2010 Courtenay BC car show PICTURES

[70DartMike]

This previous Sunday was the Courtenay BC car show in their downtown area. They also had a cruise on Saturday evening, which I sort of got sucked into in the Valiant. Fun cruise too, about an hour and a half long, all through the suburbs. But on Sunday, they closed off the streets to local traffic and had the car show. It was fairly hot outside, so I didn't take pics of everything, just certain ones that stuck out for me.

All brands, not all Mopar.

3 woodies in a row.

A friend has a 64 Rambler convert sitting in his yard in the dirt not covered. :angry7:

This guy was in the cruise, with himself and 2 ladies shoved in this tiny little thing.

They had an award this year titled 'Best Mopar' , and this Challenger won it.

This Coronet is a local from my town.

Spoke with the owner for a bit, he said its a 1915 Ford. It is rated at 20 HP, and said it has trouble climbing onto the trailer. The hand crank is still hooked up, but he has never been able to fire it on his own using the hand crank. He has put an electric starter in the car since then.
Also, there is no neutral. It is either forward or reverse. In the 3rd pic, the pedal on the right is Brake, the pedal on the left is Clutch, and the middle pedal is Reverse. So to go into reverse, you have to push in the clutch to take it out of forward, then push the Reverse pedal, and let the clutch out halfway to engage Reverse.

Some neat Indian motorcycles.

 

[70DartMike]

This 70 GTX won Best 70's Stock.

This is a 1 owner 340 Duster.

This Chrysler won Best 20's Stock.

 

[70DartMike]

This 48 Fargo won Best Truck Stock. The guy told me he paid $500 for these Fargo hubcaps out of Saskatchewan.

First time I've seen an Acadian wagon.

What cubic inch does 6.6 litre equal out to?

Mark (Moopa) brought his all original survivor 69 Charger.

 

[70DartMike]

Oops.. Don't judge me. I'm only human.

Wille won Best 60's Modified for his #'s 69 340 4 speed Swinger.

And this guy won Best 60's Stock with his 68 340 Dart, although I didn't realize that scoop was stock, but either way it was good to see the Mopars winning the trophies.

This guy won Best Motor.

And this guy won Best Interior, although I somehow managed to forget to get a picture of it.

This guy is at the races every year, said he runs mid 12's with a 351. The black one was his parts car, but it appears his son? has started a resto on it.

Met the owner of this Challenger at the cruise, him and his wife were both nice and very enthusiastic. He said this paint job was over 10 years old. The picture doesn't show nearly how nice it was.

 

[crayzcuda]

Thanks for posting the pics. That is a good show, we were out there last year for it and had a blast on the cruise. Noticed in one of your pics friends Black and White Panel truck that we meet on the Canadian Hot Rod tour. Nice to see they made it home. They survived one of are Alberta storms with enough wind to push that big panel sideways parked on the side of the road. Golf ball size hail, one lightning strike , burnt alternator and one blown heater core. They are great people, all that and they were still smiling.

 

[70DartMike]

Then after the show, I followed Mark back to Parksville for ice cream, and he continued on to his place. There was a train of at least 15 old cars in a row, Mark leading it.

 

[70DartMike]

Thanks for posting the pics. That is a good show, we were out there last year for it and had a blast on the cruise. Noticed in one of your pics friends Black and White Panel truck that we meet on the Canadian Hot Rod tour. Nice to see they made it home. They survived one of are Alberta storms with enough wind to push that big panel sideways parked on the side of the road. Golf ball size hail, one lightning strike , burnt alternator and one blown heater core. They are great people, all that and they were still smiling.

No problem. Where are you from?

 

[crayzcuda]

A little Cowtown in southern Alberta that some people call Calgary

 

[71'DemonRon]

Nice pic's Mike, that is my old Challenger that owned when I was 14. Wow 20 years ago (starting to feel old now) Have not seen it in years. Glad to see it's still around. Cheers, Ron

 

[1964 hippo]

Nice would have like to seen a valiant in there some were but okay good job!
thank you

 

[PanGasket]

the 6.6 litre engine would be the 383 btw.

Awesome car show!

 

[moopa]

Thanks for posting all the great pics, Mike! It was an awesome show, and the great Parksville show on the beach is next on Sunday August 1st.
Mark

 

[autopar3000]

Some sweet rides there, and some Canada specific models too.

I'll never understand why so many people open their hoods for these shows. Unless your engine is extremely unique or special in some way I'd much rather see the car with the hood closed.

 

[moopa]

Quote from Mike: " There was a train of at least 15 old cars in a row, Mark leading it."
That's a good place for the "train" to be...behind me... and very fitting, as I'm a Locomotive engineer of nearly 30 years!!LOL!
Mark

 

[autopar3000]

the 6.6 litre engine would be the 383 btw.

Awesome car show!

6.6 litres is actually 403 cubic inches (approximately.) I have always used 61 cubic inches / litre as a conversion factor and it always seems to work out properly.

 

[moopa]

So the AMC 6.6 litre likely is the 401, as the Pontiac 6.6 litre is the 400( and also the 403, I believe).
Mark

 

[70DartMike]

Nice would have like to seen a valiant in there some were but okay good job!
thank you

I drove my Valiant there, but didn't enter it. Not a lot of Mopar at the show, although Mopar won quite a few awards.

 

[yellow68runner]

the 6.6 litre engine would be the 383 btw.

Awesome car show!

most likely a 401 in an AMC :read2:

 

[Tnplumber]

nice pics, thanks for sharing.

 

[swedefish]

Lots of cool cars. Thanks for sharing.

 

[memike]

Thank you for sharing a great show :cheers:
And I would have took the picture to:-D I won't hold it against ya 8)
That went good with my lunch today :happy10:

 

[Burntorange70]

Some nice cars showed up. Thanks for sharing.

 

[OneOfMany]

Very cool show. Had the opportunity to check this one out a few years ago, and was impressed with the nice cars that are in the area.

Grant