CCRC Virtual Classic Car Show 3.0

Good afternoon and welcome to the Classic Car Restoration Club, live Virtual Car Show. You know, we're excited to, you know, take a look at some of these cars with you. Uh Of course, you know, there's always a ton more cars than we've got time to get in. So if you don't see your car, if you want to check out all the entries, go ahead and go over to the site and click on the link. You can actually see all the cars and all the descriptions in, but we've kind of like culled it down to a few that we wanted to show you. Now, if your car is not seen, it's not because it wasn't good enough. It's sometimes like the photo was too low resolution or too dark or too light or there was just an issue that we couldn't get it in. Uh So with that, uh you know, our sponsor today is Up car parts and that stands for United Pacific. 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And in addition to that, they've added thousands of parts to a wide variety of different things. Go check out their site up car parts.com. Ok. With that, we're gonna get started uh on the car show uh to begin with. Uh like I said, if, if, if we really mess up the name, your name or the name of your town or any other names of the cars or anything, our apologies up front, you know, we'll do our best. But uh you know, sometimes even even we stumble a little bit. So with that, let's get started. Ok, Gary. Gary joined by Gary here today. He's my son, uh you've seen him on plenty of uh uh the videos on the site. So, uh Gary, our first car is a 1968 Pontiac GTO. Um This is a, a great car. You know, the, the GT Os were uh the first muscle car and uh they uh when John DeLorean, you know, conceived the muscle car in 1964 he took a mid size sedan and put a big engine in it and kind of stripped him down and made a car that was just powerful by They had refined that design pretty good. Absolutely. Um Yeah, what John DeLorean contributed to the uh you know, the collector car world, but just at the time, he was just trying to, you know, make what the kids were building faster and faster cars. And so, yeah, this is definitely right up there. It is a muscle car and yeah, it's a hot muscle car to have. Yeah, and this is his uh it has a, a 400 uh with the built the Ram Air four specs and that, you know, that was the, the big options back then. It was Ram Air fours and Ram Air threes and Ram Air five. The uh this one has a Turbo hydrotic uh 400 th 400 odd uh transmission as he's put a shift kit in it. He purchased it from a Disney engineer who owned it for 19 years and uh, it still had the California black plates. You know, he's only had it for 18 months but it's gone through 60 weeks of body work and paint. So that's a fair chunk of time. 60 weeks is dang near a year just to spend on body and paint. But it shows, you know, this, this car is straight. Yeah, it had to have been a complete tear down in order to, you know, go through and redo it, but it wasn't uncommon, you know, for something of this age to get resprayed at some point or have a little bit of accident damage. Ok. Moving forward, we're gonna, we're gonna plow, we're gonna get through a bunch of these cars in fairly quick time. So our next car is a, is a 1972 Ford Grant hero, uh, owned by Richard in Anaheim, California car boast of 351. Cleveland. He bought it from the original owner 10 years ago. Uh, it has new paint, interior wheels, tires, bricks, wheel bearings, and rebuilt third member with 350 years. I just, you know, I always had a passion for the, you know, the Ranch Ars and El Caminos, they kind of the, you know, a lot of people don't, you know, aren't big fans of them. I think they're kind of hot, you know, but, you know, it may not be for everyone. But, yeah, there's something to be said about the ranch arrows or the W wagons and you just don't see a whole ton of them getting, you know, the love and respect that, you know, clearly this guy has poured into his and it just so awesome that they be getting a big mouth on him and I'm sure the color is not the original color, but it, it looks nice on that car. Next. What's our next one up, Gary? It's a 1933 Ford pickup. It's out of Bakersfield, California, a lot of nice cars out of Bakersfield. The guy's name is RD. Um, yeah, you know, classic Hot Rod. It's got the 350 with a 200 or four Wells. He inherited it from his father 27 years ago and done it, did a complete frame off restoration in 2011. So he's put some miles on it since he built it, it kinda, you know, uh, 27 years ago, you can kinda see a little bit of the, the old styling that it would have had 27 year ago build. Uh, you know, that sort of prote build to it. It's got a really wide tire in the back and rims it and, you know, that look has kind of come, you know, for a while there, it was kind of out now suddenly it's slowly creeping back. The Pro Street kind of feel is kind of regained in its popularity. Yeah, definitely. And, uh, yeah, definitely, you know, the color or whatever would have been something that would have been a little hotter, you know, 10 years ago. But I mean, it looks great on the truck. I think it looks, it looks sweet. Uh, the only problem with it it's not in my garage. So, you know, that would be equate the addition to add. Ok, the next one up is, uh, 1965 Ford Fairlane for 500 sports coupe owned by Isaac Velas. Yeah, of Cos Bay Oregon has a 289 A code motor with ac four automatic transmission. He purchased it from a customer who is ready to send it to the, to the junkyard basically. And I it was like, wow, that uh you know, it happens, you know, even, even classic cars go there if people aren't willing to put the money into, you know, restoring them all the time, he's repaired and replaced all the rust. The engine has been rebuilt and to hype hypo specs, which is a ford