"Historic Motorcars of Cleveland"and Bizzarrini sports cars
In 2010 the Glenmoor Gathering will
recognize not one automobile, but a large
group of them—“The Historic Motorcars of Cleveland”—automobiles built in Cleveland,
Ohio,a
city that once rivaled Detroit as a center for automobile manufacturing.
Among the Cleveland-built automobiles on
display will be famous makes such as Peerless, White, Winton and Stearns-Knight
as well as unique and memorable makes such as Templar, Chandler, Owen Magnetic
and Jordan.Two of the best-known and
most popular electric automobiles were built in Cleveland—Rauch & Lang and
Baker.
For those with a passion for horsepower and
European design the 2010 Gathering will recognize the talents of Italian
designer Giotto Bizzarrini by displaying examples of some of his finest
automobile designs. Bizzarrini’s 50+
year career included not only design and production of the Bizzarrini sports
car but design work on the Iso Rivolta, Iso Grifo and Ferrari 250 GTO.
The 2010
Gathering will also feature Italian “Super-Bikes,” such as those built by
Aprilia, Benelli, Bimota, Ducati, Moto-Guzzi, and MV-Agusta from the 1960's to
present. (Europeans place motorcycle racing on par with Formula-One. Ducatis'
Desmosedici GP-9 with V-4 configuration produces more than 230 hp @ 17,000 RPM—equalling
top speeds over 216 mph).
And,
there’ll be the usual great American and European antique and classic
automobiles—plus a few surprises—that spectators have come to expect at the
annual Gathering.
The 2010 poster artwork will feature a
unique American Classics: a one-off 1932 Peerless Sixteen sedan by Murphy, from
the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum.
The 2010 poster artist is Ken Dallison of Mississaugua, Ontario. During his 50-year career, he has created elegant images for such prominent clients as Esquire, National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, Car and Driver, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, and IBM. A founder of the Automotive Fine Arts Society, he studied art at Twickenham Art College and began his professional career in a London advertising agency. His interest in the artistry of automobiles inspired him to create a portfolio filled with studies of trains, buses, and cars.
Automotive art by a variety of artists will be displayed and on sale throughout the weekend and several automotive authors will be signing their books.
The 2010 weekend activities will again include a countryside tour, cocktail party and gala dinner, cooking demonstrations, a Junior Judges' program and other family activities.
Sharing in the proceeds from the annual event will be Mercy Medical Center of Canton, its Emergency Department Expansion and Renovation project, and University Hospital Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital.
Plan to join us September 17-19.
For more information on the 2010 concours and weekend schedule, please call (330) 966-3600.
1967 Bizzarini P538 roadster owned by Van Horneff; one of special grouping of these legendary Italian sports cars on display in 2010.
The Cleveland-built Jordan automobile featured some of
the most innovative advertising of the 1920s such as this advertisement created by company president Ned Jordan.
Among the many well-known makes of cars built in Cleveland were two electric cars-the Rauch & Lang and the Baker Electric, shown here. Electric cars were especially popular with female drivers since the cars were easy to start, quiet and weren’t smelly, like the internal
