KC2UOZ
03-10-2011, 01:06 AM
Who here is a car person? Anyone go to any car shows?
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WB5GGX
03-10-2011, 01:25 AM
I usually make it out to a few Camaro Club shows in the Baltimore area. While I drive a Ford truck, my dream car is a '69 Camaro, and my neighbor is a big Camaro enthusiast. So, I go to the shows with him a lot.
WB2WIK
03-10-2011, 01:31 AM
I like cars but never built one or anything like that.
We do go to the L.A. Auto Show, usually. Lots of cool stuff there, some of which are only prototypes and never get released, but they're cool while they last.
When I lived back east, I went to the NYC Auto Show almost every year.
Favorite moment was getting to sit in a Lamborghini prototype they actually let visitors climb into for a couple of hours. A gorgeous Italian model was in the passenger seat. Not sure if I liked the car or the girl better, it was kind of a toss-up. If I won the Lottery, I'd take both.
We do go to the L.A. Auto Show, usually. Lots of cool stuff there, some of which are only prototypes and never get released, but they're cool while they last.
When I lived back east, I went to the NYC Auto Show almost every year.
Favorite moment was getting to sit in a Lamborghini prototype they actually let visitors climb into for a couple of hours. A gorgeous Italian model was in the passenger seat. Not sure if I liked the car or the girl better, it was kind of a toss-up. If I won the Lottery, I'd take both.
KG6MZS
03-10-2011, 01:32 AM
I usually make it out to a few Camaro Club shows in the Baltimore area. While I drive a Ford truck, my dream car is a '69 Camaro, and my neighbor is a big Camaro enthusiast. So, I go to the shows with him a lot.
My roommate in college had one. Banana yellow. His dad worked for Petersen Publishing. Used to blast down I-5 going home for the holidays. Those were the days.
My roommate in college had one. Banana yellow. His dad worked for Petersen Publishing. Used to blast down I-5 going home for the holidays. Those were the days.
KB9LXP
03-10-2011, 01:35 AM
My Son In Law has a ford ranger pick up. Nothing special unless you want to get in it. No door handles? Oh yeah, he flipped the doors so they swing opposite what normal doors do (Suicide doors) with a hing kit.
My older Brother has a 2nd year run G.T.O. Judge in near perfect condition. Just needs the original air cleaner cover.
I LOVE cars, and appreciate the work owners put in them.
Mike
My older Brother has a 2nd year run G.T.O. Judge in near perfect condition. Just needs the original air cleaner cover.
I LOVE cars, and appreciate the work owners put in them.
Mike
AD5MB
03-10-2011, 01:37 AM
wrong question
1997 Mustang 4.6L convertible
1989 351 Bronco
1973 ( Heinz ) 1776 Baja bug
1977 VW Westfalia
1980 FLH 80
1982 Mini Winnie RV
and a long train of MGBs, Camaros, vans, & Triumphs leading back to a '61 Corvair
1997 Mustang 4.6L convertible
1989 351 Bronco
1973 ( Heinz ) 1776 Baja bug
1977 VW Westfalia
1980 FLH 80
1982 Mini Winnie RV
and a long train of MGBs, Camaros, vans, & Triumphs leading back to a '61 Corvair
KG6MZS
03-10-2011, 01:40 AM
In '69 my dad bought one of these with a 427. No sane parent should ever let a teenage boy near one. My brother and I loved that car. I later blew it up and burned down the garage.
WA6MHZ
03-10-2011, 02:53 AM
Guess a 96 Town Car doesn't classify as a Collectable Classic car!
AD4DQ
03-10-2011, 02:54 AM
Who here is a car person? Anyone go to any car shows?
Im a car guy, have 2 classics, 59 Dodge and 59 T-Bird. Have been going to shows and cruise in's for the last 3 years.
Heres my T-Bird
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e117/Lokbomb/1959%20Thunderbird/DSCN1216.jpg?t=1299725822
Im a car guy, have 2 classics, 59 Dodge and 59 T-Bird. Have been going to shows and cruise in's for the last 3 years.
Heres my T-Bird
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e117/Lokbomb/1959%20Thunderbird/DSCN1216.jpg?t=1299725822
WA8FOZ
03-10-2011, 05:19 AM
[Local car shows, concourses. Lifelong car nut. Cousin was on the design team that developed the Chevy small-block in the mid-1950s. Current ride is a G37XS; previous ones included a G35, an SHO(1991), an RX7, and a Malibu police car!