common term for the hype performance to ignite the uh it's currently undergoing a color change to go to a black exterior and a red interior. Well, it'll be a nice look but you may better be ready to make sure that body is nice and straight. Yeah, and clearly this is a photo that uh before we dove into the body work and you do see a little bit of the rust on it. But um you know, it does take quite a bit of time to, you know, take care of the rust and straighten the body out and get ready for paint. So, I'm sure he's well on his way. Um, but it might not be completely back together right now. Yeah. Yeah. And you know, and that's half the fun. II, I like seeing cars before they get restored and before they get too much time to see and, uh, guys can really enjoy the, what they're, that they're going through to build it. What's up next, Gary? All right. We have a 1960 El Camino owned by Terry Collins of Ventura California. And it boasts a 350 automatic. He purchased it from the third owner five years ago and it's underwent a frame off restoration. Wow. You know what I like about this car? You know, it's got this, you know, it's got that Southern California look to it. It's got the, it's low and you get the Fs and it's got the, all the trim is still on it. It's got, it's got a nice look. It looks nice and clean yet. It's still relatively stocked in appearance. It's a sweet ride. Sweet ride. Yeah. Love how he lowered the outlet too on that one. He got her down in the weeds. I know. Boy, she's on the ground, you know, and that's like that's your Ventura California look, I think, you know. Yeah, you don't have to worry about those Minnesota potholes. Exactly. No, no. Snow banks to climb over down there. The uh next car up as, uh, owned by Mike and Suo, Mike and Sue Ro, they've actually got a couple of cars entered in here. This is the first one we're gonna feature this out of Geneva Ohio. It's a 65 Mercury Comet Caliente and uh post a engine with AC four automatic. He purchased, uh from another, he purchased it from another owner in 1998 who drove it in parades for tw. Uh, he's owned it for 26 years. Um, and he acquired a N Os interior, which is kind of impressive. A new old stock interior, I suppose at 26 years ago, it would have been easier to find A N Os. Yeah, find all the pieces of the interior. I'm sure you could find a couple of pieces here and there. But to find all of the pieces to do at N OS, you know, that it would have been easier a couple of years ago. But, yeah, it, it, it's surprising how, you know, a lot of these cars that, you know, you could find parts for 20 years, 25 years ago now. Suddenly they're really, you know, starting to the market is dried up and you're really searching people are, you know, people are beginning to recognize a lot of these, you know, the value in these vehicles too. Next up. We have out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada we have Dave E sends in a uh pick up his 1975 Plymouth Roadrunner. This is like, you know, after the, you know, the late muscle car era when they started to kind of down power a lot of this stuff because of the Iranian oil embargo and uh and higher insurance rates and everything else. So you don't see a lot of these like surviving that, but, you know, it's awesome to see a nice clean example like this, you know. Yeah, I always appreciated that Chrysler always continued to, you know, add the graphics, the graphics on the side, the graphic on the hood, you know, a lot of them, a lot of the manufacturers ventured away from that, but the Chrysler is stuck with it. And so, you know, yeah, when you see it at the show, wow, what is it? They stand, they stand out and they're the, you know, with the 404 barrel, dual exhaust and a 727 automatic, no doubt. Has a lot of the spunk still in there. He uh, he fully restored it. It took him a few years from 2019 to 2021 but that's only a couple of years. So good job and must have started with a clean example. You're making us feel bad if you get them done in two years, guys. The uh next car is uh 1955 Chevy Bel Air that's uh owned by Steve Anderson and Steven has, uh, it, his 55 bel Air looks pretty, looks pretty stock and it does still running its original 265 V eight engine three speed manual with an overdrive. He purchased it from the third owner. He's owned it for 28 years. The engine and transmission, he is rebuilt and he's currently restoring the interior. Great thing about these Tri five Chevys, you know, 5567 is there are parts available. You know, if you want to restore an interior on a car like this, you know, you could get a fully stitched, fully ready interior without breaking the bank too. And, you know, it's just a matter of uh slipping it on the, uh, our next car up is go ahead gearing up. Uh Mike Atkins, uh a lot of hatch in Florida. Um It's a 1934 3 window coup, um, mostly 355 backed up with a turn like five speed. It was originally built by Street Rods by Michael. It's a street right by Michael chassis. It looks like and show me, show me Rod's custom body that's fiberglass body on this car. And it's, it's a nice looking car. You know, a lot of it's got the third for a 34. It's got the chop like a California kid, sort of chop to it. And uh nice low stance and look, he started as a retirement build in 2020 finished it in 2023. So now I guess he's gonna spend the rest of his retirement to driving it and having fun. Yeah. Absolutely. And it really is, uh, is a hot rod ever really done. There's always something you can do. There's something to be improved on or, you know, something you want to add to it. Maybe it needs air conditioning, especially in Florida. All right. Our next car is, uh, Mike from Plover, Wisconsin. He has a beautiful 1976 Pontiac Trans Am. These cars were, you know, this is the last year. You could get a 455 