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In 2010 included 500 antique cars, trucks and hot rods. Here, downtown
Montague is prepared for a very large crowd to view the cars that will
be parked along the streets after the parade.
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 It began at 7:00 PM with a Sheriff's patrol car from the 1950s and a modern Montague Police cruiser.
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 Cars lined up in Whitehall and proceeded on Dowling Street to downtown Montague
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 This Hupster from the 1930s was my favorite.
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 There were more than a few beautifully done hot rods.
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 The 1957 Star Chief station wagon was the kind of car my Mom always wanted for carting eight kids around...
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 ...she settled for a 1954 Bel-Air, much like this one, except hers was red and white; it was the first car I drove.
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 '68
Mustangs always catch my eye. The first new car I ever
bought was similar to this one, although mine was forest green and a hard-top rather than a fastback .
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 The 1957 Metropolitan was manufactured by the Nash Rambler Company.
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 My
first car was a used 1957 Chevrolet: a green model Two-Ten sedan with a
small V8 and a three speed on-the-column manual transmission with an
overdrive operated by a cable under the dash. On its best
day it didn't look this nice.
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 I often rode to high school with the neighbor kid whose parents had a white 1958 Chevrolet similar to this one.
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 This is one of the many faithfully restored antiques from the beginning of the automobile industry.
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 This gentleman and his truck could have been transported from a fruit plantation in the Rio Grande Valley circa the 1920's.
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Studebaker at one point in its history had the fastest car on the road. |
 An interesting take on the horseless carriage concept.
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 This Paddy-Wagon has a European flair, certainly a unique vehicle in this parade.
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 This guy may not have fit within the category of antique cars, but the motorized bicycle is certainly an antique.
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 The John Deere Gator signaled the end of the parade and that we had seen 500 cars.
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 After
the parade, the crowd moved into downtown Montague to get a detailed
look at the parked cars. Every street in the downtown area was
equally packed with spectators.
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To see a more complete gallery of approximately 200 of the cars and post parade photos click here. |