That T-bird is neat. My favorite post-war is the early Toronado
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and, of course, the XK-E. My favorite classic marque is Pierce-Arrow:
That T-bird is neat. My favorite post-war is the early Toronado
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and, of course, the XK-E. My favorite classic marque is Pierce-Arrow:
N4CYA
03-10-2011, 05:23 AM
Me and my father plus my mother! Me and my father watch the car auctions such as Barret Jackson, Mecum, Chassing Classic Cars & What is my car worth. My father has a antique car builder background working on old time machines. He built in his past close to 60+ 1955 Chevy Belair 2 door hard tops for either the everyday driver use or the car auto show.
M3ONL
03-10-2011, 09:24 AM
Here is my mobile setup 60243
N1JBS
03-10-2011, 11:26 AM
Guess a 96 Town Car doesn't classify as a Collectable Classic car!
Any car that gets you to Dayton and back is a Collectable!!
Any car that gets you to Dayton and back is a Collectable!!
WA4BRL
03-10-2011, 03:20 PM
Yes indeed, I'm a car guy! I love them all. My wife and I currently have a couple of Fords, but we're not exclusively Ford people. Her car is a 1965 Mustang convertible. Mine is a 1967 F-100 short-bed pickup. We enjoy going to cruise-ins and the occasional car show, but mostly just rolling down the road enjoying the old beauties.
N0AZZ
03-10-2011, 03:28 PM
Well I guess that I am more racing bought my first new car in 1966 a Dodge with a 426 ci Hemi that's where it started. Since that time there has been so many that I lose track I have my last one built still here with extra engine, parts, transmissions more than I want to think about plus my race car trailer. I have stopped racing it for the most part got to fast for me and I know my limitations so now cruse in's and such.
It is a 1978 Malibu Wagon with a 381ci SB Dart block, Dart heads, full roller motor, 8.5-1 comp, FI w/100 pph injectors, Twin Turbo air to water inter-cooled to much to list. Everything on the wagon is setup to handle 1500 HP but with race tune only 1,278 dyno HP (117 oct fuel) all laptop tuned I also have a street tune that cuts it back to only 690 HP and pump gas. It looks like a stock wagon except for a cowl inducted fiberglass hood the rear Drag Radials are never noticed on the street.
It is a 1978 Malibu Wagon with a 381ci SB Dart block, Dart heads, full roller motor, 8.5-1 comp, FI w/100 pph injectors, Twin Turbo air to water inter-cooled to much to list. Everything on the wagon is setup to handle 1500 HP but with race tune only 1,278 dyno HP (117 oct fuel) all laptop tuned I also have a street tune that cuts it back to only 690 HP and pump gas. It looks like a stock wagon except for a cowl inducted fiberglass hood the rear Drag Radials are never noticed on the street.
WA8UEG
03-10-2011, 03:31 PM
Yep, me to but not as much as I once was. The only classic left is my TR3 which I restored about 6 years ago. I haven't taken it to a show for 3 years or so but there are classic car weekends in the Pocono's and I sometimes will attend and show it off. I don't just park it though, on nice days you will see it tooling around the mountain roads here.
WA8UEG
03-10-2011, 04:24 PM
I also have another classic, it's a 1970 Honda 350 Four not to be confused with the popular 350 two cylinder, less then a thousand 350 fours were produced in the 3 years they were made and this is may very well be the nicest original in existence. Yep, drive it all the time in the summer and with the way gas prices are going will use it even more this summer! It has about 900 miles on it.
AG3Y
03-10-2011, 04:42 PM
I would DIE for a "Boat-tailed Auburn",
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2472898710099160830SOiEyD
but of course, that is never going to happen!
My best "ride" was a '68 GTO with a 400 4 barrel, and 4 on the floor, with Hurst Shifter! That car was a real bomb !
Currently, I own a 16 year old Caddy DeVille, Gold edition, eggshell white with a canvas top. Until I got it, it had been garage kept when not being driven, and the previous owner meticulously cared for the car. I would really like to bring everything up to showroom condition on it, but that would cost more than I can spend. I do keep it running as well as I can, though, and it passed its last emissions test with flying colors. I LOVE that car!
http://rides.webshots.com/photo/2472898710099160830SOiEyD
but of course, that is never going to happen!
My best "ride" was a '68 GTO with a 400 4 barrel, and 4 on the floor, with Hurst Shifter! That car was a real bomb !
