MCACN '15 Photos by mrays

[njsteve]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mrays</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I would first like to thank Bob and all the guys who put on this awesome show. This is my favorite car event of the year! I drove in from Indiana on Saturday morning and luckily it was still warm enough that the snow was melting when it hit the pavement. I was at the show from 9 to 9 on Saturday and 9 to 5 on Sunday and still could have spent more time looking at everything. I stayed at the Crowne Plaza and it was a 10 minute walk from my room to the show entrance. When it comes to photography I'm more of a quality than quantity guy so here are my favorites from the show.

I will start with the Hemi convertible E-Body display. It was awesome to see so many of these cars in one place.

There were 13 of the 18 Hemi Cuda convertibles from 1970 present.

T. Thurling's EW1 Alpine White car has a TorqueFlite and was originally sold in OH. It was a tubbed and caged racecar with a supercharged Hemi before it was restored. It was missing it's fender tag and there were no build sheets found so it was restored with a white interior. Galen G. later found the original dealer invoice at the selling dealer and it was determined the car originally came with a black interior.



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And here is what it looked like in 1986 at the Musclecar Nationals. It had a full black interior back then.

[njsteve]

And my old car back in the day (actually the same day as the white 1970 race car photos taken above). The car was too damn slow at 14.05 @ 99mph. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/naughty.gif[/img]

[mrays]

Here are the rest of the Chevelles that I have photos of.

L. Robinson's Regal Red 66 is an original L78 car that was sold new at D. Heinrich Chevrolet in Lockport NY. It came with an M21 and 4.10 gears and was a race car early in it's life. Luckily the original engine survived and is in the car today.




C. Finch's Regal Red 66 convertible is a 360 horse car with an M21 and 3.31 gears.



T. Davis' Chateau Slate 66 is a 325 horse car with a 4 speed.



T. Davis' Tuxedo Black 66 is also a 325 horse car with a 4 speed.



T. Gehlhaar's Emerald Turquoise 67 convertible is a 325 horse 4 speed car with A/C.



L. Bower is the original owner of this Marina Blue 67 that was purchased new at McEleney Chevrolet in Clinton IA. It is a 350 horse car with a 4 speed and 3.73 gears.



E. Cunneen's Tuxedo Black 69 COPO was sold new at Columbiana Chevrolet in Columbiana OH. It is a bench seat automatic car that was raced when new. The original engine and transmission are gone, but it still has it's original rearend.



D. Beem's Tuxedo Black 70 has an LS6 with an M22 and is a 4.3K mile unrestored car. It has a cloth and vinyl bench seat interior with a column shifter. It was in the Vintage Certification Display.



J. Carlson's Tuxedo Black 70 is a numbers matching 350 horse car with a 4 speed.

[mrays]

Verne, are you referring to the ram air setup that was on the car with the air inlets where the high beam lights used to be? That car was featured in the January 84 issue of Super Chevy. He had chrome valve covers and air cleaner from a 63 on it and I think it had a Pontiac rear as well. I believe Rich was from Michigan City IN. I remember he used to get air under the front tires when he launched it.

[Tracker1]

Fantastic pics mrays. Thank You. Keep 'em coming! A small correction to one of your captions on the black stripe-delete LS6: D. Beem's 4300-mile LS6 has a floor-shifted M22 4-speed. Dennis Cumby's similar black LS6 is a column-shifted automatic.

[Verne_Frantz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mrays</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Verne, are you referring to the ram air setup that was on the car with the air inlets where the high beam lights used to be? That car was featured in the January 84 issue of Super Chevy. He had chrome valve covers and air cleaner from a 63 on it and I think it had a Pontiac rear as well. I believe Rich was from Michigan City IN. I remember he used to get air under the front tires when he launched it. </div></div>

The original owner had installed spot lights on the fenders. I think they might have been removed by Rich when I saw it in '83 but the holes were still there in the dash. Rich had early photos of it with them on. Just something guys did back then. I don't remember the details on the rear but I remember drooling over the originality of that car.

I could elaborate more on the car and the event in '83 but I don't want to stray from your show coverage thread.

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[mrays]

Those are some cool vintage photos Steve. I still have the Musclecar Review that your car was featured in back in 86. Most kids used their allowance on comic books, but I used mine on car magazines. Your old car is probably the most famous of all the Hemi E-Body convertibles due to the Nash Bridges TV show.

[njsteve]

Thanks. You shoot some great photos. What camera did you use? It is always difficult to get good photos in any area lit with industrial lighting (mercury vapor lamps, etc). You did a great job. Modern digitial cameras are so much easier to use than the old Canon T90 I used to use.

[RS_COPO_Canuck]

Awesome pics - Thanks....that was a big effort and mucho appreciated.
A few tid-bits....

The 70 Red/Red Hemi rag is the first one built. Served as the model for the Franklin Mint car. Belonged to Wayne Hartye for years.
Roger Gibson restored it and the last 71 (White) as well as the green/green Challenger.

[Luvchevs]

Thank you so much for the pics and the additional information, especially the E body hemi verts!

I'm surprised to see that Kevin Suydam's cars weren't part of the E body hemi vert display, I believe he still owns 2?
I'm also surprised his old blue 4 speed 71 Cuda that sold at auction recently for 3,500,000 wasn't there.

Dave