It was the weekend of January 13th & 14th, 2024.
1979 Dodge Adventurer 150, video by me:
Due to some instigation (possibly by a secret society of conspiratorial automotive Sith Lords posing as Jedi Masters), the Pine Ridge Mall in Chubbuck, Idaho, held its inaugural indoor Winter/New Year automobile show.
Pine Ridge Mall Inaugural Indoor Winter/New Year Car Show: 
North Wing!
Pine Ridge Mall-Center Court: 
SLAMMED PROSTREET FORD RANGER
16JUN2023 was the second time the Pocatello Car Club conducted a monthly car cruise down Main Street, in Old Town Pocatello.
My poor video of the vehicle rollout for the car cruise, part-1:
Rollout, part-2:
Rollout, part-3:
Rollout, part-4:
My poor video of cruising down a section of Main Street:
Things are getting louder:
Diversion through Center Street underpass:
Hunger Games U.S.A.: 
POCATELLO, IDAHO, Senior Activity Center CAR SHOW, JUNE 2023.
Chubbuck Days, 2016: 
MASS BAPTISM BY FIRE….TRUCK!
According to NASA, it was in 1973 that one of its employees became intrigued with how high speed tractor-trailer rigs created massive ‘suction’ as they drove-by slower moving vehicles. In 1975 a study showed that big-rig trucks moving at 55 miles per hour (the national speed limit at that time) displaced as much as 18 tons of air for every mile traveled. About half of the truck’s horsepower was needed just to overcome aerodynamic drag.
After leasing a cab-over tractor-trailer from a Southern California firm, Dryden (Edwards Air Force Base) researchers added sheet metal modifications that look very much like what you see on today’s big-rigs. They rounded the front corners and edges, and placed a smooth fairing on the cab’s roofs and sides extending back to the trailer. During the investigation of truck aerodynamics, the techniques honed in flight research proved highly applicable. By closing the gap between the cab and the trailer, for example, researchers discovered a significant reduction in aerodynamic drag, one resulting in 20% to 25% increase in fuel economy.
NASA estimates that its contribution to the ground vehicle industry has reduced fuel consumption by as much as 6-thousand-8-hundred gallons per year per vehicle!
Researchers also installed a boat tail structure on a passenger van. During the tests, the vehicle’s sides were fitted with tufts, or strings, that showed air flow. The investigators concluded that rounding the vertical corners front and rear reduced drag by 40%, with at a decrease in the vehicle’s internal volume by only 1.3%. Rounding both the vertical and horizontal corners cut drag by 54%, resulting in a 3% loss of internal volume. Adding a faired underbody helped reduce drag by about 15%.
In a kind-of control test, the passenger van was first covered with a sheet metal box with intentionally squared corners.
It was discovered that simply rounding the corners resulted in a huge reduction in aerodynamic drag.
One of the most effective, and simple, NASA discoveries is saving the trucking industry big money on fuel costs today; the ‘Airtab’.
Bare Metal: KC-135R GETS STRIPPED
13 August 2016 /19:35 UTC-07 Tango 01 (24 Mordad 1395/10 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/12 Bing-Shen 4714)
Some long time attendees of the annual Chubbuck Days at Cotant Park were wondering where the Chubbuck Fire Department was, after all it’s tradition for the Fire Department to cool down the crowd with some artificial rain. Just like the cavalry, the Fire Department showed up at the last minute, to the excitement of all the children present (click the pics to make bigger, photos by AAron B. Hutchins):
CHUBBUCK DAYS COTANT PARK 2016: CAR SHOW & HELICOPTER FORCED LANDING
13 August 2016 /18:55 UTC-07 Tango 01 (24 Mordad 1395/10 Dhu I-Qa’da 1437/12 Bing-Shen 4714)
The highlight at Cotant Park was when the helicopter ride force landed, twice, and looking very much like it would crash into neighboring Chase Park playground, due to passenger overloading. However, the main attraction had arrived and most people were thus busy getting baptized by the Chubbuck Fire Department, so they missed the ‘copter excitement. (I try not to include repeat offenders, I mean cars that were in previous Chubbuck Days), Clicks the pics to make bigger, photos by AAron B. Hutchins:
The job I had in 2013 caused me to miss Chubbuck Days.
6TH ANNUAL CAR SHOW, 2012 CHUBBUCK DAYS (PART 1)
6TH ANNUAL CAR SHOW, 2012 CHUBBUCK DAYS (PART 2)
11 AUGUST 2012: BUSIEST CHUBBUCK DAYS EVER!
I was out-o-town for 2011 Chubbuck Days.
2010 (when I started taking pics of the cars) CHUBBUCK DAYS CAR SHOW IN IDAHO
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For kit builders: REVELL 1937 FORD PICKUP, OR WHY MODEL ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE WRONG!
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6TH ANNUAL CAR SHOW, 2012 CHUBBUCK DAYS (PART 1)
Who knew that this free airshow would also be the last for Idaho’s Pocatello Airport?
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The MiGs and Fury gave an awesome dogfight display over our heads (my cheap-o cam is not good enough to take pics of far away/fast moving object) . The MiG-17 had its afterburner going most of the time. Must praise the sponsors of this FREE airshow: Pocatello Regional airport, AVCenter/AVFuel, Citizens Community Bank, FMC, RockLandWindFarm, BadlandsBattlefield, TO Engineers, Home Depot, Community Animal Hospital, D.L. Evans Bank, Hertz, JRM Foundation, Idaho Power, Petersen Inc, Portneuf Medical Center, Sanctuary Wealth Management, Allstate, Bank of Idaho, Clarion Inn, Connections Credit Union.
VULTEE BT-13 POKEY AIRPORT, 2012 & 2014
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Here’s a real 1930s Ford pickup truck in Idaho: 2015 Chubbuck Days Car Show
Kit Bashing: MULTI-MAVERICK OR WHY MODEL ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS CAN BE WRONG!