Wele to the Gay Classic Car Group
Contents:
- WHERE GAY COLLECTORS COME OUT OF THE GARAGE
- THE ARE THE TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN CARS
- THE 10 BT CARS WHICH TO GET GAY-MARRIED
- GAY CLASSIC CAR GROUP: A GROUP OF LGBTQ+ MEMBERS AS DIVERSE AS THEIR RS
- GAYS LOVE RS, AND NOW THERE’S A PLACE TO MEET AND GATHER
WHERE GAY COLLECTORS COME OUT OF THE GARAGE
JOHN MULLER driv a Uned Parcel Service tck for a livg and llects rs for fun. He rhapsodiz about his baby: a black 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham. Only 200 were built, by hand, Italy. He would love to add another to his 15-r llectn. Mr. Muller, 44, who liv the suburbs of Atlanta, do much of his rhapsodizg at meetgs of his r club, of which he is print. There is nothg particularly unual any of this, except for one thg -- Mr. Muller's club is for tomobile enthiasts who are gay. * old gay cars *
Muller's club is for tomobile enthiasts who are Car Club Internatnal is the largt anizatn by and for gay and lbian tomobile llectors, wh 2, 000 members two dozen chapters across the Uned Stat as well as one Toronto.
Although to enthiasts do not have to be gay (or even own a r) to jo Lambda, a few Lambda members have drsed drag to mp up the elegance of their classic rs.
THE ARE THE TOP 10 GAY AND LBIAN CARS
Apparently, we as a society are so wrapped up the ia of how "gay" objects, clothg styl, and activi are that we n't even leave tomobil out of ! Th, the guys at Car Talk, those te terers of r nversatn, have e up wh the: lists of the top 10 gay and lbian rs. Let's take a look,… * old gay cars *
Somethg primal beckons: a passn for rs that they did not thk other gay people is one reason why John Ball, now 70, began 1981 what was lled the Gay Old Car Owners, a group that eventually beme Lambda. Ball, a Buick votee, said he was mostly lookg for a boyiend, but he also wanted gay men to have a place where they uld talk about Ball put an advertisement Hemmgs Motor News, the perdil for r llectors. Ball, wh a lgh, lled "a sleazebag gay hotel" Atlantic Ball said Hemmgs had to stop the ad bee there was a lot of negative reactn, but the club had momentum.
THE 10 BT CARS WHICH TO GET GAY-MARRIED
The Gay Classic Car Group (GCCG), a group of 1,300 LGBTQ+ members that are as diverse as their rs, prented a wi variety of motors on their stand at the NEC Classic Car and Rtoratn Show. * old gay cars *
Even now, those who regard the meetgs simply as movable gay mixers ually drop out quickly. Buhrer Ball origally tend the club to be jt for tomobile llectors, but Lambda gradually expand to clu enthiasts who llect miature rs, r parts and tomobile lerature like Hicks was a r llector who found out about Lambda om a straight uple who had a gay iend.
Ball said the club was tryg to change Empire Regn chapter, which clus 120 members, most of them om and around New York Cy, held one of the most visible Lambda events, Autorama, near the Uned Natns durg Gay Pri Week last June. This is an opportuny for some gay people to be what they are -- r llectors.
9 to 13 Fort Lrdale, large gay and lbian r clubs clu Great Autos of Yteryear (), based Los Angel, wh about 1, 200 members, and the Freewheelers Car Club (), based San Francis.
GAY CLASSIC CAR GROUP: A GROUP OF LGBTQ+ MEMBERS AS DIVERSE AS THEIR RS
The Freewheelers Car Club (aka The San Francis Historil Automobile Society) is the olst gay (mostly) classic r club the world. Based Northern California, we host social events and monthly drive tours to var scenic statns around California. * old gay cars *
A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn F, Page 8 of the Natnal edn wh the headle: DRIVING; Where Gay Collectors Come Out of the Garage.
GAYS LOVE RS, AND NOW THERE’S A PLACE TO MEET AND GATHER
Some would say there's also a rrelatn wh Jeep Wranglers and a man's statement about his sexualy, as the Jeep Wrangler has bizarrely bee known as a 'gay' r.
The science: There’s not a lot of science volved how or why the Jeep Wrangler advertently beme a gay in, but ’s a stereotype nohels.
As one articulate blogger wrote, “I thk there’s somethg ultra-butch [about them which] jt has a lot of appeal to some gay men.