My parade cars: Continuation

Very cool idea and models. 

A parade must have music and I recall seeing a Mummers Parade in my youth as folks from Philadelphia would be familiar with them.  Link here to some history. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mummers_Parade

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Loreena McKennitt Has some historic parade footage in here video (no cars though)

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=qxTpvA-pUG0

A nice subcollection David. I am beginning to restrict my parade limos, but have quite a few of QE II's cars.

Who doesn't love a parade?  Well, maybe those who have to clean up later.  Here are some more that I have accumulated, offered without editorial comment or evaluation as to the worthiness of the individuals (real or imagined) involved.

Hitler & Mussolini applaud each other in a 1937 Mercedes Benz cabriolet, 1:43 by RIO (Italy).

President Dwight D. Eisenhower waves from a 1953 Cadillac Eldorado, 1:43 by Vitesse (Portugal).

Charles De Gaulle salutes from a Citroen DS 19 1956 Berlina, 1:43 by RIO (Italy).

James Bond (or actor Roger Moore) in Hispano Suiza, 1:43 by Universal Hobbies (China).

I have some more that I will add later, but please add your own.  Who can resist a good parade?   David H  

This would make a good model for your parade.

🎶 If I may another tune for your parade

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iXH-durvr18

These have been in no special order, and that continues.  Here are the last of my parade cars:

Presidents John F. Kennedy (U.S.A.) and Konrad Adenaur (Germany) in Germany's Mercedes Benz 300d open limousine.  1:43 model by RIO (Italy).

1955 CADILLAC Series 62 convertible, modified, 1:43 by NOREV.  

  Originally owned by the Belgian Royal Family, belonging to King Leopold III and his second wife, Princess Lilian. The clear roof was constructed by a Belgian firm. This parade car participated in the opening of the Atomium in 1958; the marriage in Brussels of Prince Albert and Princess Paola in 1959; King Baudouin's return from the USA in 1959; and King Baudouin's marriage in Brussels to Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón in 1960. Newsreel footage showing the Cadillac participating in these momentous events may be found online.  The clear roof was made and affixed in Belgium. Using pictures from that period, I decorated this model as it was during the wedding of Prince Albert and Princess Paola, including the three figures.

1960 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL PRESIDENTIAL PARADE VEHICLE “X-100”, 1:43, Paul’s Model Art – MINICHAMPS (China) 

The SS-100-X presidential car (the Lincoln’s Secret Service code name) in which JFK was killed began assembly at the Lincoln plant in Wixom, Mich. in January 1961. Hess & Eisenhardt of Cincinnati, Ohio, was responsible for the special “limousine” conversion, although the SS-100-X is more accurately described as a “parade car.” It could be transformed from a four-door convertible into a semi-closed or full-closed car with several detachable protective bullet-resistant canopies and roofs. The well-known professional car builder chopped the factory-built Lincoln four-door convertible in half, reinforcing it and extending it 3-1/2 feet. Many other modifications were planned by Ford and by Hess & Eisenhardt, with both companies sharing engineering responsibilities. The White House introduced the car to the public in June 1961. The car was registered to Ford and the automaker leased it to the Secret Service for the nominal price of $500 per year.   (source:  https://www.oldcarsweekly.com/news/ss-100-x-lincoln-became-part-history-jfk-tragedyr)

Several years ago, when first introduced, this model became somewhat controversial when a children's protection group protested that it was not suitable as a child's toy.  

2009 PRESIDENTIAL Limousine, with Barack and Michelle Obama, by Luxury Diecast, 1:43.  Figures with these cars is a prerequisite for inclusion in my little "Parade Cars" collection.  While I have other presidential limousines, the figures are not as common.  These were made by Preiser in 1:43 scale and I added them to the original base.

I have enjoyed sharing my parade.  Enjoy!   David H  

   Here is a source for information on the controversy:

http://fantasticjournal.blogspot.com/2008/07/143-scale-atrocity-exhibition.html

For controversy, how about these four (Hitler, Goering, Kaiser Wilhelm, and Franco)? I also have the Hirohito M-B 770K.

I'm still waiting for Archduke Ferdinand's Austro-Daimler.

Beautiful models, Harv.  And since there are no figures in them, it's easier to admire them as classic automobiles of that era.  Well, the Grosser Mercedes does have those flags.  Great models!  But since I can't find a model of the Austro-Daimler, I found a couple of photographs, including the actual car in a modern museum.

The car is now in the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum, Vienna, Austria.  

Here is a review I found, just in case you want to visit. "This is a very good museum, but you do need to get an audio guide in English (unless you speak German). It would be difficult to know what you are looking at, without one. The pride of the collection is the magnificent car in which Franz Ferdinand was riding when he was assassinated, thus sparking off world war 1. It is in a wonderful state of preservation, complete with bullet hole in the door. A must see for military history buffs."

Woodrow Wilson museum in Staunton VA is a good take.  His car is on display there

Good choice, Frank!   I spent some time several years ago admiring and photographing this fine Pierce Arrow in its museum location.  Lost in time was the second body, an open phaeton for summer driving.  I remember reading that the Wilsons' chauffeur would drive to the Pierce Arrow plant (Buffalo, NY) every spring and fall to have the bodies exchanged.  I think this would be an excellent product for one of our 1:43 manufacturers to offer.  I just read a fine article on this car at

https://richmond.com/lohmann-woodrow-wilsons-99-year-old-limo-came-to-richmond-and-we-went-for-a/article_0001bfe2-c171-5aec-97e8-b1b56a969823.html

Enjoy!  David H