in these. And that was, that in itself makes me a big fan of the 76 Trans Ams. They had all that, you know, I know that, uh, the 7778 kind of took on a life of their own because of smokey and the bandit. And, and that was the car used in that movie, but those weren't as powerful as the 455 trans Ams of 76. And to me it's, you know, if you're gonna own a muscle car, it's all about power. And this one is a good example and he found it on ebay. He's owned it for 14 years and he is Engine Dino at 570 horse. That's power. Yeah, it's gotta get up and move. All right, moving forward. We're going to Richard Caulfield of Pennsylvania sent in his car. And it's a 55 crown Victoria. Nice, 55 Crown Victoria. He dumped his Y block. Yeah, we got a 302 with uh, oh automatic overdrive transmission. So, uh no, that's not the Y block and the formatic in there anymore, but a lot more drivable. Oh, I'm sure. Yeah. Yeah, they built for cruising. He's owned it 14 years. He says he's added added accessories and just at one glance, you know, uh Richard, you've added a lot of accessories. You've got like Laker pipes on it, the cruiser skirts, Continental kit, mercury chrome underneath the, the windows. Um Yeah, it's, it's got a little, it's a very original looking, but it's got a little few custom touches that give it that sort of fifties, flare fifties, kind of that lead sled flare. Yep. I, you know, this one stood out to me. I liked it, you know, but I'm a fan of the big red and white uh fifties cars. Anyways, I think they, they're very iconic for the era. Next, we have Ted Larson's car from Sun City, Arizona. He has a Chevrolet Impala sport sedan with a 284 with a power glide. Um, he purchased it from, uh from the son of the original owners about five years ago and uh he's added new carpet, new headliner, installed leather and uh installed leather interior and minor mechanical work after the car had sat for 20 years. And, you know, it's like any car, you know, as much as gonna go wrong with it, sitting still and driving it. Yeah, that's a really big problem when the mice get into it. All right. Yeah. And thankfully, well, down in Arizona, I imagine, you know, cars stay, even sitting still, they stay a little bit nicer down there than they do get a lot of up here. And, uh, the issues involved with, you know, dealing with all of that. The uh uh our next car is uh from Tony Maher of Malvern, Pennsylvania to 1972 olds Cutlass Supreme. Yeah, it boasts a 350 with a 5.7 L which, well, it boosts a 350 which is a 5.7 L four barrel with a Turbo hydrotic 350 with the automatic with the council shift. So he's got the council in it. He's got uh it's a nice looking clean car. You know, he's uh it belonged to his father from 1980 until he passed in 98 and he's owned it since 99. Uh So he's kept it in the family, kept, uh you know, kept his father's dream alive seven year restoration in his father's memory from 2005 to tw 2012. That's, you know, he's, he's obviously put the time in getting all the details right? Um Restoration included engine rebuild, custom paint with the stripes led lighting and he updated the stereo. So, you know, gave gave it a few updates to make it a little more fun to drive the AM radios of 1972 and, uh, leave something to be desired, you know, I'll be going down the road, bump the N PR, it didn't quite, you know. Yeah. II, I never, uh, you know, if a guy is gonna drive a car, you know, I usually don't have a problem with having some sort of new audio system in there just because even if they choose not to cut up the dash just have, you know, so many options for hiding it somewhere and just having a remote and even some of the stuff that goes in dash, they've done a good job of making it look like the factory original stuff and you can have the, have all the modern conveniences of, you know, Bluetooth and USB ports and the whole nine yards yet still look like the original factory radio. Yeah, I really love what they did with the stripes. I don't know if that's exactly factory but, uh, it definitely complements nicely with the white interior in the top. Yep. And it works really, you know, I, I, again, I, I'm with you. I'm not 100 I'm not enough of an Oldsmobile expert to know, but I, I think those draping looks, it looks correct for the era and it looks nice on this car. I'll let you take, ok. All right, next up we got Thomas Harper. Harper Bedford County, Virginia. He has a 1935 Ford two door standard sedan features. His original 221 cubic inch engine. It's a big real flathead, uh, three speed purchased from my grandmother 67 years. So I purchased it from his grandmother 67 years ago. So the guy has owned the car longer than I've been alive. So, you know, that is cool. He and he totally restored it. The Ford factory specifications. That's cool. Another thing I really like about this picture. He's got the vintage train in the background. You know, it's something like one of those things you kind of like, you know, you say, oh wow. You know, that's, that's cool. That makes the picture so much better. You know, sometimes you gotta, sometimes when you're taking a picture of your girl, you know, think about what's in the background too, you know, and, uh, you know, we had kind of contemplated about having like a, you know, best picture award, but I think we'll, we'll try that maybe next time and we'll, uh uh kind of have you guys like, uh, show me, show a little bit and give you guys enough heads up to do a little creativity with it. But this car I thought, you know, for owning it 67 years. That's quite epic right there. Yeah. All right. What's our next one? Gary Edward Thames of Oklahoma has a 1962 Ford F 100 unibody features a Ford 5.3 L Godzilla Motor, a Ford six R 80 transmission. And he bought it at auction three years ago. The truck when purchased at a Chevrolet