Car Shows

I've taken the Mustang to a couple of car shows.  The first was in Vancouver and was sponsored by the shop that installed the exhaust system in the car.  I went with my friend Orv, who took his restored classic Triumph.  Here is how we set up:

The sign basically tells the story of the car pretty much like my post on April 4.  This is Orv's Triumph:

The judging for the show was done by the participants, with a vote for their favorite car.  This is the one that got my vote:

It looks like something straight out of "The Grapes Of Wrath", written by John Steinbeck about the Okies leaving the dust bowl and heading for California with all their possessions.  It was super cool.   

The next show was not actually a competition, but a "cruise in" at Portland International Raceway, sponsored by Beach's Restaurant in Vancouver.  All kinds of vehicles gather at the raceway on Wednesday evenings during the summer and there is a band, food, drinks, 1/8 mile drag races, and hundreds of cars, motorcycles, and trucks to gawk at.  This time, Orv drove his restored 1950 Hudson, and his friend Sid drove his 1950 Mercury.  Here was our set up:

Most of the time, like at the other show, I was not at our car but was walking around looking at other cars.  However, the short time I was taking a break and sitting in the shade by the car there were several people who stopped to look and liked the story of the Heirloom Mustang. 

I don't know how many cars were there, but it had to be several hundred, and many were spectacular customs or restorations.   I guess there are a lot of folks looking for something to do during rainy northwest winters.   There were so many I just couldn't get around to see them all, but here is some of the eye candy I did record:

When a trunk really was a trunk

 



                      Elegant

 





This thing was a monster.  Must have been a truck engine in there

 





The guy who painted that monster must have slipped this in

 

Brightest candy apple red I ever saw

 

Engine paint matches the car

 

Here is a selection of the 65 and 66 Mustangs I saw:

 





Note the hood prop.  Solves a lot of problems caused by the springs and hinges.

 



Nice cars, but I think the Heirloom Mustang held its own among them. 

Here is a selfie of the crew having dinner:



Left to right; Sid, me, Orv, Orv's wife Gail

 

And since this started as a motorcycle blog, and will soon return to one, here is a nicely restored mid-sixties Triumph Bonneville:

 

 

 

After two car shows, I think I have had enough.  I'm not really a car guy, but you knew that, right?