On Tuesday, our little town had some special guests. It was one of the stops on The Duesenberg Tour, Southern Style.
Motor Man and I waited for them on Main Street.
Then followed them the short distance to Smithfield Station, our local waterfront restaurant/marina/hotel, where the drivers enjoyed a coffee break. And townfolk enjoyed the cars.
There was an abundance of chrome and whitewalls!
This red one was a real eye-catcher.
Duesenbergs were luxury cars manufactured during the 1920’s and 1930’s. I’m told there are about 380 still in existence; Jay Leno owns four, and one of our local businessmen (who organized this tour) owns two.
This beauty once belonged to….. Clark Gable. I didn’t know that until the cars had left town and pictures of friends began appearing on Facebook. Pictures taken of them standing beside “Clark’s” car. Had I known, I would definitely have posed beside it too.
Smithfield soon bid the Duesenbergs farewell and sent them on to the next stop on their tour.
And two days later, I’m still stewing about the fact that I didn’t know that was Clark Gable’s car…..sigh.
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