drive train, uh, this winter, I upgraded the drive train to All Ford. Well, congratulations. Uh, you know, a lot of hot rods end up with Chevrolet components. But, uh, I'm glad that it's pretty popular thing to do. You know, it was, you know, a lot of, uh, wasn't so long ago, a lot of, a lot of customs, a lot of when they modified the drive train, a lot of guys went with small block Chevy, especially thirties cars where you had a narrower engine compartment because the, the small block Chevy was, it's a really narrow engine. Uh and you can fit it in some pretty tight spots. It's short and narrow. You have plenty of power. Well, you're not worried so much about needing a tight and narrow on a F 100. Yeah, he didn't need, yeah, they didn't need to put in a small block Chevy in there to, to, for a, a vehicle this size and now he's proven that he didn't need to go that small by dropping in a 7.3 L Godzilla motor, which is got a lot of, a lot of followers in the uh Godzilla Motor that think it's pretty, pretty impressive. I think the, I think doing the drive lane upgrade definitely added to the value of this car. Um, and, uh, I think it's got a nice, it's low, it's smooth. I think the unibodies always look kind of, kind of fun. Yeah, you don't have that pickup line, but again, you don't see a whole lot of these, um, just because of the cracking or whatever, between the body panels and the unibody of them getting overloaded and stuff. So, a lot of them ended up getting crushed. Yeah, a lot of, yeah, the UN, yeah, especially, you know, this one's out of Oklahoma. So it probably fared better than most of them here in Minnesota. The Unibodies had, uh, uh, soon as soon as the rust started to affect them then, uh, the pot because the bed is not part of is the bed is integral with the cab. Unlike a lot of pickups where the bed and the cab are two separate things. Um, the flexing of the body and stuff, uh, on the Unibodies would tend to cause problems as, especially after they started to rust out and age over the years. So it's kinda, kinda neat to see a good clean example like this and, you know, see, see some impressive, uh, I, I haven't seen any, uh, many unibodies with that, uh, big engines in them and, and that kind of power but, you know, I would be curious to see how much he had to cut to get the engine in it and then did he add the like Subra connectors or something to reinforce the body to handle the power. Yeah. Yeah, I agree. You know, it's, it's like one of those cars you look at and you go, I want to know more. I want to slide underneath it for a little bit. Yeah, I want to see how they did that. OK. Next one up we have Ron Drummonds has uh submitted his of Florida has submitted his 1958 Chevy Apache. Now, here's a case where a Chevy engine fits in a Chevy. So, uh, he's got a 350 with an automatic transmission. Uh, he purchased it from a couple in Ohio eight years ago and, uh, the truck has an automatic transmission, power steering, power, brake, electric windows. So it's, uh, what I like about it is it the stand, it's down there in the weeds a little bit. He's got the stance right. He's got, uh, uh, he's got a few, you know, the, the, the, the body just look silky smooth and clean. The color works with this vehicle. Uh, overall the whole look of the vehicle just looks right. Yeah, he definitely got the, you know, the larger fender badge or whatever. It's also a big window pickup cab. It's like I always thought these things looked a little silly with the small window was on the rear, but he's clearly got the big window. He's got pearl white paint on, it definitely looks sharp. Um And before we move on, uh I just want to bring up, uh again, we're doing our promotion for the uh our sponsor for the virtual car show today. Uh is up Car parts, is that United Pacific Car Park and up Car parts.com. You know, is your source for like some great led lighting solutions as well as they have a lot of other car parts as well. 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I bought it from the dealer and he's owned it for 32 years, 32 years. He's owned this car. Holy smoke. So it is. You know what I really like about? This is, uh, you know, for a long time, like the coups were just ignored. Oh, yeah. And, uh, the second, the fast or the sport roof cars went through the roof and now it's affordability issue, you know, it's like half the price for a coup, you know, compared to a sport roof car. And you can have just as much fun in one as you can then, uh, the, uh, fastbacks and, and I think that's, that's the neat thing. I, I like the fact that the, the coups have finally found their own in the hobby and, you know, you know, it wasn't that long 20 years ago. They were, you know, a lot of people would just, you know, ignore them completely but now they have, they have their place, you know, and it's like anything, I think, uh, you know, eventually it all comes around and, you know, like, even the four door cars for a long time were all ignored and now they've, they're equally as respected at the car show is the, the two door counterpart. And I think it's just the evolution of the hobby and the, you know, the appreciation of the cars. Yeah, absolutely. Ok. Moving ahead then, Gary, what's on your next car? Uh, it is a 1963 Ford Thunderbird, um, owned by Al Morrison, uh, Southeast Pennsylvania, uh, features a 390 Cuban cruise attic, automatic drive uh transmission and he was uh started the project as a COVID project. Four years ago, completed fuel system, front brakes, dis front brake conversion updated most of the chrome and the interior. Well, it looks gorgeous. Yeah. And you know, these cars, you know, of the T birds, these are one, you know. Yeah, the little little baby birds uh of the, you know, uh the fifties were nice but for some reason that, you