Cars and Coffee Dallas is THIS WEEKEND 6/4

I SURE would like to see some other wagons show up for this. It runs from 8am-12-noon, and from a buddy I was told to be there early. Over 1400 cars expected!

I'm waxing and detailing my Roady tomorrow night, and we're driving up to Dallas Friday night and I'll be there early....camera in hand.

http://dallas.carsandcoffee.info/

Vids from previous shows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=148MzYwIBAs - Great sounds here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwU_AwHLNH8

Also planning to go to the Galaxy Drive-In in Ennis on Saturday evening. Always a good time!

http://www.galaxydriveintheatre.com/

Looking forward to this weekend!

-Mike

REMINDER! This is TOMORROW! Don't make me be the only Longroof there!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDRWY5hUKU8

Cars and Coffee™ Dallas meets at 6800 Dallas Parkway, Plano TX 75024 in the Classic BMW parking lot.

http://dallas.carsandcoffee.info/

-Mike

Ok folks this is going to be a long one....with lots of pics. Had a REALLY REALLY good time in Dallas this weekend. Just got home a little while ago. Tired but happy! The wagon did great on the trip, as always.

The BEST thing about this car is that I can use it daily, use it for family trips, AND put it in the car show and it gets a TON of attention. It's the only car I can think of that can server double-duty like that! Such Fun!

Here we are gassing up to head north. Family all in the car and rear loaded with luggage and kid junk...bikes on the back. Family Truckster Fun




On the highway....MAN IS IT HOT!



Got up to Dallas Friday night. Ready for the show!

My in-laws let me put the Roady in their garage. Gotta keep it clean for the show!


My father-in-law and brother-in-law went to Cars and Coffee with me. We got there at 8am and EVERY PARKING SPOT was full! Will got even earlier next time. Ended up parking next to a curb in the show. There was a tree right there, and my father-in-law set out a chair in the shade, and I opened the hood. He had a BALL watching people's reactions to the engine on my car. He said it made everyone do double-takes, and he has new respect for the Roady.

Here's my father-in-law giving the thumb's up between two BMW SUV's (the show is in the Classic BMW dealership parking lot in Plano). Nice new "Bumblebee" Camaro in front of him.


My wagon was a big hit! Lots of fun!




THIS IS AN AWESOME SHOW! If you get a chance, GO TO THIS!

Here we go!

Olds F-85 mild custom


1960 Impala Convertible


Jensen Healy



The North Texas Viper Club was there




Gorgeous Split-Window Vette



Late-model GTO


Chevy SSR Pace Car/Truck?


Mean Plymouth Satellite


Sharp Toys!


Datsun 280-Z


Year One "Bandit Edition" Trans Am



Sharp Anniversary Trans Am


LOTS of pretty Vettes







MEAN 68 Camaro


Cobras and Model A's! Odd mix of cars!


Pontiac G8s. MAN I miss Pontiac!




Hot new Caddy's




Camaro and Vette


Unrestored "bathtub" Nash


Here come the hot rods!


This '55 was set up to RUN!!



Toys Toys Toys




MEAN Chevelle


Laird also showed up (in his '96 Bonneville ) and was ready to buy this super-clean fishbowl
He LOVED it!




YUGO???




Land Rovers



Lotus Esprit V8


BMW M1


And a REAL Yugo, a GVX...the "sport Yugo". Ha! Funny!






Shining Monkey?


CLEAN BMW coupe


I LOVE E-type Jags...SO Sharp!






Clean 57 Chevy


Sunbeam Alpine...with factory paint



MG, Aston Martin, and Lambo





Bentley


New Ford SHO


1st gen RX7


Mustang GT Convertible


T-Rex



My brother-in-law bending over to check out a Buell motorcycle....at least I think that's what he was looking at.....



VW Fun











Porsche Fun




GORGEOUS Camaro SS




Not one but TWO Shelby GT-350H Mustangs. These were originally Hertz rental cars out on the west coast. The one one the left has an owner-installed vintage Shelby/Paxton supercharger. These were SHARP cars!






Mean Nova rumbling by



Spice Red GTO



GORGEOUS 78 Trans Am



More Late-Model Goats



Another nice Camaro


And another Nash...this one restored and gorgeous!



Modded Olds Lead Sled


62 Corvette



70 Road Runner





Check out this Olds Jetfire with LS2 power. SHARP!!






1972 Cutlass


Clean 3rd Gen Camaro


GORGEOUS 69 Camaro




70 Cuda with wild Billet wheels


92 GMC Typhoon



Trans Am with "interesting" bird on the hood



MEAN CHEVELLE!



Modern Shelby


67 Camaro


Camaro Split-Bumper...these look so sharp


CLEAN Grand Prix



67 DeVille ragtop



Corvette with interesting hood insulation



Pretty C3's



New Nissan GT-R


Clean 72 Cutlass Convertible





Elky and Vette


Sharp K5 Blazer


Checking on my father-in-law and my Roady over an Miata


New Grand Sport Vette...WOW!


"Barn Find" Vette Ragtop.


Laird put his 96 Bonny in the show next to a 68 Firebird. I know it's just a regular Bonny, but with only 50K miles and detailed to-the-hilt, he's really proud of it. Looks new. Glad he joined in!



68 Firebird next to Laird's Bonny


Do you want a notchback or fastback Cuda? Had both options here!





Orange GTO...neat color


And "Yenko Tribute" modern Camaro


Plymouth Suburban wagon



Triumph Speed Triple....love these!



GORGEOUS AMX! Check out the bumper sticker. Classic!



Awesome Resto-Mod 55 Chevy


Another new GT-R



Lambo



Mean Mustangs



Modded MR2



66 Mustang 2+2


Ferrari


Acura NSX


Cobra


?????????????????????


