car show in Bee Cave

[studiocygnet]

There was a car show at the Galleria mall in Bee Cave yesterday, and there were 2-3 hundred cars there. While there were dozens of Rebel and P&S shooters, I did see a couple folks out there with those big white lenses. Anyone from here?
My Karmann Ghia was parked between a 1955 Cadillac on the right, and a Ferrari to the left. The Ferrari had an Aston Martin on the other side. But this Jaguar was my favorite car of the show.

[hotshot38]

Is it a 120? We used to have a convertible version of this car....unrestored

Looks like it's a 1953 XK120 fixed-head coupe...but no split bumper and the driving lights are outside the headlights

[studiocygnet]

I only know it said XK series on the window, but I don't know anything more about it except that I like the look.

[hotshot38]

Well, the XK120 is one of the rarest Jaguars...probably even rarer to see one in TX ;) I think one of them won one of the early NASCAR races. Let me look up a link on it's history....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_XK120

[w9ctm]

It would be interesting to find out which one it is. Especially since the info is probably on the card in the winshield. When I shoot cars of obvious rarity, (well, at least to me...) I try to always remember to also shoot the card/sheet in the windshield for that reason. I have a hard time remembering all these different cars made for the last 100 years. I find it easier to waste a frame on the info, then I don't have to remember.

Like this one for example: Oh, and excuse the old shots...




All the info was on a sheet on the ground in front of it, which you can clearly see in the 3rd shot. Now some of you may know what it is, but I didn't. So, I grabbed a shot of the sheet which told me this;

"The engine on this 1936 Morgan SuperSport is a 40hp, 990cc, 50-degree matchless air-cooled dry sump V-Twin. The gearbox has three speeds, plus reverse with final drive by chain.
Why three wheels? The automobile owners in Great Britain were charged an annual tax based on engine size until 1937. Considered motorcycles, three-wheeled "cyclecars" were exempt. Morgans competed for sales with small, light 4-wheel cars, but even the smallest, cheapest 4-wheel competitors were forced to pay the same tax as larger, more expensive cars, giving Morgan a sales advantage.
Are they likely to tip over???? While possible, it rarely happens. Race drivers quickly realized that a three-wheeler must be powered through corners to keep the weight distributed properly. Some drivers learned to corner on two wheels, while some races were run with a passenger who threw his weight around to keep the inside wheel down on turns.
Morgan built 4-seat family model three-wheelers alongside sportier models such as this one.
Without the weight of a heavy rear end and differential, Morgans performed better than their rivals, and Morgans set hundreds of speed records before 1930. They outran 4-wheel cars in races and were soon forced to compete in the faster classes alongside side-car rigged motorcycles. Competition successes encouraged sales, and three-wheeled Morgan sales peaked in 1923 at 2300 cars, with sales of the tiny Austin Seven (to Great Britain what the Model T was to the USA) booming, Morgan three-wheeler sales sagged to 137 cars by 1937, and production ceased in 1939. 4-seat Morgans, in production for six years, were selling well by this time".

Heck, I'd never heard of one before...... I found the info interesting, plus, I can now tell someone what it is, cause admittedly, I would have forgotten what it was called.........

Oh, and here is a 4-wheeled Morgan...


Again, this info was on the windshield sheet.
"This is a very rare 1963 Morgan Plus 4 Drop Head Coupe.
Only 433 of the Plus 4 DHC's were produced between January 1954 and September 1969. The unique features of this Morgan model are the fixed winshield stanchions, the front opening (suicide?) doors, walnut interior appointments, and elegant 3-position folding top.
The Morgan Motor Company did not manufacture their own engines. This DHC has a Triumph-TR4 2138cc engine."

[dmora]

Thats all? 1 pic?

Oh and that Jag is HIGHLY EROTIC.