know, this, this generation of thunderbird I always thought was sweet design. You know, they commonly referred to as the bullet bird, but this was after the tiny bird and you know, all the square birds. Yep. And uh, you know, it's, yeah, it's a love design by me, but it's like they just haven't gotten the respect until just recently where, you know, you sink $70,000 into a restoration. One of these, you are ever gonna get it back, but now times have changed and you see, you know, they're selling for quite a bit more, quite a bit more each year. So again, another vehicle that is getting more and more respect in the collector car world. But uh definitely like the uh kind of style oils that he added there in addition to the, you know, the outside styling alley. So it was like, it just nailed it, but the interiors were always so cool on these cars. The wrap around back seat was right around back seat and then it kind of flowed into the center console that would go flow all the way up and then flow into the dash. It just made, like for it, it was like somebody was thinking when they, like, were designing that interior because it looked custom. Yeah, especially with all the top stitch pleading that they did originally in them or, you know, it definitely cool interior and that's why you commonly see, you know, more hot rod options where they pull the seats out of these and put them in their vehicles. Exactly. So we're, we're not promoting that. We go to the jungle and tear all the sheets out of the Thunderbirds. But, but they have, they have, uh, we have seen that happen, you know, we've started to see those thunderbird interiors in a lot more than just Thunderbirds. Uh They are great interior. The councils are the, the council and the dash all just flow together to make it, uh, uh, a low cost, full custom interior. Ok. Picked up at a receipt of California. Jerry Hill sends us a picture of his 1935 Chevy panel. Uh, he's got a 250. Uh, now I'm not sure what a two vs six and I'm gonna, and that it could be, could be the original motor. I uh I don't think so. It'd be a 216 or something like that, but I imagine it's in, in a six cylinder engine. He's got a turbo 350 behind it. So it's got automatic transmission. Uh The car is being used, it was, uh, the car was originally used for a restaurant sign, uh in Northridge, California Abe's Deli. And uh when the restaurant closed, he happened to drive by and, you know, couldn't resist bringing this one home. I could see that being parked out in front of a deli with uh some script sign signage on the side of it. Uh you know, call attention to your deli. Um The uh he's to, yes, he's, he's totally gone through the entire car. And uh in it shows, you know, you, you know, that's not something that's like just a restaurant sign anymore. That's something you can, you know, it was no longer yard art. Yeah. And, and you can't have enough good yard art. But uh this is uh this is a good example and I think, you know, what, what, what Jerry's done to it, you know, obviously brought this thing back to life and made it, you know, have, it'll have another generation of love where people will get to enjoy this car. Next up. Our good buddy, Colonel Joe Rose, uh from uh United States Air Force retired is uh out of Oak Brook Kansas. He has this 1957 old 98 has the uh 370 V eight with the stock automatic transmission. Uh He acquired it from his sister in law better half, 2.5. Uh, two and he's, he had it for 2.5 years. It's got 48,000 miles on the car. He's upgraded the braking system. Now. I have, uh, my, you know, while I've never owned one of these, it's like the, the design for a fifties car. Just always, like, you know, somehow just hit, you know, checked all the boxes. It, uh, it was the kind of car where you looked at and thought this is sweet. This is nice. It had the, what I really liked about these was the back window was divided into three pieces that was like the had the little separate pillars that had two ridges that would go up and followed the whole roof line and that sort of that styling cue that followed all the way back, that uh those ridges like they carried it not only from the roof back, but they ran it right down into the windows too. So it kind of helped unify the whole design, gave it its own little styling cue. Yeah, another little neat feature that was very specific to the 1957 is in the rear bumper. There was uh this kind of like stacked rectangular, uh exhaust tip that actually goes through it. And that was for 1957 only. And that's a very rare option to have on the vehicle. Um But again, and this year, the Oldsmobiles, like where the tri fives, you know, every year was different on the Oldsmobiles. It was the same thing. The 55 the 56 they look nothing like a 57. So, yeah, these are kind of rare and sought after the sea and this is very clearly a very well preserved example. Yeah, I love this car. You know, I think it has a nice look to, it has the, the white car with the white, white walls and, uh, you know, a nice dance. It's, it looked a little lower than stock and with the fender skirts, it has that whole full fifties kind of feel to it. Next up, we have, uh, out of Manchester, Missouri. We have, uh, Dave Ser, uh, has a 1955 Chevrolet Uh, it has a 265 V eight with a power glide transmission. He purchased it from a friend, uh, year and a half ago and, uh, he's added some factory accessory trim. Uh, you know, that's cool. You know, the, again, uh, you're starting to see a lot of, a lot of these tri 54 doors that, uh, have regained in popularity, you see them as a lot of, you know, people that want to have a vintage, you know, classic car and wanna drive the heck out of them and have it look good and, you know, do every, have, enjoy the hobby without breaking the bank. Yeah. And it's a lot, a lot easier to load