Jalopyrama 9

Every year since 2004 Mike Szuba and the Rusty Nuts have put on the Jalopyrama, a traditionally styled hot rod show. This show benefits the Providence Center of Anne Arundel County and KoC Council 10881. They do a fantastic job every year of bringing some of the best the country has to offer right into The Land of Pleasant Living. This year was no exception. The cars were great and the weather held up even though we are facing the threat of the Superstorm formerly known as Hurricane Sandy.
   Last year for Jalopyrama 8, we left for Annapolis about 6:30 and the temperature was about 41 degrees. This year, we left about 5:30 and the temperature was about 60 degrees.
What a great event for a great cause. You can see the photos here:

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The 15th Annual Mobtown Greaseball

 Last Saturday we cruised across the river to spend a fine Fall day with friends and fine cars at The Mobtown Greaseball. The weather was great as was the show. You can see some of the photos here:


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The Jalopy Showdown Invitational

What a great event! It happened on Saturday July 28, 2012. At about 12:15 P.M. the skies opened up and everyone patiently waited under the Pavilion until the deluge of heavy rain with hail stopped and the skies cleared. A great time was had by all!

   For some additional photos go here:
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It Really Bothers Me

Whenever I see someone posting a Chevrolet 2 Door Sedan for sale on one of the various Forums, pages or in print or whatever and they call it a Coupe. It has been driving me crazy for years. So for those of you who would like to know how to tell the difference, here it is. A 1949 or 1950 Chevrolet Coupe has much smaller rear windows on the side than a 2 Door Sedan. There are even differences among the types of Coupes. A Sport Coupe (Deluxe) rear window will slide slightly open from front to back. A Business Coupe (Special) has fixed rear windows that will not open at all. Sounds pretty simple, huh? Now here's the hard part. Two Door Sedans have a much larger rear window than the Coupes and they roll down - with a window crank. Got it? THEY ROLL DOWN. Here are a couple of photos to help with the ID of these cars.


This is a Sport Coupe:

This one is a Two Door Sedan

The Jalopy Showdown 2012

The weather was fantastic, the cars were spectacular, couldn't have been better. For a look at some of the photos, follow this link:

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Here's a photo of the FortyNiner in it's original (to me) paint on May 22, 1986 - twenty six years ago!

1949 Oldsmobile "88" at NSRA East 2010

These photos were taken at the NSRA East Nationals in June of 2010. What a great "barn find" this car was. All in all a fine example of American Iron from 1949.

Opening Cruise Night 2012

Over 400 hundred cars last Saturday night. You can see some photos here:
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Baltimore Streetcar Museum Show

The car show/car cruising season got under way yesterday with a nice show at the Baltimore Streetcar Museum.

To see some of the photos from this event, just click on the link below.

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The Season is Almost Here

Less than two weeks until our first cruise in.

Photo of The Week

New Yorker....          I think it's a '56.

Photo Of The Week

Donnie R.'s  A Coupe circa 1992.

Lost In The 50s Cruise In

This beautiful 1938 Chevrolet was spotted at the Lost In The 50s Cruise In on June 26, 2010.

5th Annual Winter Beater Cruise

Mike K. Went to the Winter Beater Cruise at The Markets at Shrewsbury yesterday.
You can see some of his great photos here:

https://picasaweb.google.com/mkjr45/BeaterCruiseFeb12?authkey=Gv1sRgCK6gsMOYzJbkxgE&feat=email

Photo of The Week

From the NSRA at Richmond, VA 2009. This is a Hudson.

Photo from Richmond 2009

From the NSRA Richmond VA Show 2009. Another view of this interesting machine is on our Facebook page.

Photo of The Week

From the Vintage Tin Show in September of 2011.

Service Station

You can't beat that Gulf NoNox Gasoline.

Photo of The Week

This one is from The Rockabilly Rat Rod Rumble 2011 in Fredericksburg.
I really think this Wayfarer was one of the nicest looking cars there.

Photo of The Week

This one is from the NSRA show in Richmond, VA - August 2009.
Now that is one nice looking woodie longroof!

Photo of The Week

With the winter weather finally setting in here in the East it makes it seem like car cruising season will never get here. In this feature we'll put up a photo from a previous season to help with passing the time until we're out there again.

This one is from the Jalopy Showdown 2011.

Open House at Posie Rod & Custom

Mike K. took a road trip to the Commonwealth of PA this morning and saw some nice examples of American Iron at Posie Rod & Custom. He reported that the weather was cold, the doughnuts were good and plentiful and the machines were hot! I especially like the Kaiser Ute. That was really cool.
For the rest of Mike's photos, follow this link:

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Less Than 90 Days?

We think that maybe if we're lucky we will be seeing scenes like this about 3 months from now.

The Final Resting Place

Here we have the final resting places of two men who made important contributions to the auto industry. Dr. Leo Baekeland, inventor of bakelite and Walter Chrysler are both interred at Sleepy Hollow Cemetary near Tarrytown, NY.

Happy New Year!

Let's hope 2012 will be a good year for everyone! Happy Motoring!