Auto Ornamentation

I live in a very quaint little town called Noblesville which is about 25 miles from the very center of the city of Indianapolis. After living here for several years, it sometimes seems as though the old downtown hasn't changed over the last one hundred years or so (even though the surrounding area is being developed at a rapid rate).

There are train tracks that cut right down the middle of a main street which are actually used by a passenger train that runs throughout the summer. There's an old fashioned ice cream shop, a hardware store that sells things that you can't get anymore, there's a sketchy bar with the worlds largest shuffleboard table and a pinball game, a few antique stores, and some great restaurants.

And then there is a grand old courthouse/clock tower a la "Back to the Future" standing in the middle of it all. Sometimes I feel like I'm living on the set of Mayberry RFD or maybe like I'm in the middle of a Mellencamp song if that's even possible.

To further corroborate the anachronistic look and feel of Noblesville, a fleet of classic cars drive to the old courthouse square faithfully every Saturday throughout the summer. The owners of the cars usually pop open the trunks and the hoods in order to let casual strollers admire the design, handiwork, restoration prowess, mechanical marvelry, and the overall beauty of their classic automobiles. Personally I've really never been the mechanical handy type, and know absolutely nothing about car repair/maintenance, but I just can't seem to get over the design of these great cars. Heck, I don't even remember the make or models of most of the cars, but I do have at least a hundred snapshots of some of the fantastic details of these classics. The cars themselves are a work of art. I thought I'd share a few of my favorite pics.

So if you ever find yourself in Noblesville on a Saturday evening, make sure you head over to the courthouse square for a little peak at some old fashioned living. And make sure you come look for me, I'm about a block and a half away from it all and love to have company.




Click on the photos if you'd like to see them full size.