kids in the car. Seats, especially if you got four full doors rather than a two door. So I think that's also driving, you know, four doors and four door prices. But yeah, this is definitely an all original example except for probably some paint work, but it's very clean example. Um adding accessories. Yeah, you got lots of options probably on purchasing your access. I mean, you know, that's the thing, you know, I know some guys they like get all bent out of shape about adding accessories to a car. And it's like, well, it didn't come that way and it's like, it's not always necessarily, you know, if, if, if accessories never got added to cars, just think of all the warehouses that would be full of like uh accessories that, you know, never were on a particular car. So I think it's a way of personalizing your car without taking away from the originality. You know, you can add the factory accessories and still it's a bone stock car. And again, even it wasn't factory accessories, it could have been dealer installed accessories and that would have never been identified on the vint. And exactly, there was a lot in those years. Uh it was quite common to have dealer installed accessories, things like fender skirts quite often weren't uh installed at the factory at the factory. A lot of, a lot of options were left to the dealers to install as well. So there are, there, there are those options that came from the factory and those options that were dealer installed accessories and uh or even dealer installed options. You know, some cars just, you know, the for production reasons, they wouldn't install some options unless it was specifically ordered for a car, but the dealer could install it for nominal cost. Our next car. Uh, now we're uh, I know we're gonna mess up this, this is uh Salvato Fice Fe fe. Yeah, uh Media Pennsylvania. He has a 1961 king midget. And this car, you know, these cars um have their own kind of unique history. What I like about it was is that after world war, I, I in 1946 a couple of aircraft pilots got together and they wanted to start building cars that were uh built with kind of aircraft technology behind them. And uh so they, so what they dreamed up was the, the idea of building a basically a kit car. You, they would sell you all the parts, they would sell you a body and a chassis and engine and all the parts to build, but you would have to assemble these cars. So in 1946 they were only available as kits. You had to basically have the knowledge then how to construct one of these cars to build, to own one. And, but you know, they, they carved out their own little niche and people started to really enjoy these cars. So a few years later they started, you know, they not only did they have the kits but they started to offer them assembled and complete, which makes it kind of, kind of unique. And then they were still like, uh, they were like a little economy kind of car that, you know, some guys enjoyed, you know, and they carved out their little corner of the market. Um, they hung around until 1970. And what I like about this one here is like they've, you know, uh I imagine the old whatever uh I'm in, forgive me if you're a big King midget fan, but I'm not sure what they were using for engines back then, but uh this one's been upgraded with a three cylinder Geo Metro engine, which I thought was kind of cool. Yeah, I'm sure you are running out of options of what would fit in the engine compartment. But, you know, uh availability on Geo Metro engines at the time you were doing, it was probably really good. Um, and he found this one in as a basket case in an old garage. So he probably engine wasn't with it when he found it or there was maybe that was the reason why it was disassembled or it was maybe a kit that was never completely built there is, you know, I'm surprised how we find it. So, you know, we like to think about kit cars being something of more recent time, but they were building them back in 1946. This one I think is, it's a nice example in a car with a unique kind of weird history to it. Our next car is, uh, uh, 1959 Dodge Cornet, owned by Richard Schuster of Saint Joseph Missouri. Uh, this is the, again of the, the 19 fifties Dodges. This is my favorite year. It's just, uh, you know, it's the fins, the grill, the style, uh, you know, the roof lines, everything was, uh, it, it all kind of worked together. I, uh, I'm a big fan of the 59 Dodges. Um, this one has the, the 326 which is the original motor with the push button automatic, which is the, the torque flight transmission. Um, it was found in a small car lot 45 years ago. Uh, it was pulled out of his dad's barn, uh, and it was where he'd been sitting for probably 40 years. He recently rebuilt a put on disc brakes on all four wheels. Uh, the 19 fifties moar braking, uh, is a, is a trip unto itself. But, you know, it's, uh, it's workable but, uh, it, it upgrading the disc brakes is always a good idea with these cars. Uh, and I'm sure I'll get some heat for that. Uh, he's in the process of putting power steering on it. Uh, it still sports its original paint and interior and that says something right there. Yeah. Yeah. It's been well preserved for 45 years. Yeah. Yeah. And, you know, especially with the trim on these cars, they weren't made out of the greatest metals rust pitting and stuff like that becomes a real challenge. Yeah. In the fifties. Uh, yeah, especially on all the pot metal stuff. Uh, Mopar was not known for, you know, having that pot metal preserve itself very lot. Well, next up we have a car, uh, owned by Warren in Detroit, Michigan. He has a 1968 Camaro sports a 331 cubic inch engine. Um, it has AM four speed behind it. Uh, he bought it new in 1967 and he's owned it ever since. Uh, we've been together for almost 57 years. So that's something you don't see too