Musclecar Photographs mrays

[mrays]

I went to a cruise-in in Middlebury IN on Thursday night. Here are two recently completed cars that I haven't posted photos of before.

This 69 Chevelle SS is a two owner car with a build sheet and other documentation. It has all original sheet metal and has just over 100 miles on it since being completed. It has a cloth and vinyl bench seat interior. The original engine was gone so the owner installed a destroked 454. He said it has a 427 crank and other internals so I think that would make it a 434. It has solid lifters and a complete 3" stainless exhaust with stock tail pipes. It also has an M21 with I believe 3.73 rear gears. It sounded pretty healthy when he left. There was a for sale sign on it, but no price.




This 66 Chevy II SS has an LS-1. I could do without the rear spoiler, but other than that it was a very nice looking car.

[mrays]

On Friday night Goshen IN had their annual cruise. Goshen used to be a big time cruising city until the 80's when it was outlawed. Now as part of First Fridays in July they have a cruise among other things. Main Street is 5 blocks long and it was packed with cars and people all night long.

I caught this sweet 66 Caprice cooling down in a lot just off Main Street. It has a small block with TPI. I liked the Chevelle SS louvers grafted into the hood.



This Drag Week regular was out cruising. This 68 Nova has a 400ci small block with EFI and twin turbos. It has run in the 8.40's at over 160 with 25 pounds of boost on race gas. When he drives it on the street he runs it on pump gas with 7 pounds of boost. He lives just down the street from me and occasionally I can hear him out exercising it.

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[mrays]

I went to the Goodguys event in Columbus OH last weekend. There were only a couple of nice stock muscle cars there. There were lots of pro touring type cars.

Here are a couple of photos of my favorite car at the event, M. Rupp's 69 Yenko Chevelle that was restored by the Supercar Workshop several years ago. As far as I know this is still the only known Daytona Yellow Yenko Chevelle. It still looks great!




This is W. Robinson's 69 Z/28. It was an X77 car with a blue interior.




E. Pienta's 71 442 W-30 was sold new at David Ertley in Kingston PA. This car was featured in Hemmings Muscle Machines and Musclecar Review several years ago.




T. Schell's 69 COPO Camaro RS had Canadian documentation showing that it was an original COPO car with an M22 trans and endura bumper that was sold new at British American Chev Olds in Toronto ON. I believe this car was a Barrett Jackson several years ago.

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The following cars were Street Machine of the Year and Street Rod of the Year contenders.

A. Short's 69 Camaro had a 427ci LSX engine with twin turbos producing 1,230 horsepower. This car was one of the five finalists for SMOY.




B. Schumacher's 69 Camaro was powered by an LS9.



G. Haas' 71 Cuda had a modern 392 Hemi topped with a Magnuson supercharger that produced 650 horsepower.



M. Marr's 69 Camaro RS was powered by a 572.




D. Terzich's 55 210 was powered by a LSX 427 with a Procharger.




L. Pope's 66 Nova with a carbureted LS4.




J. Jackson's 61 Olds F85 with an LSX for power was also one of the five finalists for SMOY.




G. Elpers' 66 Chevelle SS was powered by a 454 backed by a 6 speed.




B. Thomas' 39 Olds Model 60 convertible was powered by a 470ci Olds engine that was topped with EFI and produced 650 horsepower. This was the SROY winner and was this past year's Riddler winner in Detroit.



C. Moyer built this 38 Chevy coupe in his shop in Iowa and was one of the five SROY finalists. It's powered by a 383 with Inglese 8 stack injection.




M. Weber's 39 Plymouth Roadking Deluxe was powered with an LS2.

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C. Ray's 52 Chevy with a 481ci stroked 409. I believe he said this car had an Art Morrison chassis.




T. Pulice's 55 Bel Air had an LS3 topped with a Magnuson supercharger.



R. Williams' 55 Bel Air was old school with a 355 topped by a 4 barrel and backed by a TH400.



V. Labantschnig's 55 Nomad had a LS3 topped with an Inglese 8 stack injection system.



D. Singleton's 56 Bel Air had a 502 with Inglese 8 stack injection. This car was recently featured in Super Chevy.




J. Boitnott built this 56 Nomad in his shop. It is powered with an LS3.




R. Sall's 57 Bel Air had a big block with a 4 barrel.



This 59 Impala was built by Bobby Alloway and was featured in Super Chevy a number of years ago.



B. Kamps' 61 Impala was powered by a 409 topped with a 4 barrel.



J. Horisk's 61 Double Bubble with a 473ci stroked 409. This car was a Riddler Great Eight car this past year.




This 62 Impala had a 509ci stroked 409.

[Postsedan]

Amazing builds, amazing cars and an amazing show [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Thanks again.

Dan

[mrays]

J. Tuckerman's 66 Chevy II SS had a 327 with a 5 speed and a bold on front clip.



D. Porter's 66 Chevy II has a 406 with a Powerglide and runs 9.70's in the quarter. It was featured in Super Chevy about 15 years ago when he first built it.



K. Marburger's 66 Chevy II has a 410 with twin turbos and runs 8.60's.





C. Strange's 64 Corvair powered by a V6.



This 72 Corvette was powered by a ZL-1 and was built by Bobby Alloway.



J. Boswell's 38 Chevy pickup had a 350 with a 4 barrel and a 4 speed.



A. Vespi's 67 C-10 had an LS3 with a Magnuson supercharger.



C. Cavner's 68 C-10 stepside had a 327.



T. Rose's 68 C-10 had an LS3 with a Magnuson supercharger.



G. O'Connell's 63 Dodge 330 had a 528 Hemi.




This 65 Riviera was powered by an LS9 and had an Art Morrison chassis.



K. Evans' 53 Studebaker had an LS3 producing 550 horsepower.



This 41 Willys had an LSX with EFI powering it.



L. Donat's 41 Willys pickup was powered by a 409.

[earntaz]

Awesome lineup of iron -- great pictures and thanks so much for sharing ... TAZ [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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