We went to the Cleveland Everything Pistons Show last weekend; quite a show 2.2 million sg ft under one roof. B29’s where built in the building during WWII and as late as the 70’s tanks were built there.
Lots of cars most of them muscle or drag cars with Ohio history, plus motorcycles, aircraft, tractors, go carts, trucks, tanks, Cushman’s, stuff for kids and you never had to walk more than fifty feet for hot food or a cold beer. Not as big as Car Craft but it was an indoor reminder that spring may come.
I meet some of the guys from the Northern Ohio Chevelle Club they had a Chevelle/El Camino display nice cars, there very much like NCC folks just regular motor heads talking cars and parts.
I'll do it again next year and hope to have a car in it.
Enjoy
-- Edited by dashboard on Wednesday 19th of March 2014 07:39:19 AM
Thanks for sharing Kevin! Was the 65 Malibu a real Z16?
Derek69SS said
Mar 17, 2014
Looks like a great show!
That bike is the gaudiest thing I've ever seen though...
SteveS said
Mar 17, 2014
Derek69SS wrote:
That bike is the gaudiest thing I've ever seen though...
You should go to the International Motorcycle Show they have at the Minneapolis Convention Center every January. You haven't seen anything yet...
John D said
Mar 17, 2014
Nice to see on of the Nebraska cars cleaned up, made functional, and "on tour"!
dashboard said
Mar 17, 2014
Was the 65 Malibu a real Z16?
Mike, I think it was a copy of; I couldn’t imagine one without the original hubcaps.
That bike is the gaudiest thing I've ever seen though...
Derek, if you think that bike was gaudy in the picture you should have seen it in person. I think sometimes those airbrush guy’s just go crazy and don’t know when to stop. The art work was exceptional but the end product was garish. There were several there, all over done.
Nice to see one of the Nebraska cars cleaned up, made functional, and "on tour"!
JD,I talked to the owner and his mechanic for quite a while, great car guys. We compared the paint job on the 63 with several of the cars on display and learned we really over restore cars. It was amazing to see all the imperfections and waves in the 63’s body. He was undecided whether to have the car judged and was concerned that the judges would pick it apart. I suggested he just allow the judges to look at it, they may learn something.
I posted the 409 bubble top car just for Mitch, I think he likes them. I also think I may have seen that car in Minnesota at the GTO show.
John D said
Mar 17, 2014
I'd said it many times... That Nebraska auction will put the "resto/concourse" crowd on their heads...
"All of a sudden there will be 50+ UNMOLESTED, AS-DELIVERED FROM GM time-capsule vehicles in the mix". There will be the END of "they didn't do this.. they didn't do that". There will be "LOOK!!.. This car has not been TOUCHED... lose the attitude, and accept what is in front of you.
Leave "over restored" to Pebble Beach, and and the concourse crowd. These cars were banged out at 100+ a shift, delivered to dealers with problems, and were not museum pieces... they were $2500 daily drivers intended for trade in 3 years.
Derek69SS said
Mar 17, 2014
About 8-9 years ago, my parents neighbor had an original unrestored super-low mileage '69 Daytona that had never been sold out of the original dealership until recently... parked next to a nice resto, you would think the original was done by amateurs with a can of Krylon.
Chris R said
Mar 17, 2014
I never understood the logic of having a "mechanic" work on cars this old for you. Were not exactly working on high tech machines that are 50 years old here. That tells me someone has too much money.
SShink said
Mar 18, 2014
Chris R wrote:
I never understood the logic of having a "mechanic" work on cars this old for you. Were not exactly working on high tech machines that are 50 years old here. That tells me someone has too much money.
Most of the guys I've seen that have 'mechanics' for their collection usually have 20+ cars in their stable. Gary Kuch in Lincoln, Nebraska (Well known for the Drive across America entries) has over 50 cars, and a full time mechanic. I used to work for the company he started, and toured his place with the Heartland Chevelle club a few years ago. Make your list of the top cars you want, and he's got 'em. Every one is a manual trans.
Here's his 'shop' off of I-80 and 27th St. when you drive through Lincoln that you can see from the freeway:
So, yes I agree that most of the guys that have 'mechanics' have FU money.
