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Tri-Five Chevy at Chetek, Wisconsin Classic Car Show

 

The 2008 classic car show in Chetek, Wisconsin featured a bevy of beauties including this 1957 "Tri-Five" Chevrolet.

   

"Tri-Five", of course, refers to the 1955, 1956, and 1957 Chevrolets.  This '57 interior just drips in lipstick red.

   

We featured a 1957 Chevy nearly identical to this one in our Customs & Classics DVD.  The DVD also features the Munster Koach and a Hot Rod Magazine cover car among many other beautiful classic cars.

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Ford Reveals New 2010 Mustang...Finally...and it's an Instant Classic Car

 

Ford Motor Company's new Mustang didn't disappoint, as the photo above clearly shows.  For those who don't understand cars, classic and otherwise, you are probably wondering what all the neighing is about.

The new Mustang is an instant classic car.  Check out the drifting hoopla here:

http://videos.streetfire.net/video/2010-Mustang-FIRST-Reveal_200272.htm

   

Check out the nice tail on this pony.  These traditional three-segment LED tail lamps fire sequentially.  Remember?  That's just like the old Cougars and Thunderbirds.

 

Love those analog gages!

 

This is no dark horse.  Ford's new Mustang will fly out of corrals everywhere...if Ford survives until 2009 to manufacture them.

 

Saddle up and trot (while nickering) on over to Ford's website for more cool pics and videos of the 2010 Mustang.

http://www.fordvehicles.com/the2010mustang/

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Chetek Wisconsin Classic Car Show Includes Ford T-Bird

 

Feast your eyes on this holiday bird!  No, not THAT kind of holiday bird.

This beautiful 1956 Ford Thunderbird waddled into the 2008 Chetek Wisconsin 4th of July classic car show.  The holiday weekend features one of the largest small town parades I've ever seen.

   

How's that for stuffing?  Not a breadcrumb in sight.

Stand by while I try to sprinkle salt on that tail.

Thanks for the photos, Dad!

Ford Motor Company to Un-stable the 2010 Mustang in Private Arenas

Ford Motor Company has announced that it will trot out the 2010 Mustang in private events throughout the United States on Tuesday, November 19, 2008.

The latest incarnation of America's original pony car will be revealed before the public for the first time at the Los Angeles Auto Show later this month.

The invitation-only Santa Monica event will round-up 1,000 Mustang car club members and 200 member-owned Mustangs.  Ford execs have issued an autoequestrian*-friendly dress code forbidding shorts and requiring a collared shirt.

No boots or bolo ties?

The Santa Monica program will include autograph signing sessions with Carroll Shelby, Jack Roush, John Force, Parnelli Jones, and other Mustang "stars."

The actual unveiling will be broadcast live via satellite from Santa Monica to similar gatherings in Atlanta, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Miami, Phoenix, Tampa, and Tulsa.

We are chomping at the bit.

Click HERE to register.

*A term we have just coined in regard to apparel or tack appropriate for Mustangs or their owners and drivers.

High Oil Prices Gave Birth to Brooklands Car Then Stalled Production

This automobile and two others were featured at the State Historical Building in Des Moines, Iowa last year in a showcase called Running on Empty.  The display included fuel efficient (such as this Brooklands prototype) and alternative fuel vehicles.

From a Historical Society press release:

Michael Bogardus Prototype – “The Brooklands”

The gasoline shortages and rising oil prices of the 1970s encouraged Bogardus to design and construct his own fuel efficient vehicle. He unveiled his prototype in 1980 as a two passenger, three-wheeled economy car. Powered by a 500cc Honda engine, it claimed high gas mileage and a thrill to drive. Small and fuel efficient, Bogardus had hoped to market the vehicle to the fuel conscious public. But the 1980s brought stability to the oil market and less opportunity for the vehicle. “The Brooklands” is from the Historical Museum’s permanent collection.

 

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Stick with Stamps that Feature 1950s Classic Car Fins and Fenders

These new stamps from the U.S. Postal service are aimed squarely at the classic car demograhic.

According to the USPS website:

On October 3, 2008, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the Postal Service™ issued 42–cent America on the Move: 50s Fins and Chrome commemorative stamps in five designs, designed by Carl T. Herrman of Carlsbad, California.

America on the Move: 50s Fins and Chrome stamps are available in a self–adhesive pane of 20 and a $13.95 premium stamped postal card booklet of 20.

The stamps feature paintings by renowned automobile illustrator Art M. Fitzpatrick of Carlsbad, California. This is the second issuance in the America on the Move series.

The pane features the following classic American cars:

• 1959 Cadillac Eldorado
• 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk
• 1957 Pontiac Safari
• 1957 Lincoln Premiere
• 1957 Chrysler 300C

The previous issuance of America on the Move was 2005’s 37–cent 50s Sporty Cars, which featured:

• 1952 Nash Healey
• 1953 Chevrolet Corvette
• 1953 Studebaker Starliner
• 1954 Kaiser Darrin
• 1955 Ford Thunderbird

You can order these cool classic car stamps online HERE, or at your local post office.

Classic 1961 Corvette Set the Stage for the 1963 Sting Ray

 

I spotted this sweet Tuxedo Black 1961 Chevrolet Corvette in the parking lot of the East Moline, Illinois Hardees.  Standard equipmentin '61 included carpet and an electric clock.

The General Motors Corvette was first introduced in 1953, and with a six-cylinder truck engine under its fiberglass hood it wasn't much of a sportscar.

The 1961 Corvette featured a 283 V8 and an option list included a heater and power windows.  1961 was also the last year for wide whitewall tires and a contrasting side cove color option.

Changes in 1961 model set the stage for the 1963 Sting Ray.

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