Old Sturbridge Village set to sponsor vintage vehicle showDate: 6/10/2016 STURBRIDGE – Vintage vehicles spanning more than 50 years of transportation history will roll into Old Sturbridge Village on June 11 as the museum celebrates its annual Antique Car Rally. More than 100 antique cars will be on display during the day. The highlight of the event is the grand procession of antique vehicles through the Village at 3:30 p.m. For information, visit www.osv.org or call 800-SEE-1830. The Antique Car Rally is generously sponsored by C&R Tire of Sturbridge and Worcester.
Vintage autos on display on Saturday, June 11 will include a 1912 Stanley “Steamer”; 1912 Reo Demi-Tonneau; 1912 Buick “28” Roadster; 1922 Hupmobile Touring; 1926 Dodge Brothers; 1930 Nash 48 Twin-Ignition Six; 1930 Ford Roadster; 1931 Packard; 1932 Buick Special; 1941 Cadillac Sedan; 1941 Cadillac 4-door Sedan; and scores of antique Fords from 1913 through the 1930s, including a 1930 Ford Cabriolet.
Celebrating its 70th Anniversary in 2016, The Village first opened to the public on June 8, 1946, and thus the Antique Car Rally features vehicles made in 1946 and earlier, in honor of the museum's early car-touring heritage. C&R Tire was servicing vehicles of this era back in 1946, when they too opened their doors in Worcester.
James T. W. Wheary, the great-grandson of the famous automotive executive Charles W. Nash (1864-1948), will give an illustrated lecture at 1:30 p.m. entitled “The History of Charles W. Nash and Nash Motors: The Greatest Rags to Riches Story in American Automobile History.” Charles W. Nash founded Nash Motors in Kenosha, Wisconsin, in 1916, which was later merged into Nash-Kelvinator, and then merged with the Hudson Motor Company in 1954, which was the largest corporate merger in U.S. history at the time. This led to the creation of the American Motors Corporation. Wheary is a retired business executive formerly with Goldman, Sachs & Company in New York, NY, and now resides in Gurnee, IL.
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