Minden, Nebraska, hosted a car show around the town square this weekend, and it was a beautiful setting for the gathered classics. Minden is the county seat for the area in which my family homesteaded after immigrating from Germany in the late 1800s, and it has a stately courthouse, a beautifully restored 1891 opera house and other interesting architecture. The gorgeous automobiles posed in front of the buildings just make them look that much better!

1936 Ford with the Kearney County Courthouse in the background. This picture doesn’t do justice to the deep burgundy paint job!

1949 Mercury with suicide doors (courthouse in the background).

1976 Bronco in front of the “Clearman” building.

1964 Chevelle camped out in front of the Opera House.

This 1936 Dodge four-door sedan was hands down my favorite entry. In ’36, the Dodge was powered by an 87-hp six-cylinder L-head and was touted as “The Beauty Winner of 1936.”

In December of 1935, Henry Ford was urging people to give their families a new Ford V-8 for Christmas. Can you imagine finding a ’36 Ford with a big red bow on the driveway Christmas morning?

They called it “The Greatest Ford That Ford Ever Built,” an automobile with everything you could wish for including beauty, safety, comfort, V-8 smoothness, speed, power, dependability and economy of operation.

It was a gorgeous car with fat fenders and a distinctive, 1936-only grille with vertical bars:

The V-8 engine had 221-cubic inches and 85 horsepower. Ford advertised that no breaking in was required, claiming you could drive it 60 miles an hour the day you bought it, and, after the first 100 miles, “as fast as you desire.”

Ford also described it as “the car that does all things easily, ” meaning that It drove easily because it had speed, power and acceleration and responded to your touch “like a well-trained horse”. It was also easy on the pocketbook with prices starting at $510.

A ’36 Ford is getting harder to find, not to mention afford, but it would still make a terrific Christmas present (if you really, really love someone).

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Classics Around the Courthouse Square

All I Want For Christmas . . . Is a 1936 Ford

In December of 1935, Henry Ford was urging people to give their families a new Ford V-8 for Christmas. Can you imagine finding a ’36 Ford with a big red bow on the driveway Christmas morning?

They called it “The Greatest Ford That Ford Ever Built,” an automobile with everything you could wish for including beauty, safety, comfort, V-8 smoothness, speed, power, dependability and economy of operation.

It was a gorgeous car with fat fenders and a distinctive, 1936-only grille with vertical bars:

The V-8 engine had 221-cubic inches and 85 horsepower. Ford advertised that no breaking in was required, claiming you could drive it 60 miles an hour the day you bought it, and, after the first 100 miles, “as fast as you desire.”

Ford also described it as “the car that does all things easily, ” meaning that It drove easily because it had speed, power and acceleration and responded to your touch “like a well-trained horse”. It was also easy on the pocketbook with prices starting at $510.

A ’36 Ford is getting harder to find, not to mention afford, but it would still make a terrific Christmas present (if you really, really love someone).

Merry Christmas!

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In December of 1935, Henry Ford was urging people to give their families a new Ford V-8 for Christmas. Can you imagine finding a ’36 Ford with a big red bow on the driveway Christmas morning?

They called it “The Greatest Ford That Ford Ever Built,” an automobile with everything you could wish for including beauty, safety, comfort, V-8 smoothness, speed, power, dependability and economy of operation.

It was a gorgeous car with fat fenders and a distinctive, 1936-only grille with vertical bars:

The V-8 engine had 221-cubic inches and 85 horsepower. Ford advertised that no breaking in was required, claiming you could drive it 60 miles an hour the day you bought it, and, after the first 100 miles, “as fast as you desire.”

Ford also described it as “the car that does all things easily, ” meaning that It drove easily because it had speed, power and acceleration and responded to your touch “like a well-trained horse”. It was also easy on the pocketbook with prices starting at $510.

A ’36 Ford is getting harder to find, not to mention afford, but it would still make a terrific Christmas present (if you really, really love someone).

Merry Christmas!

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