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Paducah, KY is 40 miles south. Marion, IL 30 miles north. Sorry, that’s probably no help. I wish I could do more.
Thanks Danny.
In 1992 my wife and I bought a time share in Pigeon Forge. Our daughter was small and we thought it would be good for her. And we did the...
Those of you into Street Machines may remember DuQuoin 1986-1998. The Street Machine Nationals met there for 13 years until finally the town had...
[ATTACH] This champagne truck was on the awards stage. And it deserved to be there. It was nice! This was my first time at this show too. Plan...
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I guess they started allowing later model vehicles to help draw bigger crowds. Good Guys are doing the same. There are very few true Street Rod...
I walked past this car Friday. My best friend from IL drove down for the weekend and I said to him “this car belongs to a guy on the HAMB”....
My interest is 47-55 Chevy Advance-Design pickups. While pursuing the internet I found a scan of a February 1977 Street Rodder article by Pat...
Studebakers and maybe some Mopars in the 40s - 50s had the floor mounted starter button under the clutch pedal.
I have an uncle and aunt who lived first in Decatur, then in Bridgeport for more than 20 years total. My wife, daughter and I visited them a few...
I fell in love with Holdens after my wife and I watched reruns of McLeod’s Daughters. Jodi had a cute yellow and white 4-door FB or EK until she...
Congrats on getting a cool old car! That would make a great family cruiser. I think Some people call that a 6 window sedan. Here’s a guide to...
1950. A major transition year for Buick. AACA has an active Buick forum. https://forums.aaca.org/forum/2-buick/ Lots of 40’s Buick lovers.
[ATTACH] Is the wagon a Monarch or Meteor? Sorry, I can’t remember. I know it’s a Canadian only model. I like the grille. Whatever it is I...
I have always liked 58 Fords since my parents had one when I was a little boy. I don’t really remember a lot about it, seen some pictures. But I...
Back about 69-70 the dad of a friend of mine bought a 66 T-bird Landau. Big beautiful car with lots of style and power. He bought a set of those...
Not a custom pickup, but a factory truck/car built in Uruguay or somewhere. [ATTACH]
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Old Waylon on YouTube is building a custom 38 GMC truck with a V12. He’s been working on it for months and still has a ways to go. Some might...
Kaiser grille? Looks great.
Thompson Tank manufactures vacuum tanks and trailers, and their own line of vacuum pumps. One model is based on a 454 Chevy V8 with their own...
This maybe a rural legend... but I read somewhere a long time ago that the Chevy model numbers for the Advance-Design pickups equals the approx...
Interesting rear window. Is that a Studebaker?
[ATTACH] Another Advance-Design 5W pickup rotting away. IF I could I would try to save them all... but I can’t. And really that’s okay....
I was 16 at the time. But so under informed that I didn’t know what a Street Rod was.
I like the 67 Chevy pickup that’s on the lift/rack. Hope it gets saved. [ATTACH]
Sorry no pictures, and I may have posted this before. When I was a 17 year old senior in HS a local florist had a pristine 55 Chevy Sedan...
I’ve seen pictures of some 50s and 60s cars homemade into pickups. There was an old man in my town when I was a young boy who had a 1960 Chevy...
The Street Rod Nationals South will be held April 30 — May 2, 2021 at the Chilhowee Park Expo Center, Knoxville, TN 37914. Anyone going? I know...
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