I spent yesterday walking around the event looking at parts
and cars for sale. Out of probably 1000 vehicles maybe 20 MOPARS were present
and out of that, two 1950 Plymouths, a 42 Chrysler, an early 60s Desoto and the
rest Darts and either real or cloned Superbird and Charger 500. There was one
hemi-challenger that was a pretty car.
As to be expected, the majority of the vehicles there were 55-57
Chevy, street rods and a lot of older and somewhat newer trucks. I guess we
are all sitting on gold mines once Forward look cars catch on. There was a
really nice Javelin there advertised for $7500 and some junk more popular cars
there for same money. Guess Javelins are not the deal these days. Those old
bullet nose Studes are still about the ugliest car I have seen leave a factory
but I also understand that a warthog’s mama thinks he is cute. (IMHO)
As to be expected, there was zip there for Mopar parts.
I did get by the Coker Tire trailer and eyeballed the
Goodrich WW tires that would fit my car and now just mulling giving up my beer
budget to buy a set.
Happy Superbowl watching. I have the DVD set so I can watch
the commercials later should I fall asleep. For the millions per minute paid
for these ads, they are generally good to watch.
I was impressed that one father had his 6th or 7th
grade son with him and they were looking for parts for a Studebaker that was to
be the son’s project. The boy had a sign made of cardboard around him
like a sandwich board stating that he needed parts for that particular car. I
thought that was cool. Might as well as had one of those for myself but the
kid was braver.
Tom Taylor
55 Coronet
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