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This show seemed a little busier and larger than previous CC shows, both of which are good things...The weather was also very cooperative, although hot...
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| The owner of this beauty told me he built it in tribute to the boardtrack racers of decades long past...It looks like it would be a hoot to ride, although I might need training wheels given my lack of directional stability... |
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| This 1938 Chevy is a perennial People's Choice winner...My friend Joe is its owner and builder...I once made the mistake of entering my Challenger in a show in which I was unfortunate enough to be parked next to this beauty...As a result, no one even looked at mine, but spent their time clustered around Joe's '38...The little figure kneeling at the left rear wheel is a "Sobbin' Sammy" doll popular in years past...Joe repurposed him into "Little Leroy" who is now permanently assigned to the chrome polishing detail... |
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| These little Austin Minis were all the rage in the western Europe of the 60's when I was there...The British had their own way of engineering...Note the placement of the radiator...There was exactly enough room under the hood for everything that made that engine work, but not a square inch more... |
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| This one is obviously someone's new project car...Other than a few scrapes and sings the body is solid and straight... |
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| The Chevy Cameo is a rare truck these days, especially in this condition...It was marketed essentially as a town truck by the manufacturer targeted toward more affluent ranchers, farmers and business owners...At the time, Chevrolet's only other pickup beds were steel stepside versions...The Cameo had a fiberglass "Fleetside" bed in addition to a large wraparound rear glass...This one has been meticulously restored, and features the added rally wheels offered on GM trucks in the 70's... |
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| When I was growing up, my favorite racecars were the gassers and fuel altereds of the day...And when I see a street rod like this early fifties Studebaker, my heart sings... |
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| This four door 2100 was Chevrolet's mid-priced entry into the burgeoning family market of the post-war era...It looks to be a fairly straight body, and judging from the blue paint underhood indicating a rebuilt 235 CID engine, it will eventually be restored to its original showroom condition... |
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| I made a good living working on these Grand Wagoneers in the '80's...They always had A/C and electrical problems, but they remained the choice of River Oaks soccer moms right into the mid-90's... |
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| Converting a truck to a unibody SUV would not be a project I would have taken on, but I hope the builder got past the foreseeable metal stress engineering problems...The paint is striking to say the least... |
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| This was a popular customizing trend in the 80's, adding Monte Carlo SS styling components to an El Camino...It still works well... |
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| This body style in a '62 Impala is another of those Chevrolets I always wanted to own, but never had the right opportunity... |
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| This '62 Chevy is actually more desirable on the market than the previous one pictured, possibly because of its rarity...It had the "bubbletop" carried over from the 1961 model year... |
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| Contrary to first glance impressions, this is an El Camino re-imagined as Raymond Loewy of Studebaker might have envisioned it in the early '50's...It's very well done... |
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| Early '60's full size Fords are fast gaining in popularity as resto street machines... |
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| This one wins the Truckman's Choice award for this show...A '35 Dodge one-ton flatbed dually, complete with popout windshield, suicide doors, stakeside panels and stacks... |
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| That is a Cummins industrial "B" engine under the hood... |
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| I particularly like the added detail of the rounded metal corners for the flatbed... |
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| Just a standard camera focal test...Nothing to see here...Keep it moving... |
