Old Cars on Display at Denison Car Show

       If you have been keeping up with my blog,..then you know by now that I am a car nut and have a love for 'older cars.'  Everything produced in the last ten years can be hard to identify because basically they all look alike. That was not the case when I was growing up. Every Fall we use to hang out at car dealerships to get the first glimpse of the new models arriving so we could brag to our buddies...

      This was the first car to attract my eye when I arrived downtown. It is a 1964 Ford Fairlane.. Back in the mid 1960's I had a Corvette and one of my best buddies had a '65 Ford Fairlane with a high performance 289 engine in it.. We raced at Cedar Hill Drag Strip many times without my Vette ever winning. Needless to say, I have a grudge against Ford Fairlanes.

    1934 Ford 2-door sedan...and the favorite car of Clyde Barrow (Bonnie & Clyde). Clyde even wrote a letter to the Ford Motor Company thanking them for such a fast car that allowed him to escape the police back in the day. This one was really clean inside and out.

      1946 Chevrolet Coupe.. This car was also clean enough to eat off of.. Powered by 350 Chevy V8 engine and also equipped with air conditioning. 

      1957 Chevrolet Corvette... This is about the time that Corvette's started to really be considered sports cars. The earlier ones were just for show without any power.. This one has two 4-barrel carburetors feeding a Chevy shortblock.

      Another 1934 Ford... but this one is a 3-window Coupe! Really a clean car and I believe it is a local car as I have seen it in other shows recently. The interior was as nice as the exterior and the owner has obviously put a lot of work and money into this car. 

      1938 Pontiac 5-window Coupe... I'll admit I was thrown for a loss on this one.. I knew it was not a Chevy or Oldsmobile but I had to walk right up to it to solve the mystery. Really a clean car and as you can see by the interior, a lot went into the detail of this fine ride.

       1940 Chevrolet Coupe... I have seen this car many times and it drove past my house this morning on the way to this car show. I love the detail and how the two-tone paint is something out of the norm. The dash retains a lot of the original gauges and I love the way the top of the dash and the window sticks have been painted.
The 1940 Ford Coupe is one of my all-time classics,..but the 1940 and 1941 Chevrolet Coupes are not far behind.

      1955 Ford Victoria... Another local car but still a good looker. Owner told me he and his wife had just returned from a trip to Tennessee in this car. Ran like a top without a single problem. The original 292 engine has been replaced with a current 302 to eliminate any parts problems.

       1933 Ford Coupe...  Okay I'll admit it... I thought this was the cream of the crop at today's show...therefore it rates 3 photos instead of just 2.. The paint job looked like it was inches thick and the interior shows a lot of originality.. Air conditioned with electric windows go with the automatic transmission. I remain a sucker for those dropped solid front axles and the rear end also featured wishbone suspension with a quick change third member.

1955 Chevrolet Bel-Air.... The first year of the 'Shoebox Chevrolets'.. I had a '55 Bel-Air when I was in high school and loved it. I don't remember this color blue as being a stock color from Chevrolet but it still looks good. How about those louvers in the hood? The bucket seats come from a late model and the car was really well presented. Super!!

      1932 Ford 5-window Coupe... Hard to go wrong with a Deuce. This is probably the iconic year of hot rods down through the years. The paint was well applied and the color unusual. The dash could not be any simpler.. and like most good Fords, it has a Chevy engine.

 
   1956 Chevrolet Bel-Air 2-door hardtop... Year number two for the Shoebox Chevys...This too was a well presented car.  350 engine with an oversize cooling system to prevent overheating. The 4-speed manual transmission is an item you don't see too much of any more.. Nice car, simple as black and white !

  
    1965 Pontiac G T O...  This was Pontiac's attempt to be a player in the muscle cars of the 1960's...and they succeeded. A couple of my buddies from the 60's had GTO's and they were extremely fast cars. I didn't see any dents in this one and it has survived the years well. The 389 powerplant was an original. Now days one plant makes all the engines for Chevrolet, Buick, and GMC.

    
  1935 Chevrolet 4-door Sedan... This is a year almost left out in the hot rod world.. This is a great job refinishing a grand old car. As you can see by the interior, no expense was spared in returning this car to the current condition. The black paint usually reveals any imperfections in the body work..but not a blemish on this beauty.

  
   1951 Plymouth ?...   I'll close with this one. It has not been reconditioned in any way, but remains a perfect example of how the car came from Plymouth in 1951. I walked up to the car expecting to see Savoy....or maybe Belvedere...or something similar on the car, but NOPE.. I'll let you take your best shot at it.. I never heard of this model Plymouth, but you have to remember I was just a little tot in 1951..  Give up???

   
  I never even heard of a Plymouth Cranbrook...  but see...we both learned something today..  and you were wondering why you keep coming back to my blog page..    See you next time !!