Pilgrimage adds some horsepower

Published 11:49 pm Tuesday, March 15, 2011

The Selma Pilgrimage is not just about houses, décor and museums. This year, the annual event brings together a few items that will get every antique car enthusiast’s blood pumping. Saturday’s scheduled car show, which will be held at Heritage Village, adjacent to Sturdivant Hall, is a car collector’s dream come true. -- Submitted

The Selma Pilgrimage is not just about houses, décor and museums. This year, the annual event brings together a few items that will get every antique car enthusiast’s blood pumping.

Saturday’s scheduled car show, which will be held at Heritage Village, adjacent to Sturdivant Hall, is a car collector’s dream come true.

From 10 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., visitors can view a variety of cars from the 20th century and models representing each period will be on hand to give a brief history of the cars.

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“Every year gets better,” Maggie Davies, chairperson for the event, said. “We don’t know what cars will be shown until the day of the show. This year we will have a 1965 restored Ford Thunderbird and a 1947 Allard, which is extremely rare.

“We’ll have a 1920s flapper, a 1960s hippie and a 1950s pink lady from the movie Grease to name a few,” Davies said. “White Force Cottage will sell lunches as well.”

Built in 1947 and used by the championship racer, Sydney Allard, the Steyr-Allard looks similar to a 1937 Ford Sedan. At a 2009 auction in Scottsdale, Ariz., it was sold for more than $203,500.

David Davies, co-chairperson of the event, said the show is a time for the public to take their time and enjoy looking at the cars.

“Right now we have five cars total,” David said. “These cars are high in value and many people want to come out and see just how the cars were built back then to how they are now.”

The event is free of charge. For more information on this event and others at this year’s Pilgrimage, contact Maggie at 327-0692.