She's My Little Deuce Coupe...

More than 1,300 vintage cars were in town last weekend for Northwest Deuce Days.

650 of them were Deuce Coupes making this the largest gathering of 1932 Fords anywhere in the world. The rest of the cars were various models all built before 1951. As you might guess, I've got a photo or two to show you!

Ford built 15 different models in 1932. Of course I learned this after the show. If I had known in advance I might have made a point of trying to capture all the different models but instead my selections were pretty random, and mostly based on splashy paint jobs.

The crowds were huge. Something like 100,000 people came out over the weekend. They closed down several streets for the main event which was yesterday.

It's tough getting good shots in a crowd but now and then there is a moment with nobody blocking your view.

One thing that struck me is how heavily modified most of these cars are. I wonder what the original owner would have thought of this?

These cars are 87 years old... just think about that for a moment. Here's something that looks much closer to original. Do you think this colour scheme would have been available then?

I took a lot of shots on Saturday before the main event because I knew the crowds and the heat would get to me pretty quickly on Sunday. I actually much prefer to capture these vintage cars in their natural environment... cruising on Saturday night!

An 87 year old car... what do you think, original owners? Naw couldn't be. Maybe the grandkids of those original owners. I wish they'd speed up but there was too much traffic.

So picture me, running up and down the sidewalk, looking for spaces in the traffic. Whenever an opening of a few car lengths would appear, I'd stop and wait for the next car to rev its engine and speed up for a few feet, giving me a chance to pan with the car and create this background blur.

Faster would have been better, but this was fun!

All photos taken by me, @keithboone in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

I'll leave you with the soundtrack for this post, enjoy!