Muscle Car & Corvette Nationals - Chicago Pics

[Aero426]

The show was November 19th & 20th in Chicago.   A huge show encompassing all things muscle old and new.  Several hundred cars all held indoors.    I did not take too many pics as my camera isn't the best indoors, but here are some winners.


Mark Sekula's Limelight Superbird, 440 4V, auto  Fresh resto and it is for sale.


Scott Lindsay's cutaway display Hemi engine


Jason Thompson's prototype Talladega.   Word on the street is this car may be up for grabs at B-J next January.


Steve Juliano brought the Diamante.

[nascarxx29]

Glad to see Steve out with his cars

[Aero426]

JW Hames from Mississippi is a friend of Corndogs Charger and he and his wife brought this beautiful Tor-Red Bird.    The show organizers placed it next to old #7 which was a nice way to show people the differences between street and race.


Compare the height difference between the cars.


This Tucker greeted show attendees in the lobby of the convention hall.


Hemi Geno's Hemi Charger looking sharp, much better than the results with my camera.

[nascarxx29]

Great show pictures

[Aero426]

Chris Bayley's sunroof Hemi Charger is a real survivor.  Very highly optioned, an incredible car.


Lovely Chrysler 300F


Great display on this 999 Road Runner.


Prototype 1967 Shelby convertible fresh resto was unveiled at the show.

[Aero426]

The pre-production Daytona of John Rizek.



Tim Wellborn brought six cars, four of them were Chargers.


Tim's highly optioned Hemi GTX.   He said it stickered for $6800 when new.   A lot of beer and pizza.


Larry Shinoda's once upon a time personal Boss 302

[Aero426]

Beautiful survivor 1971 GTX in black.


Lovely lace paint on this Camaro.




So delightfully garish, you had to stop and look.

[maxwellwedge]

Nice shots Doug. Heard the show was great.

[bobs66440]

Cool pics! Thanks for sharing!! 

[held1823]

awesome photos. thanks for sharing.

i had to look twice, to even notice that shelby prototype in one picture.

[Davtona]

"Chris Bayley's sunroof Hemi Charger is a real survivor.  Very highly optioned, an incredible car."


Yes I agree on that. I saw the car in Dubuque this fall and was amazed at how optioned it is. Very nice. Thanks for posting pics. Geno the RT looks real nice. Good enough to keep I'd say. 

[taxspeaker]

Loved all the Mopars-we rarely get more than a couple at our shows in Louisville

[CornDogsCharger]

awesome photos. thanks for sharing.

i had to look twice, to even notice that shelby prototype in one picture.

Shelby?... there was a Shelby??

[CornDogsCharger]

I heard that show was awesome!  JW told me there was A LOT of really nice high end cars to look at from all brands.  I would have loved to make it to that show.

Justin
"CornDog"

[jonw29]

i am with CDC Doug.Are you tryin to play tricks on us.I dont see a shelby either .I plan to see it ALL in person next year.

[70Sbird]

The show was great, LOTS of very nice high end cars to see. That "mauve" 300 pictured above was beautiful, and I got to take a bunch of pics of the "DustAAR" Duster (behind the custom painted Corvette in Dougs Pics)
Doug, I tried to stop by and say "HI" again but each time I came by the #7 there was always a crowd! you must have been exhausted by the end of the show!

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

It was a blast.  An absolute blast.  I had some very... interesting experiences that weekend.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hemipwr70/collections/72157628081981423/



Ryan

[1970Moparmann]

Ryan, how did you get to work the show?

[XS29LA47V21]

awesome photos. thanks for sharing.

i had to look twice, to even notice that shelby prototype in one picture.

............glad I was not the only one see some nice cars and no Shelby's 

Quite a stack of nice rare cars, thanks

[1970Moparmann]

For once, I think there were more Mopar's than GM

[held1823]

the shelby should be visible in this retouched copy of the above photo.

[Dave Kanofsky]

My first tme attending this show - I was very impressed.

[hemi68charger]

Looks like a cool show.... We just finished out World of Wheels Autorama here in Houston (Thanksgiving weekend). I'll post some pics later.

Thanks for the pictures....

[CornDogsCharger]

the shelby should be visible in this retouched copy of the above photo.

Oh!  THERE'S the Shelby. I never saw that picture. The ghostly figure to the right looks familiar though... 

Justin
"CornDog"

[hemigeno]

"Chris Bayley's sunroof Hemi Charger is a real survivor.  Very highly optioned, an incredible car."


Yes I agree on that. I saw the car in Dubuque this fall and was amazed at how optioned it is. Very nice. Thanks for posting pics.

Yes, that was indeed a very cool car.  I spent more than a few minutes all over it.  TONS of documentation to go with it.  I also liked Jeff B.'s red '68 HemiCharger that both Julius (of Restorations by Julius) and Ken Funk owned in the past... pic below.  Very nice low-mile car even with a repaint.

Geno the RT looks real nice. Good enough to keep I'd say.  

