The August Car Cruise behind a Custard Corral

My Five Picks:

White Geo Storm:
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AMC Gremlin made into a panel van:
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Honda CRX Si seen in parking lot:
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1973 Dart Swinger:
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And 2 of the 4 dark green Camaros that were there:
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And a bonus of this ratty Chrysler Conquest that was also in the parking lot:
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Full Album:
https://flic.kr/s/aHsmFMdP76

My sightings from the last few months:

Golf Country:


These old Kias have really died out in Germany. Their appearances on the street seemed almost a little foreign:


Across the street from the Sephia was a Clarus, but that has been in my neighborhood for years so I didn't photograph it.

I've seen a few US-spec Atlases in town, but this was the first time I met its Chinese equivalent:

Heh nice, meanwhile in Iran this one is finally quitting production after 26 years this year. And the same destiny awaits the 405!

405 is still in production ?

At a place i used to work the foreman was Iranian and when he told me he drove a new one while he was over there for vacation i thought he was kidding me...

Yeah, it's the cheapest (new, but honestly also used) thing that's not a moving coffin (that's what the Pride is 'nicknamed') on the market, they even made a facelift for it a few years ago. Fortunately they will be removing it from production this year too. Now probably the Samand and Tiba will take their place to be produced for the next 10 years with this international situation ....

If you want a new one, today it'll cost you around 5500 dollars for the GLX, the cheapest one

But the price is not all - masses of taxes have to be added, when you want to export it.

I know an English guy, who loves unknown freaky cars. He was so crazy to buy a Paykan Pickup in Iran and bring it to England.
He had to pay over 10.000 $ taxes and charges in Iran, and it took four days(!) at the border station to Turkey, until all paperwork was o.k. (and of course paid)


Totally unthinkable for us EU-Europeans
- since 27 years now we don't know such things as import taxes or charges any more.

Ahh wow props to him that's quite an accomplishment honestly!

It seems all the crazy taxes in Iran are export too; nice at least some relief if I move back one day and will think of something like buying an Elantra for 50K at least I'll know the tax is not more than the value of the car

Getting back to car shows I went to last year, we have the Red, White & Blueberry in Hammonton, NJ, the Blueberry Capital of the US. With the blueberry festival, they hold a huge car show. This was the first time I went, tons of cars.

My five pics from the first album:

Kaiser Darrin, incredible car:
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1971 Pontiac LeMans sedan; haven't seen one in years:
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1957 Plymouth Belvedere 4-door hardtop in coral and white:
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1973 AMC Hornet Sportabout:
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And from the tacky 80s replica file, a 1984 Gazelle:
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Lots of great cars in this album:

https://flic.kr/s/aHsmG5iCrr

Just started my last album from 2022 on Flickr, that I thought might be of interest, it was the Porsche Reunion on the Boardwalk in Ocean City, NJ. The feature models were Speedsters and 356 Cabriolets, but they had well over 400 Porsches of all different models.

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjATX6T

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Some of my other show albums:


Toys for Tots Car Cruise-Nov:
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjATJYs

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Car Cruise-Oct:
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjATfZ4

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VW Car Show-Oct:
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjASQfx

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Wildwood Fall Pt.1-Sept:
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAQRcq

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Wildwood Fall-Pt.2-Sept:
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjARy7s

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Wildwood Fall-Pt.3-Sept:
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAS8nF

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Autism Car Show-Sept:
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAQpi2

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Car Cruise-Sept:
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAQ61M

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Smithville Show-Sept:
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAPCbV

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Working on my 2023 pics (I'm up to August), and just finished adding a show that some may have interest in. It was a Fire Muster, featuring antique/classic fire trucks and other emergency vehicles.

Here are some of the pics and at the bottom is a link to the album:

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Full Album:
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBfHuw

Try putting that in the Cars universe!

Yeah, that one is a freaky looking one. Took me a while to find the headlights:
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wel.. we still can put an eye on that shiny ball and make it a Cyclops that haunts Flash McQueen's dreams... or the equivalent of the Bogeyman..

I finally finished all my pics from 2023, and have started working on this year's shows. First one was a local car cruise, their opening one for the year in April.

Whole album:
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBtvbP

Wasn't a lot of new cars for me, but here are a few:

1954 Chrysler New Yorker DeLuxe with some modifications:
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Porsche 911, but I'm not sure of the year. Plate returns nothing, so I think it's older than 1981. And it has no fog lights, so maybe older?:

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1936 Oldsmobile Sports Coupe:
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A cool looking 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 Convertible:
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And a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Convertible by Droptop Customs, I tried looking this one up but couldn't find out more details. Usually I focus on the older cars, but since this one was converted, I found it interesting:

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Nice presentation, night cub

Yep, the Aherens-Fox fire truck has the pumper at the front.

@Baube: Yep, you can find these headlights at the cowl area.

Thanks!

The next show for this year, on April 27th.

Full Album:
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBu5xX


Some cars from that show:

1970 Pontiac Bonneville Convertible that I have now seen at several shows:
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1967 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow RHD with original British plates:
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1960 Ford Falcon Ranchero:
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1968 Ford XL Convertible:
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1955-1956 GMC Blue Chip 100 Panel, first saw this one last year but don't remember sharing:
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Same day as the last post, this one I arrived late, so it seemed a lot of the cars left. The venue for this one is kind of cool, it is a brew pub next to a local airport, with older factory buildings, so it feels very steam-punk.

The Glasstown Brewery Show:

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBuuLr


Volvo 1800E:
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1956 Pontiac Chieftain:
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1997 Suzuki X-90:
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1970 Ford Maverick:
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A cool VW Custom:
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And on the way out, I spotted this Mercedes S-Klasse that looked abandoned:
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April 28, 2024 show at local VFW in Franklinville, NJ

This was a small show of mostly cars that I had seen before. Here are some of my picks.

Album: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBuBQA


1956 Cadillac Eldorado Seville hardtop:

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1940 Buick Special Coupe:

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1941 Willys Americar Coupe, usually when I see these, they are rodded out or made for the dragstrip:

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1964 Chevy Corvair; I hadn't seen this one out before:

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1956 Pontiac Chieftain 860 2-Door wagon custom:

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And a 1967 Mercury Cougar with gorgeous paint:
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Wasn't sure what to expect at the Roadster Rally on the Ocean City NJ Boardwalk, but there were some interesting roadsters hidden among the bazillion Miatas.

Full album:
https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBv82s


Some of the standouts to me:


The star of the show was this 1936 Auburn 852SC Boattail Speedster:
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Not one, but two Tesla Roadsters:
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1955 Jaguar XK140 MC OTS:
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And there were two MG F's, one a LHD, one a RHD:
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And a pair of Morgans, a 1958 Plus 4 and a 1968 4/4:
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I'll probably do another post from this show. There were a bunch of Austin-Healeys and MG's, and some other goodies.

More from the Roadster Rally:

Austin-Healeys:

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The lone Jaguar XKE:
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Twin Mazda RX-7 Convertibles:
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Some MGs:

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And yes, that is the Queen waving in front of the Union Jack engine:
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And the blue Triumph zone:

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