Crusin' the Street Machine and Muscle Car Nationals

We recently brought you the indoors of the Street Machine and Muscle Car Nationals. Today we bring you the sunny outdoors and some stupendous cars.SMMCN-DSC_0101rWe have a passion for wagons and this one is a show stopper. Low and long, this Pontiac is a stunner.SMMCN-DSC_0159rThis pro-street T-Bird was quite the looker, but as they say the devil is in the details...SMMCN-DSC_0160rSMMCN-DSC_0162rlike the piston lock pulls...SMMCN-DSC_0170rand the piston shifter knob.SMMCN-DSC_0161r SMMCN-DSC_0167rSMMCN-DSC_0169rThis bird sported the Cragar SS wheels with a spare to match - a nice classic touch.SMMCN-DSC_0165rSMMCN-DSC_0145rSMMCN-DSC_0151rSMMCN-DSC_0147rSMMCN-DSC_0155rSMMCN-DSC_0127rI would have to string together more adjectives than this page could fit to describe how outstanding this Buick is. The fit, finish, and details are out of this world.SMMCN-DSC_0128rSMMCN-DSC_0129rSMMCN-DSC_0130rSMMCN-DSC_0126rThe Buick symbol was everywhere on this classic - check out the steering wheel!SMMCN-DSC_0132rSMMCN-DSC_0125rThis is by far one of the finest Buicks we have seen at the many shows we attend.SMMCN-DSC_0140rHudsons are few and far between at shows, and this bathtub was a welcome sight.SMMCN-DSC_0142rSMMCN-DSC_0144rSMMCN-DSC_0118rSMMCN-DSC_0119rSMMCN-DSC_0133rSMMCN-DSC_0137rSMMCN-DSC_0138rSMMCN-DSC_0139rSMMCN-DSC_0122rSMMCN-DSC_0123rSMMCN-DSC_0121rSMMCN-DSC_0117rSMMCN-DSC_0102rA Kaiser Darrin! We have only seen one at the Petersen. This space-age beauty has all kinds of interesting features, but the coolest one...SMMCN-DSC_0103rSMMCN-DSC_0104rSMMCN-DSC_0106rare the pocket doors that slide into the body!SMMCN-DSC_0110rSMMCN-DSC_0109rSMMCN-DSC_0107rSMMCN-DSC_0063rSMMCN-DSC_0064rSMMCN-DSC_0065rSMMCN-DSC_0113rSMMCN-DSC_0114rSMMCN-DSC_0116rSMMCN-DSC_0175rThis was one gnarly Nova. It growled past us while we were photographing the white T-Bird and called to us.  We followed, of course - it sounded sooooo good!SMMCN-DSC_0177rSMMCN-DSC_0178rSMMCN-DSC_0181rThis year's Street Machine and Muscle Car Nationals made for a fantastic first show.  We're looking forward to many more years to come!

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