From Sep. 4th until Sep. 6th 2020 the 16th Classic-Gala was held at Schwetzingen. Despite the hard restriction with the pandemic situation the organizers were able to present a concept where time slots with limited access supported by the spacious grounds of the garden made the event possible. The variety of cars was huge again covering all periods from the end of 19th century until todays cars.
This 1935 S.S. 1 Four Light Saloon won the (...)
From Aug. 30th until Sep, 1st 2019 the 15th Classic-Gala was held at Schwetzingen. This is the 2nd part of my new images and is the final update for 2019 pictures.
This 1953 Mercedes-Benz 300 S Roadster won the price "Prix d'Elegance 2019".
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From Aug. 30th until Sep, 1st 2019 the 15th Classic-Gala was held at Schwetzingen. At the fantastic sunny saturday and in perfect atmosphere in the baroque garden of the castle about 180 cars were presented and judged by the jury. The spacious grounds gave enough room for each car and thus also for the visitors. This years honorable make Glas was presented with its almost entire production line directly at the entrance of the garden.
This 1938 Alfa Romeo 6C 2300B MM Graber (...)
At June 30th 2019 the 19th Classic days at the 'Opelvillen' took place in Rüsselsheim. I visited this event the first time and it was the first classic event this year i was able to visit. Opel used this event to celebrate four jubilees: 120 years of car automotive engineering at Opel, 50 years of Opel KAD B model range, 40 years Opel Cup racing and 40 years ago winning the european rally championship. Despite the the big heat at that day the villa garden and the river plain was quickly (...)
This last update for 2018 again contains pictures from the Classic Gala in Schwetzingen and the Classic Days 2018, Schloss Waldthausen marked with (OCRM).
Among the cars OSI is a new make for my website.
This 1965 Bentley S3 Continental Drophead Coupe gained 2nd place in the "Best of Show" category.
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I finshed the third part of pictures from the Classic Gala in Schwetzingen today. And again there also are some participants of the Classic Days 2018, Schloss Waldthausen marked with (OCRM).
Among the cars are the following new makes for my website: Armstrong Siddeley, Biscúter, Brütsch, (...)
Here is the second part of pictures from the Classic Gala in Schwetzingen. Additionally in the list are some participants of the Classic Days 2018, Schloss Waldthausen marked with (OCRM).
Among the cars are the following new makes for my website: BSA, Maybach, Pierce-Arrow, (...)
From Aug. 31st until Sep, 2nd 2018 the Classic-Gala took place in Schwetzingen. At the fantastic sunny saturday and in perfect atmosphere in the baroque garden of the castle about 180 cars were presented and judged by the jury. The spacious grounds gave enough room for each car and thus also for the visitors. This years honorable make Stoewer was presented with 15 cars directly at the entrance of the garden.
This 1930 Alfa Romeo 6C (...)
Almost a year passed since my last update. I have been busy with some new stuff for this site. I added a graph to all car descriptions showing auction result averages (in US $) for the respective car model and of course I need to keep track with some selected car auctions to add their results in my database.
Apart from that I visited the HMSC Rallye in Wiesbaden again and shot some nice car pictures there. And later that month I visited the "Klassikertage" in Hattersheim which (...)
At the first weekend of August the "Bertha Benz Fahrt" was held. It takes place every two years to honour the first long distance run of a motor car by Berta Benz, wife of Carl Benz, in 1888. The event is organized by the "Automuseum Dr. Carl Benz" and the "Allgemeiner Schnauferl Club" and is open for cars built up to 1930 - well they bend it to allow some newer cars of the late 1930s.
The cars had to drive from Mannheim to Pforzheim on Saturday and back to Mannheim on sunday. I decided (...)