[ponyakr]

the car that won musclecar was a 442. it was nice but won mostly because it was all original, or at least appeared so. a mid '70's gp won 1st in his class. i didn't catch the class, but mb said he had also won 1st at another show he went to. it must be an original survivor. it looked like he just washed the motor with a pressure washer & took it to the show--rust & all--no fresh decals or anything. you can tell i don't know much about the show car scene. i promised ya'll some pics of a nice '68 bird that belongs to an old schoolmate we called "howard". he's usually at this show, but his wife had some surgery & he couldn't make it this year. me & T.J. will go over to his place & get some pics to share later. there was a real 426 wedge mopar from the early '60's. it had 2 carbs & push button drive. looked just like the pics i remember seeing back in the day. i mentioned it to mb & he knew all about it. said he had rebuilt the carbs for it. for mb its just like it always was in racing--he works on other peoples stuff to help support his own effort. we also had some nice bikes, trikes & choppers at the show. i drove along in the parade behind a nice chop top 30 something street rod as mb & some of the other guys rumbled off towards the cruise-in at McDonald's. it was a nice end to a very enjoyable day. me & mb had sat in our lawn chairs, rite behind the redbird, talkin about the good ole days for hours. & all the while we were rite under the speakers which were blasting out the oldies from the '50's & '60's. it was just a great atmosphere! i'll steal a quote from someone else on this site--if i have to explain it to you, you won't understand!