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No Fenders Hack' Tomaso poses with '41 Willys Jeep.
(the Tomaso Collection)
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Having moved to The Other Florence on the
Oregon Coast last year, better known here in Nofendersville as Thee Utter' Florence!
Not to be Cornfuzed with Italy; Hya!
Thought I'd finally roll out this Festerin'
No Fenders Nugget. Did Somebody say Nuggets? A la what thoust Easter bunny will
hopefully be soon sprinklin' about Nofendersville briefly. Thought I'd finally
post this Fermenting story before mize fingers get sticky from eating some of
those Cadbury Eggs...
Rods 'N Rhodies Car Show
Saturday, Sept 8, 2018
Oldtown - Florence, OR
My Florence
Car Show "Handler" Colin picked me up around 2:15PM, so we were
casually "late" to the Car Show, which turned out to be fine, since
there were still plenty 'O vehicles to Gawk At. Although it was pretty much
basically a wash for Mwah. Being perfect Car Show weather, 65deg-f, although
the humidity was some 75%+, yet that Darn Blasted Bright thingy in the Sky made
it virtually impossible for your Blind Word Hack' to see any of the vehicles in
fine detail!
Cool Rides
- 1941 Buick Hot Rod
- (2) 1941 Willys Jeeps
- 1941 Ford 2-door
- 1969 AMC Javelin
- 1968 El Camino
- 1968 Mercury Cougar
- 1969 Mustang Mach 1
Pretty sure the very first Rod' we laid "Eyes"
upon was that nicely done '41 Buick Hot Rod,. Since I remember the owner
telling me it had a 430cid Big Block Buick V-8 "Shoehorned" in it.
Then we briefly took in Doce' '41 Willys
Jeeps, noting that I thought one was a Coupe?
But Was it that Javelin? Which I'm 86% certain
of, since it was the first car that Really grabbed thou Attenzione, that I
asked Colin to take a picture of it for Mwah. (The first of many...)
Especially since I've got a soft spot for
AmX's & Javelin's, specifically since some Dude named "Captain
America," nee Mark Donohue made 'em famous during the early 1970's in SCCA
Trans Am racing with El Capitano', nee Roger Penske.
As this Cool Car' had a paint colour that
changed hues in the light, beginning as purple and changing to black? Which
immediately made me think of FOMoCo's Mystic paint colour of the early "Ought's."
(2000's)
Although according to my maiden rods 'N Rhodies Car
Show outing Wayback in Twenty fourteen, this BASF mystic paint colour was for
the limited edition '96 Ford Mustang, with a scant 2,000 units produced.
Next we, Whale' Otay, Mwah - Spent
considerable time Droolin' over one of my personal favourites, a RADD' 1969
black Mach 1 Ford Mustang. With me asking Colin several questions, in order to
discern it was a Big Block with a Shaker
hood. ARSE-Sumedly a "Police Interceptor" 428cid V-8 lump? And 5-spokes
"Magnum 500" wheels, plus Automatic transmission. Whilst think it
also had the de riggour rear window "Slats."
Then we briefly stopped at another FoMoCo' (Ford
Motor Company) product. a nicely done '68 Mercury Cougar with vinyl top. Think
it was white with black vinyl top?
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| This Bad Arse '69 Javelin Definitely Grabbed thou Attenzione! (the Tomaso Collection) |
Somewheres' past the '41 Ford, as we stopped
to have Colin read me the next vehicles window info-card', while I stood
attentively with White Cane in hand.
A man stopped alongside me and said, sure
would be nice to rub some vehicles... Huh? Then he told us a story, or more
likely Yarn straight out of that wonderful movie A Scent of A Woman.
He said he had a friend in the military who
went Blind. They took real good care of him Disability-wise. In fact so good he
was able to buy a Ferrari! Because he loved Cars and loved running his hands
over them.
He enjoyed waxing his Ferrari once a week and
then his Nephew would come over and take him to a parking lot to go Driving,
telling him a little more to the left, more left. Slow Down, Now turn right...
Before he leaned closer to my ear and said he
was just telling me a Story, before wishing me a Good Day; Blimey!
Bugger Off!
A silver Chevelle SS with its Hood up. (the Tomaso
Collection)
More Cool Rides
Next, we sauntered past lotso '37's, mostly
Chevrolets. A '33 Ford "Deuce" Coupe, (3 window) a 1955 Chevrolet 210
Station wagon. A 1974 Vega Kamback and a 1954 Bel Air. Or was it a '54 Bel Air Station
wagon - Nomad?
ARSE-Sumedly I
gravitated back towards the Vega Kamback', a fancy name for Station Wagon, due
to its rarity, never "Seeing" one before. Not to mention Vega's place
in Automotive History...
Quite a few PickemUp' (Pickup) trucks On-hand,
mostly Pre-war.
A Somme-thun-ruther' Ute', replete with Koala
bear doll inside it. think it was a "Feurd?" (Ford)
Multiple '41 Fords abound. One being a two door
coupe pulling a matching "mini" trailer behind it which Colin sez'
looked more like a Sidecar.
Then behind it was the owner sitting atop a
patch 'O grass, at a picnic table with pop-up sun "umbrella" awning.
Believe the car and trailer were orange, since Colin thought it was the colour
of the man's shirt initially, before saying it wasn't.
A 1937 Chevrolet Cabriolet momentarily caught
thou Attenzione.
And there were two Chevelle's we stopped at.
The first being a 1964 SS, with the second being a '68 Baby Blue SS 396.
As Colin angled me towards a few final cars
he thought I'd enjoy before Exiting "Stage Left." With Thee first
being the Chevelle. Which was followed by a second 1969 Ford Mustang, albeit either
semi or more likely, heavily modified...
Since Colin told me it's got racing stripes
running down the hood, roof etc. Presumably a la Shelby GT Stripes. Along with telling
me it said 427 on hood & front fenders? And then it's rear
"Slats" were carbon fibre according to Colin.
Also Thar was a '67 Ford GTA, presumably a
390cid V-8? As it and the second '69 Stang' were both "Hunter" Green,
a la that famous Bullitt paint colour.
After leaving, Colin notice another whole parking
lot with more classic vehicles in it, with regular "Drivers" vehicles
parked in the block in-between, asking why'd they do that? As we missed this
portion entirely...
But I'd wanted to Exit Stage Left before the
end of the show at 4PM, since there was to be a Cruise thru Oldtown beginning
at 4:15PM and I just didn't want to be assaulted by the cacophony 'O multiple
Hot Rodders wrapping Thar L-O-U-D Pedals! As they fired up there assorted
vehicles; BRAPP-BRAPP-BURR-RAPP!
Now with visions
"O Wagon Train's YO! Dancing in my head. Written in picture perfect
description in Messer Wolff's Bonfire of The Vanities, which I finally read,
after hearing F1 Grizzle Journo' Joe Saward wax on over thou years...
As my Talking Keychain clock said 4:10PM when
we returned home to my new Bungalow by the Sea. And with thou windows opened, afterwards
I heard one or two vintage snarling V-8 motors off in the distance Tackin' Up,
lettin' Her Whine...
VIDEO: Little GTO' - Song
As Kudos to Colin
for not only taking me to the Car Show, but patiently reading multiple Cars
window placards and taking several pictures for Mwah...
(Photos c/o Florence No Fenders Photographer Colin)