Veterans Memorial Car Show: They’re coming to take you away!

A 2004 Cadillac Hearse was dispatched from Idaho Falls, apparently to collect some people in Pocatello.

The Second Annual Bannock County Veterans Memorial Building car show, in Pocatello, Idaho, 31AUG2024.

Here’s my video:

The money raised from the car show goes to maintaining the Bannock County Veterans Memorial Building.

So many cars showed up last year […] Continue Reading…

Veterans Memorial Car Show: Z Muncie!

1971 Chevy Camaro Z28, lives in Pocatello with its Muncie 4-speed transmission.

The Second Annual Bannock County Veterans Memorial Building car show, in Pocatello, Idaho, 31AUG2024.

Here’s my video:

The money raised from the car show goes to maintaining the Bannock County Veterans Memorial Building.

So many cars showed up last year that they had to stage […] Continue Reading…

From Cold War to the Battle for Ukraine: ZU-23-2 (2A13) ADA

The ZU (Зенитная Установка/Zenitnaya Ustanovka-antiaircraft installation)-23-2 is a Soviet-Cold War era twin gunned towed Air Defense Artillery (ADA) system using 23mm-by-152mm rounds.

The ZU-23-2 is also known as 2A13.

The ZU-23-2 was developed in the late 1950s from a prototype known as ZU-14.  It entered service with the Soviet Union in 1960, and is still in […] Continue Reading…

Veterans Memorial Car Show: Hydramatic Task Force!

1956 Chevy 3100 pickup, calls Inkom home.  The 3100 model is part of the Task Force series of pickup trucks.  Hydramatic is a type of automatic transmission.

The Second Annual Bannock County Veterans Memorial Building car show, in Pocatello, Idaho, 31AUG2024.

Here’s my video:

So many cars showed up last year that they had to stage […] Continue Reading…

Veterans Memorial Car Show: A horse born in 1969.

1969 Ford Mustang fastback, now living in Pocatello.  Even though the ’69-’70 Mustangs are structurally different from their predecessors, they are still considered ‘first generation’ Mustangs.

The Second Annual Bannock County Veterans Memorial Building car show, in Pocatello, Idaho, 31AUG2024.

Here’s my video:

So many cars showed up last year that they had to stage cars […] Continue Reading…

Veterans Memorial Car Show: Unique Reflections-2

‘Royalty’ from Idaho Falls, 1986 Buick Regal.

The Second Annual Bannock County Veterans Memorial Building car show, in Pocatello, Idaho, 31AUG2024.

Here’s my video:

So many cars showed up last year that they had to stage cars in the adjacent Memorial Park, this year.

 

The money raised from the car show goes to maintaining the Bannock County […] Continue Reading…

Veterans Memorial Car Show: All the way from Burley!

79 highway miles (one way) from Burley to Pocatello, Idaho.  Somehow the pristine black paint job didn’t get a blemish!

Hungry for a…  1956 Ford Fairlane?

The Second Annual Bannock County Veterans Memorial Building car show, in Pocatello, Idaho, 31AUG2024.

312 cid (cubic inch displacement, or 5.1 liter) ‘Y’ block V8.

Here’s my video:

The money raised […] Continue Reading…

Veterans Memorial Car Show: Bicentennial Lincoln

In 1776, the 13 colonies of the British empire declared independence and the United States was born.  Two hundred years later, 1976 became the final year of production for the Lincoln Continental Mark-4.

The Second Annual Bannock County Veterans Memorial Building car show, in Pocatello, Idaho, 31AUG2024.

Here’s my video:

The money raised from the […] Continue Reading…

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