Second Annual Veterans Memorial Building Car Show, 31AUG2024, at the Memorial Park in the Old Town area of Pocatello, from 13:00 to 17:00 hours (but cars started showing up at 11:00).
Car show walk-about part-A:
Car show walk-about part-B:
Despite the show being officially only four hours long, several cars drove-in […] Continue Reading…
1946 Chevy AK pick-em-up. The ’46-’47 model years Chevy AK series pickup was close to the same as the ’41-’45 Chevy AK pickup. Basically Chevrolet just picked up where they left off when the United States was pushed into the Second World War, by Japan.
Congress declared war, and what many people don’t realize is […] Continue Reading…
Almost everybody has heard of K2 (a peak associated with Mount Everest), but did you know there is a K10 (Saltoro Kangri, aka Peak 36). The ‘K’ stands for the Karakoram Mountain Range. Did the designers with General Motors know that when they dubbed their Chevy Squarebody the K10?
Phil Meador inaugural Summer AutoFest, with […] Continue Reading…
1996 Chevy Suburban K2500.
Phil Meador inaugural Summer AutoFest, with dozens of show quality vehicles inside the mall, and more vehicles outside the mall. Held on the 24th through 25th August 2024, at the Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck, Idaho.
Here’s my video:
The event was organized by the Pocatello Car Club, with assistance from the Idaho […] Continue Reading…
1973 Chevy Cheyenne Super 10.
Phil Meador inaugural Summer AutoFest, with dozens of show quality vehicles inside the mall, and more vehicles outside the mall. Held on the 24th through 25th August 2024, at the Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck, Idaho.
Here’s my video:
The event was organized by the Pocatello Car Club, with assistance from […] Continue Reading…
1931 Ford Model A, with 351C (Cleveland) V8.
Phil Meador inaugural Summer AutoFest, with dozens of show quality vehicles inside the mall, and more vehicles outside the mall. Held on the 24th through 25th August 2024, at the Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck, Idaho.
Here’s my video:
The event was organized by the Pocatello Car Club, […] Continue Reading…
Reborn 1951 Chevy Styleline Deluxe, after surviving the fields of Lava.
The fields near Lava Hotsprings, Idaho, that is. A married couple decided to revive the rusting hulk, because it reminded them of the car they used to go a-courtin’ in (which is why they had to get married, shhh).
Family and friends from across Eastern […] Continue Reading…
In grade school getting a ‘D’ was approaching failure, but not in the kool old-skool system, getting a D could be the same as getting 100! A 1970 Dodge D100, that is.
Phil Meador inaugural Summer AutoFest, with dozens of show quality vehicles inside the mall, and more vehicles outside the mall. 24th through 25th August […] Continue Reading…
1928 Ford, originally purchased in Oakland, California, on 20JUN1928, for a whopping price of $865 (including extras, and after a $10 deposit was paid)!
During The Great Depression that followed the original sale of this car, Ford Model As (and Model Ts) became true survival vehicles for people fleeing the murderous Dust Bowl for new […] Continue Reading…
The Great Depression, 1929 to 1939.
1930 Ford, with supercharged V6.
Phil Meador inaugural Summer AutoFest, with dozens of show quality vehicles inside the mall, and more vehicles outside the mall. 24th through 25th August 2024, at the Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck, Idaho.
Here’s my video:
The event was organized by the Pocatello Car Club, with […] Continue Reading…