Currently, I own a 16 year old Caddy DeVille, Gold edition, eggshell white with a canvas top. Until I got it, it had been garage kept when not being driven, and the previous owner meticulously cared for the car. I would really like to bring everything up to showroom condition on it, but that would cost more than I can spend. I do keep it running as well as I can, though, and it passed its last emissions test with flying colors. I LOVE that car!
NI7I
03-10-2011, 04:49 PM
I got a ticket in my AC ACE Cobra (to differentiate fm the mustangs of latr years) for going 160 in 45 zone... I loved that car but could no longr afford to insure it. I drove it almost daily;. It was pristine but I never showed it. I would on ocasion compete in hill climbs with it.
Lee
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Lee
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VE7DQ
03-10-2011, 08:42 PM
I'm a Mopar kinda guy that has temporarily gone motorcycling. Quickest track ride was a '64 Belvedere Max Wedge car; best street ride was a new '69 Dart Swinger 340. Should never have sold either one of 'em. Presently, I have a fleet of drivers from a minghyvan to a 2G Cummins P/U. Nothing, how ever, that deserves to be in a car show.
There are 5 motorcycles in the garage; two Honda CB750s, a '79 and an '80, and an '81 CB900C, as well as a 200cc Yamaha TrailWay. The fifth bike is another CB750 parts bike. Looking to add about 5 or 6 more bikes of various breeds to the stable before I get too old to ride, then I'll get back into a decent street car, probably a '68 or '69 'A' body with a 408ci small block, as I have most of the cores. :D
The only way I can afford all this stuff is to do as much mechanical work on the fleet as I can. Fun!
There are 5 motorcycles in the garage; two Honda CB750s, a '79 and an '80, and an '81 CB900C, as well as a 200cc Yamaha TrailWay. The fifth bike is another CB750 parts bike. Looking to add about 5 or 6 more bikes of various breeds to the stable before I get too old to ride, then I'll get back into a decent street car, probably a '68 or '69 'A' body with a 408ci small block, as I have most of the cores. :D
The only way I can afford all this stuff is to do as much mechanical work on the fleet as I can. Fun!
W2AMR
03-11-2011, 09:47 AM
My 72 Chevelle SS
http://image83.webshots.com/183/6/61/29/2911661290106944598jZmnIs_ph.jpg
http://image83.webshots.com/183/6/61/29/2911661290106944598jZmnIs_ph.jpg
KC2UOZ
03-11-2011, 11:13 AM
I just sold my 07 Shelby GT500. Plan on looking at the new 2011 Saleen S302.
AD4DQ
03-11-2011, 12:40 PM
I'm a Mopar kinda guy that has temporarily gone motorcycling. Quickest track ride was a '64 Belvedere Max Wedge car; best street ride was a new '69 Dart Swinger 340. Should never have sold either one of 'em. Presently, I have a fleet of drivers from a minghyvan to a 2G Cummins P/U. Nothing, how ever, that deserves to be in a car show.
There are 5 motorcycles in the garage; two Honda CB750s, a '79 and an '80, and an '81 CB900C, as well as a 200cc Yamaha TrailWay. The fifth bike is another CB750 parts bike. Looking to add about 5 or 6 more bikes of various breeds to the stable before I get too old to ride, then I'll get back into a decent street car, probably a '68 or '69 'A' body with a 408ci small block, as I have most of the cores. :D
The only way I can afford all this stuff is to do as much mechanical work on the fleet as I can. Fun!
Mopar guy huh..... check out this old Mopar.... shes a 59 Dodge, only 4000 4 door Hardtops were made in 59. She has a freshly rebuilt 383 under the hood, 400HP with just barely 2K miles on her. Im working on a 413 now and will drop that in in the fall.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e117/Lokbomb/Sideshot.jpg
There are 5 motorcycles in the garage; two Honda CB750s, a '79 and an '80, and an '81 CB900C, as well as a 200cc Yamaha TrailWay. The fifth bike is another CB750 parts bike. Looking to add about 5 or 6 more bikes of various breeds to the stable before I get too old to ride, then I'll get back into a decent street car, probably a '68 or '69 'A' body with a 408ci small block, as I have most of the cores. :D
The only way I can afford all this stuff is to do as much mechanical work on the fleet as I can. Fun!
