Cruise-In Pics..bright for once, Cedar Park TX 3/26

Hi Gang! I can't compete with the Florida Wagonfest pics, but we had a really good local cruise-in tonight. Great weather in the 80's and lots of sun. I got there early for once so most of the pics can be SEEN in the light...nice change!

Had some issues with the Roady, will post in General section, so took the Cutlass tonight. Popped off the T-tops and Dad went with me. Good times!

Here we go! Nice group tonight!








Doc had his day made for him. Another '73 Maverick showed up. Pretty cool!



Awesome Buick Grand National









Camaro, Marauder, and very pretty Mercury convertible





Ford Truck Straight-6


GORGEOUS Street Rod!






1949 Ford F-1




Sharp Chevy!






61 Chevy Pickup






66 Nova with 89 Corvette TPI 350


My '88 Cutlass



57 Chevy



Green Lightning


Sharp Mustang Convertible


CLEAN late-model Stang


Z06 427 Vette



Clean 4th Gen Z-28 Ragtop




Sharp new Challenger


Hey I coulda driven my wife's car!


CLEAN and mean Mustang



Nicely dressed and clean Fiero GT







Sharp 4th Gen T/A



BMW Z4


MEAN red '06 Z06 with modified engine. Wish you could have heard this one!






1981 Vette


Clean C4 LT1...odd color


Classic Stang


Very sharp 73 Cheyenne Super 10




MEAN 69 Camaro with a 396 big block





Gorgeous 66 327 Corvette roadster



New 2011 Mustang GT 5.0 California Special





Sharp Ford Pickup!



OH MAN! 1971 442 Ragtop!






I don't normally pay a lot of attention to the Japanese cars but this Supra was pretty wild. The engine was so boosted I'm shocked it wasting exploding in the parking lot




Ford GT





Clean 56 Chevy Bel Air Sedan



Gorgeous 70 Challenger





Albani's 91 Camaro RS




Super clean Crown Vic LX Sport


Lifted Jeep, my oldest kiddo loves these



Brand new Hemi 394 Challenger



Gorgeous 76 Seville



Big Block 4-spd black-over-black 68 Camaro.







Sharp 68 Chevelle



Another clean new Mustang


Sharp 53 Chevy pickup


Neat Caddy Convertible



1970 Chevelle



Split Bumper Camaro


69 Mustaang Fastback




New-Style Vanishing Point Challenger


Aston Martin



Fun Evening For All!


Happy Weekend Gang!

-Mike

Thank you for all the photos!



I'm sorry, but I just fell out of my chair laughing when I saw this one. Chevy? What Chevy? I can't see it because that guy is in the way, and he adds nothing to the picture! I'm sorry if that's you or someone you know (I saw him in a few other photos), but couldn't you wait until he walked out of the frame before snapping the photo?

I've taken lots of photos at cars shows over the years, and I know how hard it is at times to get a clear shot of a car because of all the people milling about. My sympathies on this one!

Mike you did it again Buddy.Awesome pics as always and descriptions very good too.Keep it up
please!
Take Care
Jim Gordon

jaunty75 wrote:

Thank you for all the photos!



I'm sorry, but I just fell out of my chair laughing when I saw this one. Chevy? What Chevy? I can't see it because that guy is in the way, and he adds nothing to the picture! I'm sorry if that's you or someone you know (I saw him in a few other photos), but couldn't you wait until he walked out of the frame before snapping the photo?

I've taken lots of photos at cars shows over the years, and I know how hard it is at times to get a clear shot of a car because of all the people milling about. My sympathies on this one!

That's my father. He seems to enjoy walking in front of the camera just as I snap a picture. Ha! Sorry about that. HE thinks he adds something to the pics I guess.

Ah family!

-Mike

Thanks for the effort for the thread Mike. Great job capturing everything - good, bad, or otherwise.

The coupe with the flames is something I know I could do now. (amature hour) You can tell that whoever did the job is early on in learning true flames - as it's common to overshoot the same shield and make it look like swiss cheese.

That 57 chevy - I hate it, but I love it at the same time. It sucks, and sucks hard - but it captures a snapshot of the terrible 80's paint jobs.

Bewber wrote:

Thanks for the effort for the thread Mike. Great job capturing everything - good, bad, or otherwise.

The coupe with the flames is something I know I could do now. (amature hour) You can tell that whoever did the job is early on in learning true flames - as it's common to overshoot the same shield and make it look like swiss cheese.

That 57 chevy - I hate it, but I love it at the same time. It sucks, and sucks hard - but it captures a snapshot of the terrible 80's paint jobs.

Ha, yep that 57 is really BRIGHT. He's at a lot of the meets, a nice guy. Still not sure how it's street legal.

Oh and that black 30's coupe was AWESOME in person. The paint so so deep and smooth it looked like a mirror, but I see what you mean about the flames.

Fun times!

-Mike

I was brought up on street rods, and I could tell that one was legit. What he's got isn't a bad job by any means. I'm just a fire critic.

I dig cruise nights, but I never could get turned on my a late model car that's clean. It' friggin supposed to be clean. It's NEW! For a stretch in the late 90s there was this 450 pound woman that would bring her brand new Pontiac SUNBIRD to a bunch of shows and get a trophy for being the cleanest in that category. Lame.

There are exceptions though. That Ford GT is bitchin.

Bewber wrote:

I was brought up on street rods, and I could tell that one was legit. What he's got isn't a bad job by any means. I'm just a fire critic.

I dig cruise nights, but I never could get turned on my a late model car that's clean. It' friggin supposed to be clean. It's NEW! For a stretch in the late 90s there was this 450 pound woman that would bring her brand new Pontiac SUNBIRD to a bunch of shows and get a trophy for being the cleanest in that category. Lame.

There are exceptions though. That Ford GT is bitchin.

I kinda like that it's a "bring-what-ya-got" meet. All are welcome. Did you see the fairly ratty Volkswagen Jetta GLX next to my Cutlass. Not exactly my cup of tea, but the kid driving it was really nice. But you know me, I'm just a major car nut. I really liked looking over that new Califonia Special Mustang GT and also the new Challenger 394. And even though they are common, the tang-orange Z06 Vette and the modded red Z06 were both AWESOME to look over.

I'm just glad to see so many "car-people" getting together and getting along. From Mavericks to Aston Martins. It's a neat mix!

Funny story, the guy in the silver Maverick almost didn't come out. He said he was afraid people would laugh at his car. He was shocked to see Doc's green Maverick there. Ha! I pointed out that my normal cruise-in car is a 96 Buick station wagon, and that I enjoy it when people giggle at it. I think we'll see the silver Maverick at more cruise-in's now.

Ha!

-Mike

Just had a breakfast of Pics! Love it!! Thank you again Mike I really liked that '56 Chevy...looked very clean and ready for cruising.

Chris