often. Yeah, usually there's one reason or another you have to part ways with it or Mother nature will do it for you, you know, uh, flood or fire or, you know. But, yeah, that's definitely sweet to still have something you bought brand new in 67. A one, a one owner, one owner, uh, you know, drove it because he had to replace the floors. Rockers, corridors, fenders hood. And, uh, in the process he converted it from an automatic to a manual. But, you know, I'm sure it's no longer a daily driver and, you know, the, uh, yeah, I'm sure it's, it, it is, uh, leaving, it's living a much more babied life than it did early on. I think that was the thing, a lot of those classic cars when, uh, guys got them years ago they would be, uh, back then. It wasn't, it wasn't a classic car, it was just a new car and you drove it because you paid for it. Ok. Next up we have Mike and Sue Rowe again. Remember we had one of the, we had another one of their cars earlier. This one is the same year but a little different model. This one's a hard top. Yeah, they're out of Geneva Ohio. It's a 1965 Comet Cyclone cyclone and it has a sports, a 289 with a T 10 transmission. It has uh he uh he purchased it from the dealer in the fall of So we're backing it up. We had a Camaro that a guy bought new and now we have a, a 65 mercury that uh Mike and Sue purchased new. Yeah, years ago. So they've had it 60 some years, 60 years in It went through a ground up restoration. They added the Ramer hood to it and uh added uh the special cyclone Krager Caps from uh B FX drag car in And I, and you'll have to forgive me. I'm not sure of uh the, the significance. I know, you know that the, that the cyclones really had a following. They were known for their power. They were known for, you know, being, uh, that was during the muscle car craze and during the period when, you know, cars had to perform at the track. Yeah. Well, currently, uh, his garage must just be filled with mercury because he's got the Comet Caliente. So, you know, some people, uh, brand loyalty is key. I know. And that's cool though. Our next vehicle up is Eric Peterson from Vancouver British Columbia. He has a 1976 Chevrolet G 10 and it has a 350 automatic. He purchased it off marketplace at Facebook marketplace two years ago. Uh He hasn't done a lot to it yet. But what I like about this one is it brings back the the custom van era, you know, by the, by the mid late seventies, uh the muscle cars were starting to lose power. They weren't, they weren't the big powerful machines. And suddenly, you know, a youth generation they need, they wanted to travel America or just, you know, hang out with their buddies, you know, and uh suddenly the custom van became all the craze and that whole van thing happened from mid seventies, all the way into, you know, even the mid eighties and it still exists today even uh there are clubs that just gear themselves, there are these custom vans and I think that, you know, I think it's iconic and I, and I love seeing some of these get preserved. Yeah, it's like, I can't really tell if it's got some, uh, fancy portholes in the back. I like the Hot Wheels logo. Um, yeah, and under glow he's got, uh, some kind of little hood scoop on it, you know. Yeah, this is all stuff. You would have seen the side pipes, get the wheel flares on it. Get the little spoiler on the roof and the visor on the front and it's like, yeah, it's uh it's everything you would, you know, it checks a lot of boxes, but the only thing you need to do is start adding like a big full mural down the side, you know. So, so I it uh it's a great, great old van neat to see one to see these things being preserved and, you know, it's part of, part of the culture. Next. We have Dave Newlands of Vancouver Washington. He has a 1938 Chevrolet Master and uh the difference between the master and the standards in the, in the coups in these years was the master had the independent front suspension and a few more chrome goodies and stuff. Uh That old knee action for suspension was a, was a trip unto itself. Uh There are so many moving things and different weird components that uh uh getting them to get rebuilding those front ends was uh a venture all to itself. So it's neat to see these cars. He, you know, it's still, it's still boasting a 216 with this three, transmission, he bought it out an ad in the local paper. He's owned it for 25 years. Yeah, clearly it's in, you know, in good shape. He's, uh, it does have like the factory accessory parking lights on top of the fenders, kind of gives it that, you know, the optional fog lamps on the bump. Yeah. So it's got, you know, he's got a few accessories on there. He's got uh it's got a nice look nice, you know, car, I always uh always been a big fan of the 3738 Chevy Coupe. I think they uh they uh iconic styling. Yeah, uh definitely appreciate the fact that they left the original color scheme still left intact. Uh You know, a lot of these things in the nineties and the two thousands people looked at the color scheme, uh you know, tan on brown would just say no, I paint the whole thing red. Yeah. Ok. And lastly, we have uh uh Peter from Alva Queensland Australia uh sent in a picture of his custom 1963 Holden panel van. What we love about this car is it's unique and uh it's not, you know, here in the States, we don't see a lot of holding panel vans and this one has a look all to itself, you know, and they, he's done an awesome job restoring this. He's got some custom wheels on there like bigger wheels with low profile tires. It adds to the look of this thing. Uh, the roof line is kind of it. It's crazy. You know, you don't see anything in the American market with roof lines or that grill that is unique grill. Yeah, I've never seen one before and probably because these things were never imported into the