Pictures from a Car and Truck Show (56k beware)

[KMK454]

Cliff notes: Scroll down for pics of my truck and also varios other trucks at a car show. Entire thread contained in 2 posts due to forum image rules.

Saturday was the first time I entered a car show... I decided to go because I wanted to see some cool cars, talk cars with other people, and I needed an excuse to clean up the truck and drive. Also, it's kind of a "last hurrah" here in GA for the truck before I move to Texas.

I spent all of Friday cleaning the truck inside and out, getting it ready to show. Tifton, GA, was about 120 miles from my house, but the entire drive was through beautiful GA farmlands and I watched the sun rise over them as I headed southeast.

I met up with a local car club in Albany, GA, and we convoyed the remaining distance to Tifton. Traveling in a pack with a 62 Studebacker, a 56 Ford F100, a Triumph TR4, and a 46 Chevy Sedan proved quite fun. We had to go as fast as the weakest link, which happened to be the 46 Chevy. That beautiful car couldn't go past 45 MPH with much confidence...

Eventually we made it to Tifton; many vehicles had already arrived. As soon as we parked, we began the final preparations. About 100 vehicles would make it to the show.

Here is my truck, parked and finished with the final detailing. It looks much better in this photograph; once the sun gets high, the swirl marks in the original paint make their unfortunate appearance:


"Hey genius, if you want to score higher than a 0 for your engine, you'll have to pop the hood!" That's what a friend said, so I heeded the advice. Hood up, bedlid raised, windows down, and factory manual sitting on the driver's seat. Let's bring on the judges!


Here's a photo of the row I was in. The 46 Chevy to my right was a friend from the local club that I cruised down with:


Ok, time to walk around, talk cars, and take some photos!

Since this is a truck forum, I'll just share the trucks I saw. There were many trucks and I unfortunately didn't get a picture of ALL of them, but I did capture some nice trucks...

I loved this truck - owned by one family since new and passed down over time. Sadly, I could not understand a single word the owner said, so that's all I know! It has the original straight 6 pushing over 200k miles:




This was a pretty C10. I loved the white details and wheels. The color isn't my favorite, but I still love it:




This truck was great - a father-son restoration. Son straightened and painted this 63 body and also put in a hardwood bed. Father found a 77 Chevy C10 drivetrain with a 305 and TH350 and dropped the body onto it. The result is one awesome truck:


This is one of the rides I convoyed down with. It's a Ford F100 with a Chevy 327 and TH350. It won "Best Show Truck."


Here's another nice Ford:


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