CCCA Grand Classic Waxahachie, Texas for October 16, 2010

From L to R - Russell Chandler, Nelson Bates, Mathew Rattray, Noel Shorter and Norma Bates

Ellis County Courthouse in Waxahachie was constructed in 1897 by architect J. Riely Gordon.
Does it look familiar?
This is the same architect that designed the Harrison County Courthouse in Marshall.

The Historic Rogers Hotel is on the NE corner of the square.
Patrons could sleep on the rooftop during summer months, and there was a natatorium in the basement.
Northern baseball teams like the The Detroit Lions and Chicago White Sox would winter here.
We just did what we do best - eat lunch.

Mathew Rattray and his doppelganger Packard Caribbean. He owns one like it Down Under.

From L to R - Nelson and Norma Bates, Jim Hollingsworth, Russell and Tobi Chandler and the Flackmaster.

No stranger to Pebble Beach - Jim Hollingsworth's 1940 Packard 180 Club Sedan

Also no stranger to Pebble Beach - 1940 Packard 1807 Darrin Convertible Sedan - Hilda & Steve Chapman

Trip to Hershey part 4

The End of Hershey for 2010
The Brownstone Cafe in Middleton, Pennsylvania - Great lunch at the end of Hershey
What the non-car nut wants
Have you ever seen an ATM on wheels?
Packard Adonis - Sliding Boy

Trip to Hershey part 3

People making deals
Staggering after a long day of walking on the Hershey grounds
Droves of people in the car corral
Nelson Bates with a long lost love - 1938 Bantam
Eric Toce having a good time after a day with "The Packard Parts Hound" Flackmaster

Trip to Hershey part 2

Bates Clan - James, Warren, Nelson & Todd
Nelson Bates at "Car Mecca"
Scenic drive heading to Hershey
The Casselman Inn in Grantsville, Maryland - Annual food stop on the way to Hershey
Tree thru Dodge (close up)

Trip to Hershey part 1

Tree thru Dodge
Avant-garde yard art on loan from the Museum of Iron Oxide
1915 Apperson Jackrabbit - Have you ever seen one?
Nelson Bates and Warren Bates in front of the NASA facility in West Virginia
1932 Packard 900 Light Eight