The show was part of the Fall Festival held in town each year to give local vendors a chance to hawk their wares. Performers also get to strut their stuff periodically throughout the day,...But the reason I show up each year is for the car show. Three blocks of Main Street were blocked off so participants could show their beauties to the admiring public..
This is a 1933 Ford 3-window coupe, and was clean enough to eat off of.. 350 Chevy V8 engine with air conditioning. Just another way of being cool while motoring in this super looking ride.
1949 Buick Roadmaster.. I haven't seen this car in any of the shows for a while, but it has been in the past. Multi-colored paint job demands your attention and those 4 port holes in the front fender would become a trademark for this model of Buick.
This is a 1940 Chevrolet, also with a 350 V8 engine. Check out the automatic transmission... a feature unheard of in 1940. The interior is also spectacular and I had to include it so you could be as impressed as I was. Note the Chevrolet emblem on the door panels.
1941 Ford Woodie.. In their time they were known as station wagons, but because of the real wood used on the sides they all became known as 'Woodies.' Thats the owner sitting behind it and I didn't want to get too close to check if it was real wood or a vinyl substitute. This particular car had the original 85 horsepower flathead V8 engine.
1961 Chevrolet Bel-Air with a super paint job. Most of the enthusiast of this year always go for the Impala, but I have always thought the Bel-Air was a better looking model.. and that goes for 1962 also. Under the hood this car featured a 348 engine to go along with the 4-speed transmission.
1963 and a half Ford fastback.. Ford introduced this model midway through the production year at the request of NASCAR. The vertical rear window was creating too much drag at high speeds and the sloped rear window eliminated that problem. This car had its original 406 cubic inch engine.
1930 Ford Model A Roadster and just about original in all aspects...down to the ooogah horn below the driver's side headlight. Check those authentic spoke wheels, painted bright orange to grab your attention. This one had the rumble seat and the upholstery job was simply super.
1937 Chevrolet Coupe and an excellent example of what a street rod is suppose to look like. The owner lives in Southern Oklahoma and has brought this car to our shows in the past, and we are the winners for it..The Chevy V8 powers this coupe down the highway with the best of them.. and needless to say, the interior is also immaculate.
1956 Pontiac Sport Coupe.. Really a clean example of that year and you can see the resemblance of the Chevrolet sister car in the lines along the side. If you look close you can see a small V8 emblem on the front fender....
A 389 cubic inch engine with two 4-barrel carburetors definitely did not come in this beauty in 1956. This is the engine that made the Pontiac GTO a terror on the streets in the mid and late 1960's. Note the generator instead of an alternator. Very clean car !
I'll close with this one... a 1923 Ford T-Bucket Roadster that always looks good.. and like most good Fords, it has a Chevy engine. Leaf spring front end is a good touch...as is the diamond-plate firewall behind the engine. This is a well presented car.
Nice clean interior showcasing the automatic transmission. I like the script "Hotrod" on the dash, just in case there was any question.
My brother's hotrods and race cars were always painted in his beloved 'Passion Purple' and I know he would have loved this roadster..
The weather was great for today's events.. The cloud cover kept us from being fried to a crisp and the temperature was around 80 degrees.. Now if we could only duplicate that in the future.. Thanks to all who brought their works-of-art out to be viewed. I wish I could have shown more, but time and space prevent it.