Yeah, there will be no tears shed if that one stays put in my garage for sure.  If it doesn't sell, I will, however, have to put back all the things we took off just for the show's OEM/concours judging (MSD Ignition, headlight relay & halogen headlamps, non-original Tic-Toc-Tach, etc.).



BTW, it was great seeing you as usual, Doug.  Thanks for bringing Sue by to say "Hi", and for posting the pic of my car.  Nice to see John Rizek & his wife, the Kanofsky's and a couple other board members as well - the weekend started off by meeting Ryan/Devil as my shuttle driver from the truck/trailer marshalling yard.

The owners of a '67 Gran Prix and '72 Buick GS convertibles (which were parked next to me) and I bummed around a lot.  Best line of the weekend overheard coming from spectators?  A couple of gangsta types were looking at the trunk of the 'Prix, and one said to the other - "That's a 5 body trunk for sure... 10 if we cut 'em up."

[Aero426]

Nice shots Doug. Heard the show was great.

Not only was the show great, but you also had the furry people convention next door. 

[XS29LA47V21]

the shelby should be visible in this retouched copy of the above photo.

Thank you, oh that Shelby.  Now that I am focused accordingly, how about what appears to be a notch back cuda mod top behind, any photos?  Any 500s?.

[Aero426]

They made a lot of fuss over that fancy Mustang convertible.

[Aero426]

The young lady on the right is one of the co-owners of the Shelby.   Or maybe she owns the guy who owns the Shelby...

[Aero426]

Here is the Mod Top Cuda.  No Charger 500s were at the show.

[billssuperbird]

 

[maxwellwedge]

The young lady on the right is one of the co-owners of the Shelby.   Or maybe she owns the guy who owns the Shelby...

That's Brian Styles car. I met him and his significant other in Scottsdale a year or 3 ago. He is the fellow that is making a dealer suffer.   http://garypronman.com

[hemigeno]

The young lady on the right is one of the co-owners of the Shelby.   Or maybe she owns the guy who owns the Shelby...

That's Brian Styles car. I met him and his significant other in Scottsdale a year or 3 ago. He is the fellow that is making a dealer suffer.   http://garypronman.com

I met him and his wife at Carlisle 2 or 3 years ago also.  At the time Brian was wearing a T-shirt that referenced his disdain for Mr. Pronman's business ethics (or lack thereof), and I think he was handing out business cards which had a link to the above website.  

Doesn't he have a F6 Green Daytona and some other cool Mope's?

[Aero426]

Yes, I remember seeing the Gary Pronman name, maybe from a "I got ripped off" thread on Moparts.

[maxwellwedge]

The young lady on the right is one of the co-owners of the Shelby.   Or maybe she owns the guy who owns the Shelby...

That's Brian Styles car. I met him and his significant other in Scottsdale a year or 3 ago. He is the fellow that is making a dealer suffer.   http://garypronman.com

I met him and his wife at Carlisle 2 or 3 years ago also.  At the time Brian was wearing a T-shirt that referenced his disdain for Mr. Pronman's business ethics (or lack thereof), and I think he was handing out business cards which had a link to the above website.  

Doesn't he have a F6 Green Daytona and some other cool Mope's?

Yes - I think you and I were walking around the survivor area and I introduced you to him....

[maxwellwedge]

Yes, I remember seeing the Gary Pronman name, maybe from a "I got ripped off" thread on Moparts.

Probably....I think it was discussed here as well.

[hemigeno]

The young lady on the right is one of the co-owners of the Shelby.   Or maybe she owns the guy who owns the Shelby...

That's Brian Styles car. I met him and his significant other in Scottsdale a year or 3 ago. He is the fellow that is making a dealer suffer.   http://garypronman.com

I met him and his wife at Carlisle 2 or 3 years ago also.  At the time Brian was wearing a T-shirt that referenced his disdain for Mr. Pronman's business ethics (or lack thereof), and I think he was handing out business cards which had a link to the above website.  

Doesn't he have a F6 Green Daytona and some other cool Mope's?

Yes - I think you and I were walking around the survivor area and I introduced you to him....

Yep, you're right - just outside Building Y (one of the special display buildings), the year your A12 car was on display there, correct?

[maxwellwedge]

Yes! Between the two of us we have a fully functioning brain!   

[tan top]

  awesome lot of pictures , thanks for sharing 

[TheAutoArchaeologist]

Ryan, how did you get to work the show?

Bob Ashton and I are good friends.  He asked if I would help him out.  Which I did last year as well. 

Next year I am actually running the Barn Finds section.  8 to 10 Barn Finds, all unrestored are going to be in the show.  And I have to find them, line them up and get them in.

Here is the Mod Top Cuda.  No Charger 500s were at the show.

I almost was killed by that Mod Top Cuda.  Owned by Bill Sefton.  Only after rolling it out of the trailer at 12:30 IN THE MORNING did he tell us it didn't have any brakes!













The girl by the Mustang was very nice, and the husband and wife were great.  I helped them out a bit over the weekend.



Yes... the Furries were around.



It was a great show.



Ryan