Thanks Ken. Yes, I covered the St. John's concours for the Times. Great show, with some fabulous cars. I was, of course, attracted to the odd bits. I did a brief review and included nine photos with captions, including then and now pics of the Jag and race day and show day pics of the Porsche. But the Times auto group is shorthanded this week with everyone on vacation, so they just pasted up two pics. The readers complained a bit, so I didn't have to:-). It's here: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/31/head-turners-and-heartstring-tugs-at-the-st-johns-concours/ On Aug 1, 2012, at 1:04 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote:
> Nice captures Paul. these were captured @ St Johns Sunday? > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> > >> Subject: Ms. Jelenik and a Star >> >> This 1911 Mercedes Model 50 Touring Car was among the first Daimler cars to >> wear both the Mercedes name and the three-pointed star. The Mercedes name >> came about in 1900 when a French dealer named Emil Jellinek promised to >> order a large number of vehicles if Daimler would brand them Mercedes, a >> name Mr. Jellinek applied to most of his possessions, including his >> daughter. The star came along in 1910 when Paul Daimler, who took the helm >> of the company when Gottlieb died, was searching for a logo to represent the >> brand. Looking through an old family album he found a photo of the family >> home that had been inscribed by his father with a three-pointed star and an >> an inscription that read, "From this house a star shall rise that will bring >> great fortune to us and our children." (In its current pubs, Daimler has >> paraphrased those words, so old Gottlieb doesn't sound quite so greedy, but >> according to automotive historian, Beverly Rae Kimes, the original copy read >> as indicated above.) >> >> In any case, by 1911, both Mercedes and the star were featured prominently >> on Daimler automobiles. >> >> This Model 50 Five Passenger, with bespoke coachwork by Maythorne & Sons, >> was purchased in London 57 years ago by Scott Isquick, who now resides in >> Pennsylvania. He and his wife are still enjoying it and have driven it about >> 65,000 miles over the years. Not bad for an old brass-era machine. >> >> The star and Mercedes: >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16218452 >> >> Mr. Isquick's Merc: >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16218532&size=lg > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
