Christmas Car(d)s

 

2006:

I got in contact with a Corvette-fan, who showed some drawings of Corvettes in a forum.
I liked the comic-style of his Corvettes, and asked him to do the very first stutzy christmas-card.
So this Bearcat II was created to be the very first Stutz-Christmas-card.

2009:

In 2009, I got in contact with Ulf Marckwort, a professional in doing graphics...
This started some sort of tradition.
I'm very proud that he is willing to spend his time to create a christmas card, every year.

2009 was the year, when we saw the first Stutz Royal Guard cars in private hands. So I asked him to do one of these.

2010:

It was hard to top a Royal  Guard, so Santa got a Royale Limousine...

2011:

In 2011, Santa got a "D'Italia"-like converible.
Look at the badge...
Of course, Rudolph has to be in the pic, too.

2012:

2012 offered Santa a Victoria.
Look at the radiator mascot, and you can see that Rudolph is very proud to be the driver of VIP-Santa.
Blitzen, and the rest of the crew only take pics of Santa (look at their cameras!), no one takes pics of the Stutz...

2013:

In 2013, Ulf surprised me with this race-scene, Santa, in the first prototype, leads, but Rudolph is quite fast with the old Stutz.

2014:

In 2014, this 1978 Blackhawk was sold to Germany.
A special moment for the new owner, but also for me, because I did a 1300km trip to help the owner to get the car.
So this car made it to be the 2014 christmas-card-car.

2015:

2015 showed two Stutzes, because I was able to find these cars, owned by a famous Swiss artist, only about 40km from my home.

2016:

In 2016, a Bearcat II had to be on the christmas card. A lot of things happened around this model of Stutz.
Rudolph seems to enjoy an extra ride, while Santa is waiting to be picked up...

2017:

For 2017, Santa decided to ride a sedan, again. Difficult to say if it is a IV-Porte or a Victoria with sidepipes.
The only Victoria with sidepipes is still for sale, and in 2017 two collectors decided to add a
IV-Porte to their collections.

2018:



2018, just about one month after the "legendary" Stutz Show at Cologne,
Santa took the chance to deliver the gifts with three of the exhibited Stutzes...

2019:

2019, the restored, and repainted Duplex was sold to a collector in The Netherlands, Santa took the chance and used it as delivery car.

2020:

2 for 1, Santa added a second sled to his fleet, Rudolph still needs to learn how to wear the Corona mask correctly.

2021:

In 2021 the Oranges-Stutz found its way to Germany.

2022:

another time a 1971 Blackhawk is used by Santa (and Rudolph, of course),
but look at the stars...
finally the "Big Dipper"-constellation was changed into "Big Blackhawk"...

2023:

In 2023, I visited the old Stutz Factory in Indianapolis.
There is a Museum, displaying some old Stutzes, but also a golden 1973 Blackhawk.
So Ulf Marckwort created this christmas-picture. Rudolph is showing a Stutz logo that is hanging at the old factory.

2024:

Rudolph's team built the 2004 Stutz Spynx concept-car for Santa.
The design was created by Virgil Exner junior, for the very first Stutz Meet at Graceland,
back in 2004.
The way to celebrate the 20th anniversary.