Car show

It’s been awhile since I posted a blog, and since we all dig looking at older cars, I figured I’d toss up a few taken at a local show this past weekend. Mopar turnout was light among the 100 or so entries, but here are some of the highlights, plus a couple other interesting critters.

Roadrunner(s)

There were a couple of Roadrunners at the event, this one has a 440 Six Pack, as seen right here:

..and the other…of which I actually took a shot of the *exterior*, unlike the above example. Doh!

Plymouth Special Deluxe

This was a really nice looking car….Mopar turnout may have been light but except for a 1930’s Dodge & a couple of pickups they were all Plymouths!

I always dig older cars that are actually driven and aren’t just trailer queens!

…Wait a minute….

That’s a Ford! What’s up with that? Hmm…wait another minute…what’s that on the fender?

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???? What’s in that engine bay…

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Chrysler Firepower, that’s what!

Segueing into other brands

Here’s a 1954 Kaiser-Darrin:

The most interesting parts of this car were the sliding doors:

Well, the fact that they were only built in 1954, and only 435 of them to boot, is rather interesting as well.

And now, for something North of the border:

Unfortunately, this was the last shot before I ran out of batteries (figures) but I did learn a lot about this car. The Meteor was Ford based but upmarket, meant to bridge the gap between Ford & Mercury. This was from 1946-61, then it was a decontented Mercury until Meteor was phased out in ‘77. This car came to the current owner in March of this year via eBay. It has 127000 original miles.

Interiors

I posted somewhere in the forums about the wish I have that they’d put white seats and door panels in the PT Cruiser, this Caddy and Vette inspired that idea:

Now that Vette interior is just beautiful (helped by the blue paint).

This one actually looked better in person :) I know they’re a bear to keep clean, but…I’d just love a white interior. White seats & door panels, body color dash inserts and the existing dark slate instrument panel would make my PT hard to leave – and render unneeded any aftermarket tweaks.