J.C. Corbett
or something.....
The show has finally kicked off. Though some said attendance would be way down due to fuel prices, I must disagree. I've been to every major spot in town in the last two days(6), and each one is packed to capacity with cars & spectators, and I'm not talking a few dozen cars. Each one has hundreds of cars on display, plus vendors out the wazzoo. People who want to be here, are here.
Each year, I'm more impressed by the quality of the cars coming here, and the change in the demographic. 15 years ago there were tons of 55-7 Chevys, Chevy powered street rods, and a few musclecars that were either leftover street machines or poorly restored examples, and let's not forget the doo-wop music. Today there's more properly restored musclecars than anything, plus plenty of tastefully modified cars representing what I would classify as "day two" cars. Original, but with period correct mods. Personally, I like this trend in cars. Ten years ago, you would've never seen a nicely restored 69 Cobra Jet Fairlane at this show, but yesterday I saw a beautiful, yet sedate green formal roof example at the kickoff show, and that's just scratching the surface of the "unusual" restored musclecars that are becoming more mainstream. On a side note, the most perfectly detailed and well built car I've yet seen was a straight axle'd 55 Chevy with a blown big block, built by some friends of mine in Oregon(they specialize in Mopars). It was big, loud, orange, unusual, and perfect in damn near every way(except for not being Chrysler powered). I'm charging the battery in my camera now, and I'll try to take pics on Thursday night for all to see.
Each year, I'm more impressed by the quality of the cars coming here, and the change in the demographic. 15 years ago there were tons of 55-7 Chevys, Chevy powered street rods, and a few musclecars that were either leftover street machines or poorly restored examples, and let's not forget the doo-wop music. Today there's more properly restored musclecars than anything, plus plenty of tastefully modified cars representing what I would classify as "day two" cars. Original, but with period correct mods. Personally, I like this trend in cars. Ten years ago, you would've never seen a nicely restored 69 Cobra Jet Fairlane at this show, but yesterday I saw a beautiful, yet sedate green formal roof example at the kickoff show, and that's just scratching the surface of the "unusual" restored musclecars that are becoming more mainstream. On a side note, the most perfectly detailed and well built car I've yet seen was a straight axle'd 55 Chevy with a blown big block, built by some friends of mine in Oregon(they specialize in Mopars). It was big, loud, orange, unusual, and perfect in damn near every way(except for not being Chrysler powered). I'm charging the battery in my camera now, and I'll try to take pics on Thursday night for all to see.
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I wrote and complained to the editor when I read that in the newspaper. I can go on & on.....