Lost in the 60s said
Mar 18, 2014
Kevin, the '61 is nice but 62 is my favorite.
I credit Barrett-Jackson for the over restoration and over pricing state of this "hobby". The "pro-touring and pro-street" geeks have hurt originality a lot too.
I have 9 "classics" now. Guess I should start thinking about getting a mechanic...
Derek69SS said
Mar 18, 2014
Mitch, that IS a '62.
I could use a full time mechanic... maybe he'd get something done around here.
Lost in the 60s said
Mar 18, 2014
Derek69SS wrote:
Mitch, that IS a '62.
I could use a full time mechanic... maybe he'd get something done around here.
When I saw the bubble top, I didn't pay much attention. I thought the bubble top ended with '61...
I like the HARDTOP model best...
Derek69SS said
Mar 18, 2014
The 62 Bubbletops were Bel Air only, and pretty rare. One of my favorite of the big cars...
John D said
Mar 18, 2014
Bubble tops are probably the coolest Impalas...
And who knows, you can be a serious auto enthusiast but not know an intake from an exhaust manifold... you just have the means ($$$) to enjoy your hobby/passion. (Just give credit to the guys in your shop, like Jay Leno).
Bungy L-76 said
Mar 19, 2014
That 62 bubbletop is my dream car. It goes without saying, it'd have a 409/409 4spd!
dashboard said
Mar 20, 2014
The owner of the 63 bought more than one car at the auction; I think hammer went down on the 63 in the 90’s. He’s loves cars, even had the Chevy jacket. He had nothing but great things to say about his mechanic, who buy the way was his brother.
Surprisingly not much was done to the car before starting it and driving it 1/10 of a mile. The brake systems original parts where rebuilt. The engine cylinders where soaked and the engine was turned over buy hand several times over three days before using the starter. The distributor was pulled to pre-lube the engine and the points replaced, the radiator was recored and battery replaced. The carburetor was rebuilt and the fuel system flushed. The transmission and rear-end where drained and re-serviced. It fired right up with the original fan belt installed had some lifter clatter for the first few seconds then ran fine.
Cleanup amounted to pressure washing everything; unfortunately the engine lost some paint. Then the car was buffed using a cleaner three times, the first two times removed years of grime on the third buffing they stopped as soon as the pad started to pick up some pink color. I’m sure I forgot or left something out but the 63 was the highlight of the show for me, to see a fifty year old original was quite a treat. I wouldn’t be surprised if you don’t see it at Back to the Fifty’s or Car Craft.
The big block bubble tops really are cool cars, just imagine what that would be like on a hot sunny summer day without air conditioning. Another one of my favorites are the MOPAR intakes and exhaust manifolds used on the Wedge motors.
I remember spotting a 61 or 62 bubble top in a junkyard while looking for parts for the 66 about 15 years ago. I remember thinking it was strange to see it there. It was missing one of the doors.
We went to the Cleveland Everything Pistons Show last weekend; quite a show 2.2 million sg ft under one roof. B29’s where built in the building during WWII and as late as the 70’s tanks were built there.
Lots of cars most of them muscle or drag cars with Ohio history, plus motorcycles, aircraft, tractors, go carts, trucks, tanks, Cushman’s, stuff for kids and you never had to walk more than fifty feet for hot food or a cold beer. Not as big as Car Craft but it was an indoor reminder that spring may come.
I meet some of the guys from the Northern Ohio Chevelle Club they had a Chevelle/El Camino display nice cars, there very much like NCC folks just regular motor heads talking cars and parts.
I'll do it again next year and hope to have a car in it.
Enjoy
-- Edited by dashboard on Wednesday 19th of March 2014 07:39:19 AM
Thanks for sharing Kevin! Was the 65 Malibu a real Z16?
That bike is the gaudiest thing I've ever seen though...
You should go to the International Motorcycle Show they have at the Minneapolis Convention Center every January. You haven't seen anything yet...
Was the 65 Malibu a real Z16?
Mike, I think it was a copy of; I couldn’t imagine one without the original hubcaps.
That bike is the gaudiest thing I've ever seen though...
