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    Antique Car Show - Chantilly, Virginia - June 17, 2007

    On June 17, my parents and I went to the annual Antique Car Show held at historic Sully Plantation in Chantilly, Virginia. There were a few hundred classic cars in attendance, nearly all dating from before 1972 (which was the cut-off year for participation). Unfortunately, there were so many cars there that there was no way I could take pictures of them all (there was a whole row of Corvettes that I didn't get any pictures of). Also, we arrived there closer to the end than to the start, and many cars that I was able to glimpse from afar were gone by the time I got close. There was also an area with cars for sale, and a number of vendors tents (including one guy who had an owner's manual for a 1974 Mercury Cougar (something that, alas, my Cougar didn't come with)).

    Enough excuses, let's get to the pictures. I took a lot more than these, and some cars I'll probably devote Oddball Corner threads to when I have time, but if you want more of a certain car or any pictures in higher resolution, just say the word.

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    1. Sully Plantation is a designated historic site in Fairfax County, and the main house dates back to the 1790's. Much of the land that was originally owned by the plantation is now occupied by Dulles International Airport, so low-flying aircraft were a common sight through out the day
    2-3. Establishing shots
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    Pictures #2

    1. Amphicar
    2-3. 1967 Austin-Healey Sprite
    4. 1936 Buick
    5. 1940 Buick
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    Pictures #3

    1-3. 1959 Buick Electra 225 convertible
    4. 1970 Buick GS455
    5. 1965 Buick Riviera
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    1-3. 1956 Buick Roadmaster
    4. 1941 Cadillac
    5-6. 1960 Cadillac
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    1. 1960 Cadillac
    2. 1963 Cadillac
    3-4. Cadillac; I don't know the year (obviously old) or the model
    5. 1970 Cadillac DeVille convertible
    6. 1958 Cadillac Eldorado convertible
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    1-4. 1958 Cadillac Eldorado convertible
    5-6. 1936 Cadillac Fleetwood V12
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    Interesting event. Thanks for pics!
    Do you have any info on whether the 550 Spyder is original or a replica?

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    Those are some nice pictures!

    I would post my pictures up, but unfortunately I don't know 98% of them. Not to mention they are a lot of them.

    They're all antique American cars. Even though I live in America, it's not my expertise.

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    Another note about the vega's, the ones with aluminum blocks, the cylinder walls sank into the block making the engine useless unless rebuilt w/ sleeves. :P
    We have a bunch of them at the shop, fun little cars, loud as hell. They also built wagon GT's.
    High perfomance versions were made by Motion(we have a couple of those too), guaranteed 10 seconds in the 1/4 mile.

    I run vega gt wheels on my race car.
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    Quote Originally Posted by johnnynumfiv View Post
    Another note about the vega's, the ones with aluminum blocks, the cylinder walls sank into the block making the engine useless unless rebuilt w/ sleeves. :P
    We have a bunch of them at the shop, fun little cars, loud as hell. They also built wagon GT's.
    High perfomance versions were made by Motion(we have a couple of those too), guaranteed 10 seconds in the 1/4 mile.

    I run vega gt wheels on my race car.
    They sure did, our GT lasted 30k on the first engine, I am thinking the replacement was still Aluminum with cylinder wall sleeves. The wheels are light, 13"x6", although the tires it had at the time were downright scary (bias ply even on the GT). Brakes were also scary weak, or maybe I just drove too fast - I was only about 15 at the time out in the middle of nowhere in Oregon, with many miles of open, empty roads.

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    I love these classic US cars, too bad we don't have much of a car culture here in Europe...

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    Quote Originally Posted by winnieandbuzz View Post
    I love these classic US cars, too bad we don't have much of a car culture here in Europe...
    welcome.
    A brief search on google using "car clubs Holland" resulted in this
    http://www.mopar.nl/

    They have a meeting schedule for 2009 but not yet specified.

    and I haven't checked the other links further.
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