Follow me on Blogarama

Fuelly
Fuelly
Fuelly
Fuelly
Fuelly
Fuelly
Fuelly

2018 Concours d’Elegance of America

I have not been back in Detroit since 2011 when I moved away after four years. As luck would have it, my first visit after seven years coincided with the date of the Concours d’Elegance of America. I only discovered this event in my last full year living in metro Detroit, and I was blown away. The 2010 event was (and remains) the best car show I have ever been to. Naturally I had to go again given the opportunity.

The Concours d’Elegance of America is one of the top events in the calendar in the USA. Perhaps not to […]

July 30th, 2018 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Shows | One comment

The Peterson Museum

I had the opportunity for a short visit to the Peterson Museum, after my flight out of Los Angeles was canceled. I had always wanted to go to see the museum after seeing a few of the cars featured on Jay Leno’s Garage (for example Steve McQueen’s XKSS).

The museum has two parts, the public exhibits over three floors and three basements with cars not in the current collection. You can do a tour of the basement for an extra charge, although for some reason photography is prohibited. Despite that, the tour is well worth it and you’ll see a […]

August 6th, 2016 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Museum | Leave a comment

2nd Prize in a beauty contest

My Light 15 was awarded 2nd prize in the pre-1956 Citroen category at the 2015 French Car Day. I hadn’t planned to enter the car, but did since there were only a couple of Tractions there. 1st prize went to a nice Big 15. Without a lot of effort I should be able to do better as I was obviously marked down for things like my missing front carpet. Concours is not really my thing, so while I want to make improvements to the car for my own enjoyment, I will not be wrapping it in cotton wool.

As usual […]

July 12th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Citroen, Shows | One comment