What's old May 2022

Here is a couple of old pictures from 1983 or 84 at one of the big shows in the States.
With the great weather we had on the weekend I knew everyone was wearing their cheap sunglasses and these pictures would help with the sound track.

Going through the old pictures I found a couple I don't think I have shared before.
Even though we are known as Chevy people we have or have previously owned a lot of Buicks.
We currently have seven - more than we have Chevrolets. Here are some pictures.

1937 Buick Special

Old picture of Bob's 68 Skylark

1984 Park Ave - perhaps the best winter beater we ever owned - at least for operating costs and reliability

1966 Buick Riviera we bought for the nailhead

1951 Buick I bought on ebay and got running and driving - cool car

Spring is just around the corner. Everything is turning green.  Let's look back at some green cars from the past.

Green 49 Roadmaster
Char's beautiful Skylark
​69 Acadian

69 Beaumont
1957 Pontiac wagon from Zurich Bean Festival
model A

WHAT'S OLD FEBRUARY 2022

Let's talk about trucks. We found a bunch of great pictures of trucks we have had, sold or parted over the years on that recovered memory from an old computer. Here are some I thought might be worth sharing.
almost all of them have stories attached if we had room ... 

1969 longbox - this truck was way to nice to part out but the previous owner had disassembled it 

1962 GMC suburban we brought over from the states -305 V6 we pulled out before we sold it -.

1969 Suburban before it became our swap meet truck- we miss it but new owners are having fun with it. 

1972 Camper Special we brought out of Flushing Michigan - untouched big block, factory air truck -parted out.

1991 shortbox - local truck had a rebuilt 350 and good 700r4 we used when we built Andrew's 64.

1949 parts truck - had been well stripped when we got it out of Windsor but still had some good parts

1949 stake truck - the wood deck still cranked up to dump

58 longbox we discovered on a back road near London - running and driving 283 stick - sold a long time ago. 

A computer genius relative of mine salvaged my pictures off an old broken computer for me so I have an era of pictures I haven't seen in a decade or so.

I thought I would share my vacation pictures from 2007 - but only the interesting transportation related ones.
​Hope you enjoy them.

top left - "field of dreams"
top right - Holley at the Museum in Steinbach Manitoba
middle left- stop for gas in Saskatchewan
middle right - our trusty 91 Caprice wagon near Banff
lower left - stage coach in Jackson Hole 
lower right - resort shuttle in Yellowstone National Park
​bottom left - what do you do when there is nowhere to park? 

What's Old October 2021

Recent History is still History and Flamboro was a great event.

Here are a couple of pictures from the car show and swap meet.

Back into the old photo album for some more memories.

here is  Tom with our 55 at the first show we ever took it to in 1982.




























Our first dash plaque as a participant.



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Kim's El camino - memory test - I think at the Amherstburg car show.

Bright Green Ford truck.

Our 63 Riviera somewhere many years ago. 

I just got an email from Studebaker International inviting me to the 57th Annual Meet in September and it got me to thinking.
There are lots of Specialized Car Shows - All Chevy, National Nova Meet,  Mopar Nationals, Tri - Five, Merc-Deuce, Mustangs etc.
These shows are really cool to attend if you are building or looking for one of these makes because it is one stop shopping. 
Anyway I dug out the old scrapbook for a look back at the 55-57 Chevrolet Show in Orlando Florida in 1984.

Remember when the best Car Shows were overnight camp outs.
Here are some pictures from the past where camping was part of the fun.

Barrie Fall Swap meet back at Molson Park a very long time ago

 

DASH PLAQUES BRING BACK MEMORIES. Remember When Windsor Area held their show in Harrow?

The early Dorchester shows were Legendary.
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Last Chance Campout was always a good time - I loved the Fairgrounds and the Hospitality

keeping with the performance theme I have pulled some old drag racing pictures from the photo album.

Holley posing in a junior dragster at Grand Bend - I think that's when she got the fever.

Cool old truck passing out goodies between races at Grand Bend