Brand New Alfa Romeo. First one I've seen in person.



Lancia Montecarlo



Ferrari F40


Lots of Exotics




Callaway Twin Turbo Alfa





More Mustang Fun



Allante


Shelby Ragtop...sharp!

and Fastback


Mercury Cyclone Spoiler






Another Gorgeous 55 Chevy


This is a rare car...wish they'd washed it before putting it in the show. It's an ASC/McClaren convertible. These are 2-seaters, not many left.



I still really like these Bullitt Mustangs. Just simple and clean



Mercury Marauders




More sharp Vettes



It's a Vespa scooter with a sidecar!


CLEAN!


Supra


Lightning


More Vettes









442


Another pretty Chevelle


Cyclone Grey GTO


Awesome 442


Model A


Buick Special



Clean Ford



Classic Poncho


82 Z28


Elky and Trailblazer SS


Classic Chevy Pickup


Lots of Chevelle's there!


An entire scooter club pulled in







BMW's


80's Eldo ragtop


MEAN 55!



Lemans/GTO Clone


Fairlane ragtop


GrandVille Ragtop





More GTO's

Holden Monaro tail lights


Back.....to the FUTURE!



I LOVED this Challenger



This C3 was for sale at a very good price...not the most sought-after or the fastest, but a clean cruiser!


Jeep wagon


We pretty much closed down the show! Good times!


That was a great show, and a really good day.

After the show my brother-in-law took us out for a catfish lunch. It was GOOD, and then we went looking at motorcycles...my other passion besides cars. Good times.

That afternoon my brother and sister-in-law took me out for a "surprise". Misty took the kids mountain-biking so I had a pass for the afternoon. THe in-laws would not tell me what the surprise was. I was brave.

We went to Lower Greenville to a place called Richard Avila's Mextopia for "The Widowmaker Happy Hour", which consists of "Beer and Bacon"....yes, actual bacon. It was awesome..ha! I had a large glass of Fireman's Four beer, and they brought out a plate of fried bacon, half regular, half cooked with brown sugar on it...wow. Ha! We also had chips and queso, followed by a another plate of bacon, then switched from beer to margaritas. I hardly ever drink and let me tell you I was feeling pretty good..hahaha!

http://sidedish.dmagazine.com/2011/05/27/the-widowmaker-happy-hour-beer-bacon-at-mextopia/

Lower Greenville is an area of old buildings that have been converted to clubs and bars. We next walked up the street a bit and went to The World Beer Lounge, which claims to have over 250 different kinds of beer....and man they did. My sister-in-law got me some kind of Belguim beer...all I remember was that it was GOOD and it was COLD.

All in all we spent about three hours in Greenville, and man did I enjoy it. Don't get to do stuff like that much.

BUT the evening was not over! My other sister-in-law and her new husband were having a get-together at their home and wanted us to come. They live near Lake Lewisville, which might as well be Oklahoma... It's about an hour from where we were. We drove up there and my new brother-in-law was cooking out, lots of family and friends there, so I finished up the evening eating steak and chicken and drinking homemade cherry vodka. Holy cow!

Now please remember I hardly ever drink, so don't think I'm a booze-hound please...this was just a fun and odd day! Since Misty had the kids I got to let loose a bit. Nice break!

So lets see.....huge car show...catfish....motorcycles.....beer and bacon....cookout...and lots of family and friends.

I CAN NOT remember when I've had such a good day.

Hope everyone had a great weekend!

-Mike

Videos from Cars and Coffee Dallas 6/4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUC3eU5coTo - Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmNOyUUwRtQ&NR=1 - Part 2

excellent pics as usual mikey,.
only the 1 wagon??

nick

WOW..........

phantom 309 wrote:

excellent pics as usual mikey,.
only the 1 wagon??

nick

Actually no, there was a woody Roady and a Caprice wagon that showed up. I saw the Roady WAY down a row driving, it had Caprice crosslace wheels on it, and my father-in-law said the white Caprice drove right beside my Roady and the driver took pics of my car. I never got close to either one of them. The show is huge and I don't know if they ever parked or just drove through, sadly.

I was kinda hoping someone on here would speak up about being there. If you were there, sorry I missed you!

-Mike

Oh one guy did talk my ear off about joining the Texas I.N.C. club, which stands for Impalas-N-Caprice. He had a 96 Caprice and just LOVED my Roady. They have their annual meet in Austin, called INC-Fest, back in April. I may look into it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52Wj08TNVRQ

Oh and I didn't make it to the drive-in in the wagon....pretty obvious if you read the post above, ended up at my sister-in-law's cookout. Will do the drive-in on the next trip up for sure.

Something to look forward to!

-Mike

Hey Mike as always great pics and wonderful commentary.Wonder what the total would be if you could somehow manage to add up the value of all those cars.It would be a HUGE amount
for sure.Again my favorite is the copper 55 chevy towards the end.My sentimental pick would
have to be that original Sunbeam Alpine which was my first car way back in 1970.Awesome
and widespread bunch of cars.
Thanks Again Mike
Jim Gordon

Yep I had a ball at this show. Found out after the fact the the summer hours are 7am-11am...no wonder all the spots were full when I got there at 8am. Will know for next time!

-Mike

I'm planning to go to the July Dallas C&C if anyone wants to meet there. I KNOW there are some other wagons in the DFW area, at least two were there.

I hate to miss the Austin show again but the Dallas show is just amazing.

-Mike

Nice pics as always and a few to jog the memories:

69 AMX, our across the street neighbor had the identical copy color and all. love the metallic copper paint.....

Granville 'vert, had a '73 burgandy on burgandy with a black top...loved that car but it was a rustbelt special. owned it 9 months lost 400 bucks on it and it was used in an armed robbery two days after I sold it (still titled in my name at the time).