Fifties Auto Show
After target practice today, the Better Half and I went to a “Fabulous Fifties” auto show held in our local Botanic Garden. There were a few nice cars there, like this 1956 Chevrolet Bel-Air Nomad, but by-and-large, the show was a bust. I expected to see some old American-built classics, but the show was dominated by Porsche, Ferrari and Morgan “Eurocrap.” I guess some folks like ‘em, but their not my “cup of tea, old chap.”
There were a couple of nice Ford Mustangs and some classic Corvettes, but all from the sixties era. I wanted to see a fifty-five Buick Roadmaster, dammit, not some turtle-looking Porsche! Or maybe a freaking Edsel - that’s what I’m talking when I say “Fabulous Fifties.”
Clickable image - 1956 Chevrolet Bel-Air Nomad - credit the Better Half.
2 Responses to “Fifties Auto Show”
DirtCrashr on 26 Oct 2009 at 1703 #
As I drove along I saw an honest-to-God hot-rod last week, a genuine T-Bucket, tooling down highway 101 south of Palo Alto at 65mph, with driver and passenger under that funky fabric canopy.
Basic-black with big old dragster rear wheels and skinny spoke’d fronts - it sounded great - I like ‘em! Brightened my day.
Minstrel on 26 Oct 2009 at 1913 #
Every once in a while you see something like that. Rarely, can you get a photo, but the Better Half managed this one.