States. But, uh, I definitely love the whole auto cross theme. He's got going with this getting a squatter right down on the ground with the correct wheel and tired, uh, give it a real mean stance and it's got a 308 V eight. It's got, uh, automatic. Uh, he built it from a shell. So he started with just the basic shell and then, uh, probably why it has a real custom look to it is the, you know, he had, I doubt it's boasting any of its factory suspension items that would have came underneath it. I'm sure it's all been upgraded or new. Mhm. And be, and ok, now with that, you know, before what we're gonna do, I've got, uh, we've kind of gone through and picked what we find is, uh, our top five are basically our editor's picks. Not necessarily the, uh, the best five, uh, cars in the lot, but the, the cars that we kind of, we, we saw and we kind of, uh, realized that, um, these cars look, you know. Yeah, they, they were just maybe our picks as far as what, you know, hit us the right way. Um And number one on our list of cars for our editor's choice is the uh 1960 Chevy El Camino owned by Terry Collins. You know, we just love this car. It has the right stance, right, look. And, and again, you know, back to that, what I talked about earlier is like, you know, we were talking about having, you know, a best, you know, best photos, things. What we like about this one is, you know, you got the mural of the cars in the background. It has that set the whole look of the scene has that Southern California feel. And uh we love the car. We love the, love the photo, great looking rig. Absolutely love the stance. Ok. Our next choice for uh editor's choice uh was the uh 1955 Ford Crown Victoria owned by Richard Cell uh out of Pennsylvania. This is uh you know what I like the fact that this car you look at it and everything says fifties custom, but he's, he's taken the time to upgrade the engine and transmission. I know it's not full restoration stuff, but it's a drivable car. It's a car that has that full fifties flavor, a little bit of the custom approach and it's, it has all the, the reliability of a modern car with the automatic transmission and the overdrive and the, the whole nine yards, it just checked a lot of boxes for me. Yeah, it's definitely got a Timeless look. If you look at this vehicle another 2030 years from now, it's still gonna have that same timeless look, you know. Um, again, doesn't have the correct drive train but it's just to make it more drivable. And so you'll probably still see this car 2030 years at the show. Our next one up is, uh, Ed Edward Themes. His, uh 1962 Ford F 100 unibody. You know, I, I like this car because it was low. It was smooth. It, you know, they've shaved the door handles off. They've kind of done some things to, you know, they painted the bumper, they've kind of done some stuff to give it sort of a more modern, smooth feel to it. But they did the, he spent the time and money to get, you know, pull that Chevy drive train out of it and upgrade it to All Ford and not just Ford, but a big 7.3 Godzilla. Yeah. Yeah, I like the fact that they kept the exterior of the vehicle very, you know, subtle in some ways because as soon as a lot of these guys are throwing, you know, real big high horsepower engines and drive trains into them. They start taking on this huge restaurant mod. Look. This is more subtle, more sleeper. Yep. Love this truck. Ok. Our next, uh, next uh, winner is uh Colonel Joe Rose. Uh, he's also in our editor's pick. He's uh, uh, the 57 old 98 you know, love these big old cruisers, fifties, cruisers, nice car, well done. Uh, you know, this is, this is a first rate kind of vehicle. Yeah, beautifully preserved, classic. And last we have the, the unique one of the bunch, the uh, 1963 Holden panel van. The uh, well, it's unique that we don't see a lot of them, but the work that's been done for starting with just a shell, this is top notch. Absolutely. It looks like an absolute blast to drive. Yeah. And you know, if you bring this thing from, uh, you know, from Australia over here to the States, you know, you'd have a crowd around it at every car show that you attended and that's it. Those are our winners. We've got, uh, I'm gonna, uh, back to, uh, the, uh, summer sweeps that we're running with in conjunction, uh, with our, our virtual car show sponsor up car parts. Um, United Pacific has a great set of headlights that they're going to be, uh, giving away through our up sweepstakes, the, uh, art or a su or Summer sweepstake Classic Car restoration Club summer sweeps. Uh, you, these are great, these are great headlights. You know, like I said, you can go to go to the site, you'll see lots of, lots of installs that we've done with these headlights. They're top notch they're built to last. They're insanely bright, easy to install, plug and play operation. Uh, they, they're a definite must if you're, if you're serious about, you know, having good reliable lighting, that's better than the factory and brighter and safer, you know, up car parts, they have exactly what you need. And with that, thanks for coming out today, we appreciate, you know, you guys hanging out. Uh, always great to see again if you didn't see the car, if we didn't show your car, there may have been a reason just because we only have so much time to present all these cars. Uh, and some of the pictures were too low res or too dark or too light or whatever, there was just an issue, but all of the, all of the submissions are on the site, go out to the site, click on the site. You can like flip through all of them, not only the ones we featured here today, but also some of them that we've, uh, you know, haven't had the opportunity to present. Wanna thank everybody for coming out and, you know, get out there and enjoy this summer and restore your car while you're at it.