Bob Baker customer appreciation day annual car show for 2012

 I noticed there are 2 clocks. On the far right and in the center of the dash

 That's the interior light.. this car was made before electric lights in the ceiling were standard equipment

 Great ashtray

 interesting trailer

 interesting paint scheme

 optional or aftermarket gas tank. Not very common, but very cool

 very cool clock and radio

 no idea why this is on a bug... but I don't see these very often

 Not very good gas mileage for a brand new car. Interesting take on the original looks of the beetle

for a couple galleries of last years show http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/cool-all-vw-spring-festival-at-bob.html 

http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2011/05/bugs-things-and-notchbacks-at-bob.html these aren't all the coverage, but if you want to see all of last years, you'll be the first to ask for that, no one else has. So until I get a request I'm not going to track them all down and tag them

For another gallery from another blogger, check out http://blog.greenlaker.com/2012/05/bob-baker-vw-show.html !

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beautiful Ghia Special Alfa Romeo, svelte might be the right word for it

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1955 Streamline Ghia X, noted as one of the top 10 most significant show cars

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the 1953 Cadillac series 62, rebodied by Ghia and given to Rita Hayworth, by the richest man in the world at the time

above images from http://onlycarsandcars.blogspot.com/
gorgeous car, Prince Aly Khan (Shia Muslim of the Ismailis) is said to have been the world's richest who gifted this to Rita, he was her 3rd husband and a Pakistan national, Orson Welles was her 2nd. She was married to Khan for 2 years before his affairs with other women forced her to file for divorce.

Her daughter is Princess Yasmin Aga Khan. Cool name. Khan immediately became engaged to Gene Tierney. Due to all the wrecked marriages, and I speculate the dishonor to his family, he was passed over for the Imam position that his family held for the past 1300 years, the only eldest son ever passed over, and his son, a Harvard student inherited from the grandfather.

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