Category Archives: Car Shows

MCACN: 1952 Chevrolet 3600 Pickup Truck

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MCACN: 1952 Chevrolet 3600 Pickup Truck.

 

This 1952 Chevrolet 3600 pickup truck was found in a North Dakota farmfield.

To seem more follow the link above to Classic Recollections.

I love the painted dash on this 52 pickup.

 

Thanks for reading.

Tim

BRIGHT HOT ROD RUN 2012 SATURDAY

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BRIGHT HOT ROD RUN 2012 SATURDAY.

 

 

 

 

 

I reblog this site all the time.  Love the photography!!

http://crcooperphotography.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/bright-hot-rod-run-2012-saturday/

 

Tim

The First Iron Invasion Heats Up The Cold North

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The First Iron Invasion Heats Up The Cold North.

 

http://www.rodauthority.com

 

Just about anyone can put together a car show; just throw a few flyers in car windows and tell people where to be. You are bound to have a couple cars show up. However, it takes a whole lot more than that to create an extravaganza that everyone from around the country hears about and is willing to cruise cross-country to attend.

 

 

Read more at www.hotrodauthority.com

 

Tim

 

Steve Strope 1965 Mustang Ford Design Award Winner SEMA 2012 – Hot Rod Magazine Blog

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Steve Strope 1965 Mustang Ford Design Award Winner SEMA 2012 – Hot Rod Magazine Blog.

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Is this the best Ford at SEMA?  SEMA gave the Ford Design award to Steve Strope’s ’65 Mustang rally car. “I wanted to imagine what if Martini Racing was involved with Ford,” said Steve at the press conference at SEMA 2012. This re-imagined race car was introduced at SEMA 2012.

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Chrome Fox Body is More Than a Pretty Face – MustangForums.com

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Chrome Fox Body is More Than a Pretty Face – MustangForums.com.

 

Marcus Slater
Mustang Forums

Most of the attention was on the newer Mustangs this year, but that doesn’t mean that the venerable fox body was overlooked completely. We saw this one customized by Creations in Chrome at SEMA right next to the grave digger monster truck. And, from the look of that wide body kit and matching tires, we’d say that it fits right in.

The thing about Creations in Chrome is that their name would lead you to believe that all they do is make things pretty. When in fact, their show cars are genuinely built to race. A few months back they brought their 2011 Mustang Show car to the Mojave Mile and ran it at 182 mph. From the looks of it they’re not messing around with this fox body either. I mean check out the size of that intercooler! And the size of the supercharger, geez.

So yeah, you’d be forgiven for assuming this shiny Mustang is just another SEMA showcar. But in reality, everything about this thing screams race car. I’d be curious to see how it runs down the quarter mile. Hopefully Creations in Chrome will oblige us with video like they did last year.

 

Cops and Rodders 2012 – Selling the Continental??!!!!

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At this particular show I was admiring a car on the other side of the aisle, when I heard the an interesting conversation behind me.

 

1948 Continental – FOR SALE

 

The young man in this picture seemed to be having a hard time understanding why the owner (the adult in this picture) was selling his car.  At one point he was even questioning the price of $35k!!!!

 

 

Good to see such a young guy have such an interest.

Take a kid to a car show!!!

Thanks for reading.

Tim

 

HOT ROD Magazine’s Top 10 Trendsetting Cars of SEMA 2012 – Hot Rod Magazine Blog

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HOT ROD Magazine’s Top 10 Trendsetting Cars of SEMA 2012 – Hot Rod Magazine Blog.

 

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The SEMA Show is the automotive performance industry’s most important yearly shindig—a trade-show gathering of parts manufacturers and car builders representing every kink in the gearhead world. It’s where business gets done, it’s the launching point for thousands of new products, and it has become one of the nation’s most interesting and diverse car shows. The project cars on display are advocates of the newest components and styles in the niches of hot rods, muscle cars, imports, street trucks, and 4x4s.

 

At HOT ROD, we look at the SEMA Show as an indicator of trends coming and going, and we walk the aisles looking for consistent themes in the creations of car builders nationwide. Here we present the fruit of this year’s hunt.—David Freiburger

 

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Cops and Rodders 2012 Car Show – Studebaker Row

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Here is another row.  I’ve never seen this many  Avanti.  One of the owners heard me say to my wife, “I don’t know there were this many Avanti left!”   He tossed me  a disapproving look and then laughed.

So enjoy  Avanti row.

And some more!!!!

Avanti Engines

Thanks for reading.  More coming up.

Tim

Cops and Roders Car Show 2012 – Chevelle Row

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This show is to benefit the local police departments (city and count) as well as other first responders.  This is the first year in the last 4  that I didn’t bring at least one car (Vette and/or Mustang).

As will all car shows, the hosts normally try to list the cars by class, but that doesn’t always work – often car clubs make up a large percentage of the participants and if the Mopar guys want to park together they will be allowed to.  So you’ll see the “rows” that don’t seem to match up.

In this case, however the Chevelle’s got this one right.

Chevelle Row

Another beautiful Chevelle

SS version

More coming up.
Thanks for reading

Tim

1956 Bel Air Roadster Project “Open Air” Unveiling SEMA 2012 – Hot Rod Magazine Blog

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1956 Bel Air Roadster Project “Open Air” Unveiling SEMA 2012 – Hot Rod Magazine Blog.

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On almost every season of Chop Cut Rebuild, Classic Industries builds an awesome project and 2012 SEMA’s project is no exception. Project “Open Air” is an LSA-powered ’56 Bel Air Roadster (that’s not a misprint, it’s a roadster not a convertible). The entire build will air on Chop Cut Rebuild’s 9th season. The first episode will air mid January.

 

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It started from a ’56 Bel Air found in a backyard in Compton, California. They got it back to Classic Industries’ shop in Huntington Beach, CA, only to realize that the entire car had started to bow in the middle because of rust. They called upon Art Morrison for a chassis and Real Deal Steel Bodies for a convertible body. Chevrolet Performance supplied the LSA crate engine and 4L85E transmission. Dakota Digital helped out with the gauges and C.A.R.S. Inc. stepped in with the interior.

 

The project was finished only hours before loading it on a trailer to be unveiled at the 2012 SEMA show. The build coincided with Classic Industries’ new tri-five catalog that was introduced April, 2012. Check back later as we will have build photos of project “Open Air.”