Car Show

[BooRadley]

My town (Leesburg) does a car show every year. Today was this years. A few clickable thumbs of today's favorites:

[BooRadley]

Quite in love with the row of Cobras















That last one:



Roofles.



I was going to pick just a few good ones to highlight, but I like too many.

That was probably too many.

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Saw a Cobra



just like that the other day driving. Not sure if it was a kit or real. There are retards who drive $300K cars around here.

We are doing a gig at a car show in a couple weeks. Will take some pics!

I am keeping an eye out for a retired NYPD Harley for purchase, but I bet that market is cornered. I know there is a cop car recycle joint on the way to Hunter Mountain, but not sure if they carry motorcycles.

[BooRadley]

We are doing a gig at a car show in a couple weeks. Will take some pics!

Awesome.

I am keeping an eye out for a retired NYPD Harley for purchase, but I bet that market is cornered. I know there is a cop car recycle joint on the way to Hunter Mountain, but not sure if they carry motorcycles.

There was a guy with one of those around here a few years ago. He used to commute on it. It was teh badassness.

I just restored a bunch of old pictures from backups (reason I spammed that other thread with photos). Anyway, I found some pics from the 2006 car show. I did a crap job on them, but I'll pick through and post some more, later. There were a few good ones.

[Charles]

One thing that sort of bugs me about restored cars is using after market parts (typically mag rims). Personally, just me, when I see a pristine vehicle from the 1950s or 1960s I want to see Ford or GM rims and stock tires on it - like they way it looked when it rolled off the assembly line. I love that look.

Here's an example of what I don't really like:


The way I would have preferred to see it:

[BooRadley]

One thing that sort of bugs me about restored cars is using after market parts (typically mag rims).

My grandma had an OG Model A. I had always hoped to get it, but my cousin got it

[BooRadley]

Here's some from a few years ago:

[KillZone]

My grandma had an OG Model A. I had always hoped to get it, but my cousin got it

I lust, but after cars. I think I am at the age where I can accept I will never have another really cool car. Truthfully, what I do demand of a car is for it to be reliable. If it ain't reliable it is gone. I am far too old to fool with a car that won’t crank, is in the shop often, etc.

Yet everyone that can should own a sports car if possible, especially when one is young. When I lived on the coast, 10 miles from South Padre Island, I had a Triumph TR6, a 1975 model. It had the inline six-cylinder engines with 125 hp and it was more than loads of fun. It was quick and it handled really well. The girls liked it almost as much as I did. A friend down there had a Vette and the ladies liked my TR6 more than his Vette, maybe because one seldom say a TR6 as opposed to a Vette. And, it was reliable (shocker). I was 23 and thought I would be 23 forever.

That was 33 years ago. So much for being eternally 23.

The TR7 came out and it was a nightmare. I saw them in the shop more than on the road. I kept the TR6. Heck, it performed much better than the TR7 anyway, without the problems (maybe I got lucky?).

But those days are gone. I drive old men’s cars now. That is because I am an old man.

Yet I sure do like to look and lust after one of those cool cares.

[KillZone]

My grandma had an OG Model A. I had always hoped to get it, but my cousin got it

My Dad and his wife bought an Avalon—she’s been driving one for years. You talk about a nice vehicle. There is almost no road-noise. I’d never driven one and it is impressive.

I’d love to have a Nissan 375Z (they look cool, even if they are not the fastest car on the road).

My dream car is the 1986 Ferrari Testarossa like they had on Miami Vice. What a nice vehicle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mv_testarossa.jpg

[KillZone]

The cars used on Miami Vice. I think they made up names because I've never heard of some of these.

Season 1

Chevrolet Camaro
Mercedes-Benz S-Klasse Stretched Limousine
1983 BMW 633 CSi
1980 Cadillac DeVille Stretched Limousine
1974 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
1979 Chevrolet Camaro Z28
1961 Ford Thunderbird
1965 Ford Mustang
1984 Cadillac Fleetwood
1983 Chevrolet Camaro
Mercedes-Benz 500 SEL
1968 Pontiac GTO
Mercedes-Benz 500 SEC
1975 Checker Marathon
1980 Maserati Quattroporte III
1981 De Lorean DMC 12
1955 Ford F-100
1983 Maserati Biturbo
1937 Packard
Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow I
1968 Chevrolet Corvette
Fiat 124 Spider
1956 Ford Thunderbird
1972 Mercedes-Benz 350 SLC
Lamborghini Countach
Mercedez-Benz 600 Pullman
1976 Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL 6.9
1974 Checker Marathon
1967 Ford Mustang
MG B
1978 Ford Thunderbird
1970 Dodge Challenger R/T
1961 Ford Thunderbird
Porsche 911
1983 Renault Alliance
1969 Chevrolet Camaro RS
1981 Chevrolet Corvette[11][26]
1971 Mercedes-Benz 350 SL[11][26]
1980 Mercedes-Benz[11][26]
1985 Pontiac Grand Am[11][26]
1983 BMW 733i[11][27]
1978 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine[11][27]
1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am[11][27]

