hit up the Bonney Eagle car show

[eljefino]

It supports the athletic boosters. I kept it real with my 89 firebird (not pictured.) Paid the extra $5 to enter car plus driver which meant I didn't have to park in Siberia. I had my choice of the f-body parking lot or "best of the 80s" so I went with the 80s.

This seems safe:



"I like my truck so much, I painted my truck on my truck:"



I did this on my BIL's cavalier!!!!



Rat trucks fell into two classes (IMO), this one was a "radiator in front" traditional model but there were lots of rads in back.





Now a rad-in-back



clearcoat over patina:



floorpan of this thing was a real foot-squoosher





diesel power-- wish I heard this one run. The whole show was pretty quiet except for "Train horn guy"



here's one for the kids



75 valiant, the dashboard from the movie "duel"





there was a decibel drag race section





Blood. Sweat. Tears. Another head gasket.

"I bought this hot rod off the showroom floor like the rest of the row of mopars."

 

[Nayov]

Yup, just got back from it. That shellacked Beetle was something of that nature I've never seen.

I must be getting old because back in the day it was a much larger event.

 

[supton]

Nice pics. I haven't been to a show in years. I think Owls Head, over twenty years ago.

I like the rat sans radiator. I've wondered about something like that but with a slant six. The natural slant/slouch of that motor I think would work well.

 

[andyd]

Great pics Eljefino. I would dearly enjoy putting a 30's Chevy or GMC or Dodge pu on a clean 2 wd Ranger frame. Guy down in NOLA has a 36 Ford kit on a Ranger frame. It is boss

 

[morepwr]

I love those rat rod trucks! The one with the turbo diesel is cool looking!

 

[urrlord]

A few years back I saw one of the fox body LTD's that was an odd blue-green metallic that had weathered down to the primer in places.I wanted to get it and clear coat it like that Beetle.Something about the weathering patterns looked really cool.