Me and the Meadowbrook

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This past Saturday (Aug. 5th) there was a car show that is an annual event hosted by one family (near Rushford MN, on their property).  They are big Mopar enthusiasts so it was nice to finally NOT be the only Mopar or Dodge at a show.  With that being said, I still was the only Mopar from the 50s there!  There was a '46 Dodge truck, but I think that was the oldest Mopar other than my Meadowbrook.  Most were from the 60s and 70s.

Anyway, these kind hosts fed everybody....hundreds of people, which was really gracious of them.  They had 50s and 60s music going all day as well.  No cost for the show or lunch.  I would say there was maybe 100 cars total throughout the day.  

This shot was early so there wasn't anyone parked on my one side yet.

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My son liked this fake food displayed with this Fairlane. 

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I was really enthused about this old Hudson until I discovered the V8 under the hood.  Just not my thing I guess.  The car looked good though.

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I was really diggin' this guy's license plate topper.  I believe he was driving a '39 Olds or Pontiac.

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This was a 64 Dodge A100 van.  The guy was getting up out of his chair when I snapped the picture.  I told him he didn't have to move. 

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This '66 Hemi Satellite was driven by the original owner.  He had all the paperwork with him.  I got to take a look at that stuff; pretty interesting.

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Here's a nice shot looking down from near the area where we ate lunch.

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Here's that 46 Dodge truck, which was modified to fit a 360, and it was mounted on a Durango frame since the 114 inch wheelbase is the same as the original frame's wheelbase.  This guy and his friend built that truck and the 73 Duster next to it which had a built 400 and would go 125mph in the 1/4 mile.

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The guy that owned this 39 Chevy is 83 years old.  I talked to him for about 1/2 an hour.  He grabbed an extra lawn chair out of his truck so I could sit by him.  He owns quite a number of cars, but decided to drive the truck to the show that day.  He had the most interesting story I heard that day.

He worked for Chevrolet on the assembly line in 1953 and 54.  He owns a 53 Chevy and decided one day to do a little research on it.  With the codes on the car and some other paperwork he was able to determine that it was built on HIS shift, and HE installed the engine in the car as that was his job on the assembly line.  How about that for a cool story?

It was a lot of fun talking to him.

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His son owned this AMC Marlin.  You just don't see these around anymore.  

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The interior of the Marlin.  You can see the extra stick on the floor, which is for the overdrive. 

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Couple of nice Mopars my son wanted to share.

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The hosts of the show literally have millions of dollars worth of cars.  They did have some of the race cars displayed in one of their big garages for everyone to see.  The bigger shed they had closed off.  I felt fortunate to be able to see these cars again, as I had gotten a full tour from their son last fall.

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I hope you guys can read these, or make them bigger so you can read them somehow.  So interesting....

These go with the UFO car in the above post.

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I'll post each race car they had displayed with the info displayed with it.

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This 56 Sedan delivery was a replica tribute to the actual car that raced BITD.  Sorry I didn't get a closer image of the info board.

The car was of course trailered in to the show, but he won an award so he drove it up to the winner's circle at the end of the show.  It rumbled quite nicely.  Wasn't as loud as that 65 Belvedere UFO car though; they had that sucker running and driving around for a bit.  It was super LOUD!!

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Another shot of the UFO Belvedere.

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Old vs. new

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My son and I really had a fun day.  We were there from 10:30am till about 4 in the afternoon.  My son ran around and made friends and petted all the dogs he could find.  He told me later on that it was "the second best day of his life".  I forgot to ask him what #1 was LOL 

I really enjoyed talking to people and hearing the stories about their cars; where they found them, how they built them, etc.  I got to talk about my car quite a bit as well.  As usual there was always a crowd around it.  Talked my fool head off all day. 

Edited August 8, 2017 by Worden18

[classiccarjack]

1 hour ago, Worden18 said:

My son and I really had a fun day.  We were there from 10:30am till about 4 in the afternoon.  My son ran around and made friends and petted all the dogs he could find.  He told me later on that it was "the second best day of his life".  I forgot to ask him what #1 was LOL 

I really enjoyed talking to people and hearing the stories about their cars; where they found them, how they built them, etc.  I got to talk about my car quite a bit as well.  As usual there was always a crowd around it.  Talked my fool head off all day. 

What a great day, and you got to see some great cars and meet some down to earth people too!  Very cool!  

I take my oldest son to car shows also.

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6 hours ago, Worden18 said:

He worked for Chevrolet on the assembly line in 1953 and 54.  He owns a 53 Chevy and decided one day to do a little research on it.  With the codes on the car and some other paperwork he was able to determine that it was built on HIS shift, and HE installed the engine in the car as that was his job on the assembly line.  How about that for a cool story

That's a neat story