Photos From Truckman...: 2019 Conroe Cruisers Summer Show...

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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...

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...

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...

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...

This one is obviously someone's new project car...Other than a few scrapes and sings the body is solid and straight...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This was a popular customizing trend in the 80's, adding Monte Carlo SS styling components to an El Camino...It still works well...

This body style in a '62 Impala is another of those Chevrolets I always wanted to own, but never had the right opportunity...

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...

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...

Early '60's full size Fords are fast gaining in popularity as resto street machines...

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...