The 2011 running of the Hagley Car Show was held on Sept. 18. This event in Wilmington, Delaware, is held annually at the Hagley Estate, the ancestral home of the DuPont family and the birthplace of their chemical empire. For 2011, the "featured vehicles" were automobiles with rumble seats, mostly from the 1920s and 1930s, with the oldest one being a 1907 Morse. Most of the cars were superb, including a surprising Triumph (U.K.). All in all, this special gathering of rumble-seat cars was impressive and an absolute treat.

This gallery is my first of two on the 2011 Hagley Car Show, which was made up of about 500 automobiles of nearly all types.

I used a Nikon D300 with an 18-200mm Nikkor VR zoom lens to shoot the photos in this gallery. Note that the images and other content here are protected by copyright laws. All rights are reserved. Unauthorized use, copying, printing or direct linking is prohibited.

>>> CLICK ON A THUMBNAIL PHOTO TO ENLARGE IT, AFTER WHICH YOU CAN MANUALLY GO FORWARD OR BACKWARD TO THE OTHER IMAGES IN THIS GALLERY. THE PICTURES HERE CAN ALSO BE VIEWED AS A SELF-ADVANCING SLIDESHOW, BUT MINUS THE TECHNICAL AND OTHER DETAILS. SEE THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THIS WINDOW. HAPPY VIEWING! <<<