Mopar guy huh..... check out this old Mopar.... shes a 59 Dodge, only 4000 4 door Hardtops were made in 59. She has a freshly rebuilt 383 under the hood, 400HP with just barely 2K miles on her. Im working on a 413 now and will drop that in in the fall.
http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e117/Lokbomb/Sideshot.jpg
W2AMR
03-11-2011, 08:28 PM
My 72 Chevelle SS
http://image83.webshots.com/183/6/61/29/2911661290106944598jZmnIs_ph.jpg
Maybe this will work
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/188278_186351168069661_100000843376624_422802_5589 969_n.jpg
http://image83.webshots.com/183/6/61/29/2911661290106944598jZmnIs_ph.jpg
Maybe this will work
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/188278_186351168069661_100000843376624_422802_5589 969_n.jpg
WA4BRL
03-12-2011, 12:42 AM
Here's WB4YPD on her 1968 Buick Skylark (same body as a Chevelle) circa 1974.
http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o354/wa4brl/Faye/z-Faye1974.jpg
http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o354/wa4brl/Faye/z-Faye1974.jpg
W7KKK
03-12-2011, 11:19 PM
Wow, very nice TR-3. I had a 1959 that I rolled in 1962. What a way to destroy my first car!
I loved it though! I replaced it later when I could afford it with an Austin Healy 3000.
Yep, me to but not as much as I once was. The only classic left is my TR3 which I restored about 6 years ago. I haven't taken it to a show for 3 years or so but there are classic car weekends in the Pocono's and I sometimes will attend and show it off. I don't just park it though, on nice days you will see it tooling around the mountain roads here.
I loved it though! I replaced it later when I could afford it with an Austin Healy 3000.
Yep, me to but not as much as I once was. The only classic left is my TR3 which I restored about 6 years ago. I haven't taken it to a show for 3 years or so but there are classic car weekends in the Pocono's and I sometimes will attend and show it off. I don't just park it though, on nice days you will see it tooling around the mountain roads here.
KB0YYO
03-14-2011, 04:53 PM
I think my all time favorite was my 67 GTO. A blue so dark it looked black and a touch of metal flake in it.
It was fast, comfortable bucket seats and the stereo was fantastic. Close runner up was the 57 Triumph with two tops. Tri carbs and manual tranny. Loved that car. man down the street wanted to buy it for his son and he had an incurable disease. I sold it and two weeks later the son killed himself in it. Rolled it. That was hard to do in that low slung sport car. My brother in law had 67 GTO with tripower. I could stay with him until his 3rd carb opened up about 80mph and then he was gone. Believe it or not I traded that GTO for a VW bus.
Later I bought a 67 Buick GS 400 set up really close to the GTO in equipment. Cops did not like it tho. whole different story.
It was fast, comfortable bucket seats and the stereo was fantastic. Close runner up was the 57 Triumph with two tops. Tri carbs and manual tranny. Loved that car. man down the street wanted to buy it for his son and he had an incurable disease. I sold it and two weeks later the son killed himself in it. Rolled it. That was hard to do in that low slung sport car. My brother in law had 67 GTO with tripower. I could stay with him until his 3rd carb opened up about 80mph and then he was gone. Believe it or not I traded that GTO for a VW bus.
Later I bought a 67 Buick GS 400 set up really close to the GTO in equipment. Cops did not like it tho. whole different story.
WA4BRL
03-14-2011, 07:20 PM
Ooh, I love those GTOs. I'm partial to Fords (my wife and I have a 1965 Mustang and a 1967 F-100) but I love all beautiful cars. A close friend and fellow ham had a bright red '66 GTO in high school. Boy I envied him for that car. I think the '67 GTOs are a little prettier, mainly due to the grill. I dream of owning a red '66 coupe and a blue 67 convertible. I can dwell in that particular dream for long periods of time with a satisfied smile on my face, and maybe a little drool. Aren't dreams great!
http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o354/wa4brl/HS-show.jpg
WB4YPD's Mustang
http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o354/wa4brl/1967%20F-100/67_F-100_A_low.jpg
My Truck
http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o354/wa4brl/HS-show.jpg
WB4YPD's Mustang
http://i340.photobucket.com/albums/o354/wa4brl/1967%20F-100/67_F-100_A_low.jpg
My Truck
WA8UEG
03-14-2011, 09:00 PM
Wow, very nice TR-3. I had a 1959 that I rolled in 1962. What a way to destroy my first car!
I loved it though! I replaced it later when I could afford it with an Austin Healy 3000.
