Car Show: Fishkill, October 12, 2008, part 1 of 3

I went to a car show in Fishkill on Sunday. It was right on Main Street (Rt 52) from Jackson Street, almost to Route 9. The weather was fantastic, a great Indian summer day, and the setting was great. There were probably 100 great vehicles of all types there. Yes, I have been slacking a bit on posts lately. The truth is I don't have any progress to report on my projects, and I haven't been out to any events until this one. I shot photos of about 30 cars, and I have enough detail shots to do features on most of them, so at least I have that to tide me over the cold months. I'll give a brief overview of some of the cars for now.

This nice 1957 Ford was done up as a Sheriff's car. I don't know if it was authentic or not, but it had many period perfect details and looked pretty convincing.

A tasty 1967 Ford Fairlane GT in burgundy, with a white interior, and factory chrome wheels.I don't have an overall shot of this 1960 Chevy Impala, but this is the money shot anyway. You have to see this when it is featured. It is immaculate.I love this 1952 Ford Mainline, done up in street-race style. It's an early "shoebox" style car with some cool modifications.

This 1974 Datsun 260Z was one of 3 similar, but not matching, cars in attendance. The "Z" was a very hot car in it's day.
This 1973 Plymouth 'Cuda was one of several Mopar pony-cars there. For this year, and possibly others, it was simply " 'Cuda", and not "Barracuda", as it was earlier.
Well 1966 Chevy Chevelles will always have a place in my heart, as my late grandfather owned one briefly. I'll tell you more about a ride he gave me in it when this car is featured. His was not Marina Blue, like this one, but the lighter blue metallic.

I really dug this 1951 Buick straight-8 four-door, even though it is not a car I'd like for myself. But it was perfect for what it is, and I'll explain what it is when I do a feature on it.

One of motoring's icon's for sure, this early Ford Mustang hardtop was perfect. I regret that I did not note it's year, but it looks like a 1964 or '65 to me. Speaking of pony-car, this is the model that gave that genre of car it's name.

Here's a 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo Aero Coupe. This is actually owned by my friend Joe V, who discovered the show as he was driving by, and pulled in. He just came into posession of this car, but under quite unfortunate circumstances. A friend left it to him in his will.

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I'll be back with two more posts showing the other cars I shot, and then I'll get to doing some features, giving you some information on the individual cars, and also my critique of them.

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Thanks for sticking around when it got a little thin there. JK