car show

[Age]

Had another great time at Danny G's party! (No surprise there )

OTOH, Here's what has been goin on at our church in Chesterland, OH for about as long as Danny's party's been going on, and yeah, it gets bigger every year. Heck, even the "covid nonsense" didn't even slow it down. There were over 400 cars there this year and, at any given hour, there were about a thousand people milling around, ogling cars, stuffing themselves with hot dogs, hamburgers, sausage and other carbs/goodies (actually, now that I think about it, it's a lot like Danny G's  - just replace the cars and high octane gasoline with harmonicas and music and ya got it )

I only made one of these in the last twenty years or so (for an hour or so) then I was off to Danny's. Yeah, cars are cool but a man's gotta have his priorities.
Here's some video of some of the cars coming in.

[Gene Oh]

What a show! Thanks for uploading. I  enjoyed it very much.
Gene

[SlideMeister]

Lots of cool cars, about a dozen of which I owned at one time or another, but that 56 Chevy wagon at the end was an amazing "hen's tooth!"

[Lockjaw Larry]

I wish I still had my 52Chevy DeLuxe, 55Chevy sedan, 57 Chevy convertible, 58 Chevy Biscaine, 60 Plymouth Fury, new 69 Chevelle SS396, on and on…
My favorite fun car was my 65 Austin Healey Sprite.  Most luxurious was 74 Continental Town Car.  Most exotic was 2006 BMW E38 four door luxury speed loving drivers car.  Favorite long distance riding is my 2023 Honda Odyssey.
I really should make a list some day.  But I cannot remember them all.  Lol

[Age]

Yeah, I went back and recounted insteadda just guessing. I owned 11 of the ones that actually came down that driveway (and about twenty-five more that didn't, besides about 20 motorcycles)

[Grizzly]

I'm not big on classic cars. A Valiant, some sort of full-sized Ford, a Rabbit, a Chevette. After those, memory fails. A few Plymouth Voyagers. Eventually, six Subarus, four of them Outbacks, mostly used. What we drive today.

Dad drove mostly big Chryslers (New Yorkers?) and traded them in every year after putting 30,000 miles on them. He was a traveling salesman. He said that after 30K, they would "nickel and dime him to death" in upkeep. He did own a Nash Healey for a little while, until he crashed it. His insurance tried to find a replacement, unsuccessfully, as they were very rare.

He bought used cars for Mom, one of which was a 1955 VW Beetle. Sister was learning to drive, 3 on the tree at school, 4 on the floor at home. No synchromesh on the Bug. We got rid of it pretty quick.

He had seatbelts installed in one car, before they were required, and tested their efficacy by strapping my brother and me in, driving slowly, and jamming on the brakes. Fortunately, they held. No shoulder belts; our heads hit our knees.

Nice guy. His philosophy? "Always look out for number one." Which he had to do since he was 12 years old. Not the best role model.

Tom

[Gnarly He Man]

https://youtu.be/Unprd7Oe_Uc?si=jAJ_1qcVmFR0lko3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lookin%27_Out_for_Number_1_(Bachman%E2%80%93Turner_Overdrive_song)
Taking the edges off the self-aggrandizing slogan--
But still, self promotion.
No harmonica, have at it!

[Age]

I wrote a driving book called that covered over a hundred subjects, but "Look out for my self?" I only get like that when I'm on my bike. If a car suddenly hasta go on the shoulder, it just gets back on; if a bike does it an anything over 20 mph it usually involves anything from broken bones to the big dirt nap. Car drivers don't get roadrash; unlike motorsikles, when four wheelers "slide to a stop," at highway speeds, they don't fall down.

[Grizzly]

It's complicated. Later, when I was waffling about a choice for advancement, he said, "You owe it to your family."

I preferred that advice. And did follow through.

And I still look after others.

Tom

[Scotty]

Fred'll love that video. He goes to local car shows out here with his '69RoadRunner and it does make 'that' sound. He used to love to go to Carlisle (Pa.) every Summer but can't really manage the heavy-duty clutch (and no air conditioning) anymore. The good guy who works on our cars and LOVES the RoadRunner insists that he'll take him in the car and do most of the driving there and back. He's a fantastic mechanic so I wish they'd gone this Summer but he works crazy hours. I don't know if they have another one when the weather is a bit cooler?

scotty