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1936 Hudson Terraplane:
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1950 Kaiser Vagabond - with its split hatchback tailgate:
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1953 Kaiser Manhattan:
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1953 Kaiser Dragon:
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I had never seen a full-size Kaiser at a show before - then three turn up at once!

1937 LaFayette Business Coupe:
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1968 Lincoln Continental:
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1976 Lincoln Continental Coupe:
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1968 Mercury Cougar:
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1922 Oakland 20hp:
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1969 Oldsmobile 442:
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1933 Pierce-Arrow 836..... x2!:
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1936 Pierce-Arrow 1601:
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^ Again, I had never seen a Pierce-Arrow at a show before, and then I see three of them!

1933 Plymouth PD:
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1959 Plymouth Fury:
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1951 Pontiac Chieftain:
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1957 Pontiac Star Chief:
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1960 Pontiac Catalina:
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1970 Pontiac Catalina:
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1997 Pontiac Bonneville SLE:
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1958 Rambler Ambassador:
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1966 Rambler Marlin:
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1928 Studebaker Director:
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1958 Studebaker Golden Hawk:
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1958 Studebaker Transtar:
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1963 Studebaker Hawk GT:
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1963 Studebaker Avanti:
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1964 Studebaker Avanti:
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finally, a couple of interesting non-Americans...

Austin A40 Sports:
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Jaguar Mark X:
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PostPosted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 9:35 am 
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Very cool pictures!

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PostPosted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 11:38 pm 
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Thank you so much for posting these! They are always interesting to look through. That gold plated car is interesting. I'm surprised no one's there peeling the gold leaf off. Hahaha. It's cool to see that across the sea cars that we here find ordinary and mundane make it into car shows.

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 04, 2012 3:00 pm 
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^ I like seeing the more modern everyday American cars at shows, as I wouldn't get to see them otherwise except when I visit the US. The '97 Bonneville impressed me with its condition. It was good to see another Bonneville the same generation as mine there too. They don't turn up often!

GM B-bodies like the Caprice & Roadmaster are relatively popular.


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WOW!!!!!!!! Thanks for the pics! Saw about a half dozen I'd love to own, especially the Chieftain, and Riviera - BC

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