Sunday, July 2, 2023

2023 Greenwood Car Show: Chevrolet

One Seattle event I never miss. I think there were more cars than last year. Let's start with the dominant brand in the collector car market.










1954 Bel Air. Nice, but it can't compare in appeal to the all-new Chevy in 1955.












1952 Suburban. In 2035, the Suburban will be the first car model to be sold for 100 years.














1935 Chevy Standard. They hadn't gotten clever with the model names yet.












1925 Chevy Superior. This was the car that finally convinced Henry Ford that the Model T was outdated and needed to be replaced.














1960 Corvette.











1965 Impala. This was the last year for the round taillights. Also after 1965, the Impala started becoming more of an old-man's car.








1957 Bel Air convertible. Nicely restored, this is the one everybody wants. That's not the original interior. This color is called Matador Red. It has a slight orange tint to it.











1967 Camaro RS.











Very rare and valuable 1967 Corvette SS with the top engine offering: 396 V-8 with 375 hp.









1969 Malibu.











1955 Model 210 Handyman wagon. Sometimes mistaken for the Nomad wagon.











This is a 1969 Camaro RS made into a copy of the Yenko Camaro. Yenko was a Chevy dealership in Pennsylvania that customized muscle cars.










1957 Bel Air. Very correctly restored.

Thursday, June 22, 2023

1960 Mercedes 190 SL, and an easily-defeated razor wire fence

Made from 1955 to 1962, the 190 SL is a beautiful car with superb mechanics. With only about 3,000 copies made per year, a nice one will set you back about $130,000 today.

Now someone went to a lot of trouble to put barb wire and razor wire on top of this fence. Were they perhaps too busy trying not to cut themselves to ask why?














Monday, April 24, 2023

2 Pontiac Fieros on the Same Block?!

These have got to be owned by the same guy. I mean, this car is not exactly known for its longevity. It has its fans I'm sure, but not enough that two guys on the same block would own one. Both of these are the 1984 or 1985 model. One's a stick, the other automatic.