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
I wanted to share this link because I was surprised at what Tom Pike does to some of the cars he modifies. We are talking 6-8 inches to a Challenger!!!!
Here are some highlights:
First that do it all in metal – no fiberglass
– they cut the front fenders and quarter panels from the top body line down and remove the factory sheet metal
– they add patch panels with thousands of welds
– they re-attach the factory fuel door and add a longer filler neck
– for this particular car they shaved the door handles and blacked out the turn signals and side markers
To this car they added 10 1/2″ wide tires in the front and 13″ wide tires in the rear!! They also lowered the car with Hotchkis suspension with coilover shocks.
It’s beautiful:
Tommy Pike’s Customs
WOW!!!
Oh… and the wheel are custom-made by MHT Luxury Alloys. The wheels are 3 piece and took 3 months to create.
WOW.
Thanks for reading
Tim
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
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.
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Tim
Thought I’d share this. It’s amazing how many and the variety of US cars made in the 50’s and 60’s made it overseas. It’s also very interesting what they do with them. Check out these MOPARs in Sweden. Way Cool!!!
From: http://www.streetlegaltv.com/news/a-variety-of-mopars-in-sweden-to-envy/
by Michael Harding on April 23, 2012
You can always tell a car guy by looking in his garage and seeing what he has in there. If you see a couple of cars, that’s could be your first clue. But when you see muscle cars from the 60’s and 70’s, and engines on pallets, car lifts, stickers from internet performance shops, and various parts on the shelves, then you know that garage isn’t the run-of-the-mill garage.
Looking at Anders Ohlin’s garage in Sweden lets you know that this guy is into cars and performance – particularly Mopar performance. His collection of Mopar muscle cars is enough to make you drool.
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Anders collection is interesting, and he says that some of his cars are the only ones that he knows of in Sweden. He considers himself a fanatic, as do many of his friends. Just looking at the pictures in his garage and you can see that he likes to surround himself with performance.
Some of his cars include a 1958 DeSoto Fireflite with a 361 Wedge, a 1965 Dodge Coronet A990 Super Stock Clone with a race HEMI that he imported in 2010, a 1964 Dodge 440 that has a 426 Wedge with dual carbs, a 1962 Chrysler 300 Sport Coupe that appears to have a 413 with dual carbs, and also a 1964 Dodge 330 to round out the cars we know of.
You can check out the YouTube video and see him moving his 1964 Dodge 330 around the garage. It’s a very healthy sounding Mopar, and if the deep rumble of that exhaust doesn’t sound like music to your ears, then you need to turn your speakers up!
Thanks for reading.
Tim
It’s not that often that I get out to a car swap meet. Here in Arizona you are in for a hot time…tempature-wise, do to the lack of shade. Car parts so hot you’ve got to have oven mitts to handle ’em. But the are still fun.
Down the street at the local drag strip they had one this weekend and I thought I’d pass on a few of the gems they had for sale. There was a bit of a car show there as well.
You could pick-up some ‘Field Fresh’ projects like this coupe:
“Trailer Not Include”read the sign
Love the rear window
The floors are solid.
$3500 and the cob web are no extra charge.
Or this Pick-Up:
You could also find some project that the owner just couldn’t finish…some with some very extensive ‘restoration damage’ like tons of bondo holding the fender together.
This Chevy wasn’t the worst, but it had a lot of bondo.
This Dodge pickup wasn’t horrible. It would make a nice starter project.
This Plymouth Barracuda was pretty stripped down.
I actually think the owner had a lot of the parts laying on the ground for sale separately.
This ’65 Chevy is has been lowered and that’s about all.
Lot work left on this project.
Some cars did find new homes:
This Dodge found a new home.
I love this car!!!!
Going to need some interior work. This one sported the push button shifting.
Coming up… some of the show cars. Some nice rods.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
You are gonna to love this car.
It is a one owner Camaro Z28.
ONLY 78,700 miles on this V8 with automatic transmission
Black & White with white leather interior (in perfect condition)
T-tops and ground effects
Fully loaded including:
power door locks, power windows, tilt wheel, fog lights, power remote mirrors, power seat, AM-FM 6 speaker stereo with CD player,
theft deterrent alarm system, cruise control, anti-lock brakes, rear window defogger.
I know the owner and this car has had the best care. It is an AZ car and is always garaged or covered when it’s not moving and it DOES move.
What’s under the hood?
GM’s Generation III V-8 engine as configured in the Corvette. It is the all-aluminum 5.7-liter (350-cubic-inch) produce up to 350 horsepower in the two-seat sports car.
Interested? Call me at 520-405-5314 or email me at timsweet@cox.net.
Asking $9k. That’s a steal in this condition. This isn’t my car, but if you buy and don’t like, I’ll buy it from you!!!!…Actually, I ought to buy it myself!!! I”m going to think about that some.
She looks great with the T’s off!!!!
Engine Pic1 – SOOOO CLEAN!!!
Engine Pic 2. Nicely Maintained!!!
Perfect Stock Interior!!!
Room for 2 in the back. Although it doesn’t look like anyone has ever sat back there!!!!
Interested? Call me at 520-405-5314 or email me at timsweet@cox.net.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
As a wrap up here are some videos.
Ok..this guy is clearly lost…Who brings a Mustang (even an extremely nice one) to an All Chevy Show:
Listen to this Chevy:
Two more to listen too:
And although there were a lot more entries for this show I’m going to end this series with one that brought back a lot of memories. This wasn’t a 1966 like my very first car, but it was pretty closed. Look over this Impala.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
Next up…The trucks.
There were some beautiful and well done trucks at this show. Check them out!!
This pick-up was off in a corner of the lot...
There was a window crank between the two front windows for opening them up.
More coming up.
Thanks for reading.
Tim
27 Annual Chevy Showdown sponsored by Classic Chevy Club of Tucson and held at Catalina Foothills High School.
So for the next few posts, sit back and enjoy the show. (Ok…no whining about some of the Videos…. (:^))
I loved the collection of Corvairs. Oh…and wait until you see the one with the V8 shoved inside.
The Corvairs:
Yenko Stinger 1
Yenko Stinger Engine Compartment Cover (rear hood?) Love the vents.
WHAT!!?!?!?!? YES!!!!!
Yenko!!
Corvair - Drop Top
Chromed!!!
The Yenko and a late arrival.
Are you ready for this? Next two videos – the Corvair with the V8.
Thanks for reading. More coming up.
Tim