Derek, if you think that bike was gaudy in the picture you should have seen it in person. I think sometimes those airbrush guy’s just go crazy and don’t know when to stop. The art work was exceptional but the end product was garish. There were several there, all over done.
Nice to see one of the Nebraska cars cleaned up, made functional, and "on tour"!
JD,I talked to the owner and his mechanic for quite a while, great car guys. We compared the paint job on the 63 with several of the cars on display and learned we really over restore cars. It was amazing to see all the imperfections and waves in the 63’s body. He was undecided whether to have the car judged and was concerned that the judges would pick it apart. I suggested he just allow the judges to look at it, they may learn something.
I posted the 409 bubble top car just for Mitch, I think he likes them. I also think I may have seen that car in Minnesota at the GTO show.
"All of a sudden there will be 50+ UNMOLESTED, AS-DELIVERED FROM GM time-capsule vehicles in the mix". There will be the END of "they didn't do this.. they didn't do that". There will be "LOOK!!.. This car has not been TOUCHED... lose the attitude, and accept what is in front of you.
Leave "over restored" to Pebble Beach, and and the concourse crowd. These cars were banged out at 100+ a shift, delivered to dealers with problems, and were not museum pieces... they were $2500 daily drivers intended for trade in 3 years.
I never understood the logic of having a "mechanic" work on cars this old for you. Were not exactly working on high tech machines that are 50 years old here. That tells me someone has too much money.
Most of the guys I've seen that have 'mechanics' for their collection usually have 20+ cars in their stable. Gary Kuch in Lincoln, Nebraska (Well known for the Drive across America entries) has over 50 cars, and a full time mechanic. I used to work for the company he started, and toured his place with the Heartland Chevelle club a few years ago. Make your list of the top cars you want, and he's got 'em. Every one is a manual trans.
Here's his 'shop' off of I-80 and 27th St. when you drive through Lincoln that you can see from the freeway:
So, yes I agree that most of the guys that have 'mechanics' have FU money.
Kevin, the '61 is nice but 62 is my favorite.
I credit Barrett-Jackson for the over restoration and over pricing state of this "hobby". The "pro-touring and pro-street" geeks have hurt originality a lot too.
I have 9 "classics" now. Guess I should start thinking about getting a mechanic...
Mitch, that IS a '62.
I could use a full time mechanic... maybe he'd get something done around here.
When I saw the bubble top, I didn't pay much attention. I thought the bubble top ended with '61...
I like the HARDTOP model best...
And who knows, you can be a serious auto enthusiast but not know an intake from an exhaust manifold... you just have the means ($$$) to enjoy your hobby/passion. (Just give credit to the guys in your shop, like Jay Leno).
That 62 bubbletop is my dream car. It goes without saying, it'd have a 409/409 4spd!
The owner of the 63 bought more than one car at the auction; I think hammer went down on the 63 in the 90’s. He’s loves cars, even had the Chevy jacket. He had nothing but great things to say about his mechanic, who buy the way was his brother.
Surprisingly not much was done to the car before starting it and driving it 1/10 of a mile. The brake systems original parts where rebuilt. The engine cylinders where soaked and the engine was turned over buy hand several times over three days before using the starter. The distributor was pulled to pre-lube the engine and the points replaced, the radiator was recored and battery replaced. The carburetor was rebuilt and the fuel system flushed. The transmission and rear-end where drained and re-serviced. It fired right up with the original fan belt installed had some lifter clatter for the first few seconds then ran fine.
Cleanup amounted to pressure washing everything; unfortunately the engine lost some paint. Then the car was buffed using a cleaner three times, the first two times removed years of grime on the third buffing they stopped as soon as the pad started to pick up some pink color.
I’m sure I forgot or left something out but the 63 was the highlight of the show for me, to see a fifty year old original was quite a treat. I wouldn’t be surprised if you don’t see it at Back to the Fifty’s or Car Craft.
The big block bubble tops really are cool cars, just imagine what that would be like on a hot sunny summer day without air conditioning.
Another one of my favorites are the MOPAR intakes and exhaust manifolds used on the Wedge motors.
I remember spotting a 61 or 62 bubble top in a junkyard while looking for parts for the 66 about 15 years ago. I remember thinking it was strange to see it there. It was missing one of the doors.