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<\/a>62 Impala convertible<\/p><\/div>\n
There weren’t that many Impala’s this year. I saw a 62 convertible and a 61 Impala and that was it. There were the usual 69 Camaro’s and 70 Chevelle’s, like we haven’t seen enough of those. Don’t get me wrong, I still like those cars but there’s so many of them at every car show.<\/p>\n
Lot’s of blowers and slicks underneath tubbed out wheel wells in all kinds of cars.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Not sure what this is<\/p><\/div>\n
Some really noteworthy cars were the custom creations. I don’t mean the custom finished American cars, I mean the custom made rods. The one that looked the most interesting had no make\/model name. It reminded me of a 30’s era pickup body with the front end from an old VW van. The owner said the engine was out of\u00a0 big 61 GMC trunk. It had to have been a very big truck. I’d say dump truck or some other industrial beast cause this was no motor I’ve ever seen before. It was twice the length of a standard V8 and had 4 valve covers which meant 4 cylinder heads.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Custom truck with 61 GMC motor<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Custom truck rear view<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Another custom creation<\/p><\/div>\n
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There were loads of vendors too. There was a large neon sign display, the usual small tools vendors, and a company out of Cherry Hill NJ that was doing full color prints on t-shirts, sweatshirts and mugs. 2 of my faves were the “if it’s broke, call Dad” neon sign and Ricks automotive hardware. He had some hard to find clips like the ones that hold the rods inside car doors. His website was worth making note of cause he said we could download the online catalog. You can goto http :\/\/www.automotive-hardware.com<\/a> and check it out.<\/p>\n