Season 2

Rolls-Royce Camargue
1972 AMC Jeep CJ
1958 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz
Checker Marathon
1941 Dodge WC 41
1944 Dodge WC 51
Mercedes-Benz S-Klasse Stretched Limousine
Porsche 928
Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow I
Rolls-Royce Silver Spur
1941 Willys MB 'Jeep'
1969 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine
1957 Chevrolet 3100
Ferrari 308 GTBi
1961 Ford Thunderbird
1983 Porsche 911 SC Cabrio
1954 Reo Comet
Lamborghini Jalpa
1985 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
1978 Chevrolet Corvette
Mercedes-Benz SL
Nova Sterling
1984 Chevrolet Corvette
1973 Ford Mustang[
1984 Chevrolet Corvettt
1985 Ford Mustang
1948 GMC 300
1958 Lincoln Premiere
1978 Mercedes-Benz 280 CE
1981 Peugeot 505
1955 Studebaker Commander Regal
Lincoln Town Car Stretched Limousine
Lamborghini Countach 5000 Quattrovalvole
Lamborghini Countach 500
Mercedes-Benz S-Klasse Stretched Limousine
1975 MG B GT
Porsche 911 Turbo
Reo Gold Comet
1984 Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Corvette GTP
1980 Maserati Quattroporte III
1984 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am
Porsche 911 Targa
1969 BMW 3.0 CSi
1969 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
1984 Nissan 300ZX
AC Shelby Cobra
Ferrari 365 GTS/4
Argo JM16
Argo JM19
Aston Martin Nimrod NRA/C2
1984 Chevrolet Corvette
Ford Mustang Probe
Honda ATC
Jaguar XJR-5
1984 Kawasaki 600 R Ninja
Lola T600
Lola T616
March 82G
March 84G
March 85G
1983 Maserati Biturbo
1981 Mazda RX-7
Nissan GTP ZX-Turbo
1985 Pontiac Firebird
Porsche 906
Porsche 962
1957 Ford Thunderbird
Lincoln Town Car Stretched Limousine
Mercedes-Benz SL
Jeep CJ
1979 Mercedes-Benz 300 TD

Season 3

Checker Taxicab
1986 Ferrari Testarossa
Jeep CJ
Mazda RX-7
1975 MG Midget
1971 Opel Manta
Chevrolet Apache
Ford M151 'MUTT'
Aston Martin V8 Volante
1983 Cadillac Fleetwood 75 Limousine
1985 Cadillac Professional Coach
1983 Ford Thunderbird
1985 Ford Mustang
1984 Nissan 200SX
Porsche 944
Chevrolet Camaro
1955 Chevrolet Two-Ten Delray
1970 Ford Torino GT
1977 Ford Thunderbird
Lincoln Town Car Stretched Limousine
Pontiac GTO
1974 Mercedes-Benz 280
Lotus Esprit Turbo
Peugeot 505
1974 BMW 2002
1954 Ford Crestline Victoria
1957 Mercedes-Benz 300
Plymouth Barracuda
1982 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham Stretched Limousine
Mercedes-Benz 560 SEL
1976 Pontiac Grand Prix
Renault LeCar
Zimmer Golden Spirit

Season 4

1974 Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL
1984 Lamborghini Jalpa


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cars_in..._Vice#Season_2

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I am playing bass at the first thing on the list so all I am bringing is a couple basses, a tuner and a big ass bass amp. AND MEH CAMERA! Hopefully will have an opportunity to take a bunch of pics.

http://www.ctseaportcarclub.com/carshows.htm

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Not many cars there but here were some cool ones.

[BooRadley]

I love those old hot rods. 33 coups and Model A's souped up and chopped. They probably ran like hell but they're so bad ass.
http://i448.photobucket.com/albums/q...arShowGig1.jpg

[KillZone]

I love those old hot rods. 33 coups and Model A's souped up and chopped. They probably ran like hell but they're so bad ass.

Hey, we used to go to the State Fair in Dallas every year and we'd spend hours looking at the new cars coming out. Of course, I lusted over them. I suspect it was one of, if not THE most popular display at the fair since it was so damned crowded with gawkers like myself.

Muscle Cars: I ain't too hip on the old, old cars, but the muscle cars of the 70s? How can one not like the 1968, 396 hp Camaro, the 68 Mustang fastback (especially the Boss 302), the Dodge Dharger '68 (440), etc.? My brother and I loved the muscle cars of that era even though we couldn't afford one.

We got hooked on the Funny Car races. Talk about some bad ass and cool cars (the top-fuelers were boring compared to the Funny Cars).

There was a rich kid at school that had a Vette before he had a drivers license. Changed cars every year, and I was jealous of his rich butt. And, comically, he was a decent guy and a friend (I still envied him) He had a Super Bee, I think with the 440, and even though it was not as fast off the blocks as other muscle cars, it had a top-end speed that scared the hell out of me. I've never gone that fast again and I felt helpless since Gary was in control and I (a control freak) had no control.

By the time Gary graduated he had a new car every year. We lived in a hick town with poor people with a graduating class of a grand total of 77, and Gary was the only kid that was able to have cars like that. His dad had sold some land in Dallas to a dude developing liquor stores and his dad made a fortune. Gary got what he wanted.

I got what I hated and it was all I could afford. I hope you all know I was a "victim" (I love that overused word). I think I deserve your pity!