Thanks, I had a TR3 in high school and even back then the floor boards were rusted and I had to replace them, the side curtains were bad and the top leaked, the interior was a mess. I decided to make this one like it just came off the showroom floor. I had some of it re chromed but most was all new parts off the original tools, I rebuilt the instruments and the interior my wife and I did over a winter (mostly my wife). The "big" Healy was quite a machine. I had both the 100-6 which was the predessor and had side curtains and the 3000, I owned the 100-6 around 1969 and the 3000 in 85. I don't see 100-6's around their probably worth a small fortune today!!! Oh but now you got me thinking about a 3000, wonder if I can find a fixer upper! :rolleyes: Your fault you can tell my wife!:)
I loved it though! I replaced it later when I could afford it with an Austin Healy 3000.
Thanks, I had a TR3 in high school and even back then the floor boards were rusted and I had to replace them, the side curtains were bad and the top leaked, the interior was a mess. I decided to make this one like it just came off the showroom floor. I had some of it re chromed but most was all new parts off the original tools, I rebuilt the instruments and the interior my wife and I did over a winter (mostly my wife). The "big" Healy was quite a machine. I had both the 100-6 which was the predessor and had side curtains and the 3000, I owned the 100-6 around 1969 and the 3000 in 85. I don't see 100-6's around their probably worth a small fortune today!!! Oh but now you got me thinking about a 3000, wonder if I can find a fixer upper! :rolleyes: Your fault you can tell my wife!:)
N0WYO
03-14-2011, 09:27 PM
This isn't the picture I took of my '69 pickup. I can't seem to find it anywhere, although I know I have it. I fixed it up and sold it a couple years ago. I'm looking for something else to tinker with now.
60543
I still have the old dually, and it's in fair shape. I haven't had the money to do much more than keep it running. The heavy duty bumpers were home made. sorta makes it look like something out of Mad Max.
60544
60543
I still have the old dually, and it's in fair shape. I haven't had the money to do much more than keep it running. The heavy duty bumpers were home made. sorta makes it look like something out of Mad Max.
60544
KI6DCB
03-15-2011, 02:09 PM
I had a Honda 350-4 back in the late 1980's -- mine was red. Nice little bike, smooth engine, but I cut my teeth on two-stroke triples and Z-1's 'way back in the early 1970's; those will put hair on your, uh, chest, and, if you already have it, they will make it curl. My favorite motorcycles of all time -- so far -- are the CBX six-cylinder machines from Honda (had several) and Kawasaki's incredible ZG-14 (getting one soon). I have also had about a dozen Kawasaki Z-1's from stock to a 1326-cc monster that had no business on this planet. I presently ride a Harley-Davidson, but the ZG-14 Concours is on another plane altogether.
Cars? CARS? Let's talk cars! I have owned over a hundred vehicles, some good, some great, most boring, a few execrable, and I now own an auto repair facility where I see all sorts of cars every day. My daily drivers are a military XM-811 5-ton gullwing (see avatar) and a 1994 Jaguar XJ-12 (last year of the V-12 engine) with a 300-hp shot of nitrous oxide. I used to race a small-block Mopar; it was my "street" car and ran high-10's when the Pro Stock guys were in the 9's (For the record, Sonny Bryant (of crankshaft fame -- look him up!) is my cousin, and I used to crew for him.). It was, indeed, a fast car. My dream auto is a Ferrari 275 GTB-4 NART Spyder, or, failing that, a coupe. I might also pick up another Honda 350-4; cheap to operate as long as one can do his own maintenance and repairs, and gasoline isn't getting any cheaper. I wish I had bought the Ferrari in 1968; Chinetti couldn't give 'em away, and they are now worth as much as England's Crown Jewels.
Cars? CARS? Let's talk cars! I have owned over a hundred vehicles, some good, some great, most boring, a few execrable, and I now own an auto repair facility where I see all sorts of cars every day. My daily drivers are a military XM-811 5-ton gullwing (see avatar) and a 1994 Jaguar XJ-12 (last year of the V-12 engine) with a 300-hp shot of nitrous oxide. I used to race a small-block Mopar; it was my "street" car and ran high-10's when the Pro Stock guys were in the 9's (For the record, Sonny Bryant (of crankshaft fame -- look him up!) is my cousin, and I used to crew for him.). It was, indeed, a fast car. My dream auto is a Ferrari 275 GTB-4 NART Spyder, or, failing that, a coupe. I might also pick up another Honda 350-4; cheap to operate as long as one can do his own maintenance and repairs, and gasoline isn't getting any cheaper. I wish I had bought the Ferrari in 1968; Chinetti couldn't give 'em away, and they are now worth as much as England's Crown Jewels.
