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Car Show in – Rothrist, Switzerland

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Remember a few post ago that covered MOPAR’s in Sweden? (Short Link:  http://wp.me/pKHNM-174)  I wrote how interesting it was to see US sheet metal in other countries.

Well check out this car show in Rothrist, Switzerland.  This is from Andres Palomares who lives in Bern, Switzerland.  There are some great examples of US car history in this show.

Switzerland is beautiful and visited Interlaken several times while living in Europe.

Thanks for reading.

Tim

Car Photography – Art

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Ok I’ve said this before, but it’s true, car guys like car art too!!

I post a lot pics, most of them are mine and…well…let’s just say I’m not overly skilled in the area of taking pics.  But there are a lot of folks out there that are and I post (or Repost) some of them when I run across them.

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you’ll see some nice work done by RJS Graphic Design.  In case you don’t know ‘RJS’ is my son.  He has a good eye for photography and does a really good job with cars – my favorite photo subject.   To his credit he has sold prints of some of his work and even the rights to an on-line Corvette site for one image.

If you remember a couple of weeks ago I did couple write ups on a local car show and swap meet and I posted up some images.

But here are some taken by my son with his unique take and some digital magic.

Check out his chopped and dropped Caddy!!!

This was a beautiful Hot Rod.

Great Engine Image!!

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Thanks for reading.  Prints are available – by the way.

Tim

Parking Lot Spotlight – 1957 Chevy

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Another classic spotted in my local supermarket (does anyone actually use the word ‘supermarket” any more?).

This 1957 Chevy has all the chrome you might want.  It appears to have fairly new paint.  I love the wrap around windows and the exhaust exiting the rear bumper. (If I could figure out how to make that happen with my Mustang I would!!)

Of course I couldn’t hang around in the parking lot waiting for the owner, but would have loved to see the engine compartment.

You can tell the ’57’s a mile away.

Love bumper chrome and the wrap around windshield. Oh…that’s my grocery cart in the background.

Paint looked flawless on this car. Not labeled as a Bel Air or Impala and clearly not a ‘plan jane’ One Fifty.

Love the exhaust exit location on these cars!!

Chevy‘s standard engine for these cars was the 6 cylinder. The V8’s were considered a separate series and not an option.  Chevy produced over 1.5 million cars in 1957, second only to Ford.

Have a really cool parking lot find?    Drop me a note and we get it posted up.

Thanks for reading.

Tim

1930 Ford Pickup Hot Rod – Pure Fun

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There are a lot of reasons to build a hot rod and never just one reason.

Here are a couple guys enjoying one of the reason.

Thanks for reading.

Tim