'71 4x4 & '71 Chevelle at The Show

[Ironhorse]

Took the truck and the Chevelle both out for a ride recently. Local car show, great time, great weather and had a blast. First time I've showed the truck and the Chevelle at the same time. Very first time for the Chevelle since it came out of recovery aka body and paint. Wife drove the Chevelle, I drove the truck. Hope you guys like the pics.

The two-tone '57 is a documented original one owner 200K mile plus car owned by a retired Air Force veteran. Bought new Oct. 56, shipped to Guam, seat belts added so could be driven on base, shipped twice to Europe, Germany once, England once. 283-4BBL & A/T. Paint is still original !

[Ironhorse]

Some more pics.

[Ironhorse]

More Pics Love the stance on the white '57. Talked to the owner and he wants to change the drum brake original front cross member for a straight axle. That would be wicked, love me some straight axle tri-fives !!

[gable74]

Awesome! Looks like a great show. Both your rides looks fantastic.

[57taskforce]

Looks like a nice day to me! I'd love to have a '57 2 door hard top to go with my 3100, yea my wife would probably kill me but it would be cool! The Chevelle and your K/10 look awesome!

[flashed]

Your truck and Chevelle look great . I so badly want a 4x4 truck .

[hdff]

Yours look great! They all look great! Looks like a nice place to gather on a beautiful day.

[Ol Blue K20]

Your truck and Chevelle look great....I really need to get to work on my stuff. Thanks for giving me some motivation.

[Ironhorse]

Thanks for the nice comments on my rides. I'm sure they are not up to Barrett/Jackson standards to command the big $$ but they both get some looks when I get them out on the street and at local shows. I'm hoping that putting them both in a couple recent shows will give me some more motivation to get back to work on my '57 2Dr. sedan. Used to 1/4 mile it years ago but life, mortgage, kids school and later college got in the way of going fast and as we all know "Speed costs MONEY boy, how fast you wanna' go ". It's been sitting on the side lines way too long, just waiting for some cooler weather and lower humidity. Can't do that stuff as well at 67 as I could when I was 19. But then at 19 I was humping along with an M16 and flak jacket in sunny SE Asia with LOTS of humidity. The humidity was the least of my problems back then !

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by Ironhorse

Thanks for the nice comments on my rides. I'm sure they are not up to Barrett/Jackson standards to command the big $$ but they both get some looks when I get them out on the street and at local shows. I'm hoping that putting them both in a couple recent shows will give me some more motivation to get back to work on my '57 2Dr. sedan. Used to 1/4 mile it years ago but life, mortgage, kids school and later college got in the way of going fast and as we all know "Speed costs MONEY boy, how fast you wanna' go ". It's been sitting on the side lines way too long, just waiting for some cooler weather and lower humidity. Can't do that stuff as well at 67 as I could when I was 19. But then at 19 I was humping along with an M16 and flak jacket in sunny SE Asia with LOTS of humidity. The humidity was the least of my problems back then !

Besides my truck, I have a 70 LS6 454 Chevelle that hasn't seen daylight since the early 80's. It was my car in high school. My oldest kid is thirty and she has never been in it. I also have my 70 El Camino. I drive that every now and then. Your pics have given me some inspiration....Thanks

[Ol Blue K20]

Originally Posted by Ironhorse

Thanks for the nice comments on my rides. I'm sure they are not up to Barrett/Jackson standards to command the big $$ but they both get some looks when I get them out on the street and at local shows. I'm hoping that putting them both in a couple recent shows will give me some more motivation to get back to work on my '57 2Dr. sedan. Used to 1/4 mile it years ago but life, mortgage, kids school and later college got in the way of going fast and as we all know "Speed costs MONEY boy, how fast you wanna' go ". It's been sitting on the side lines way too long, just waiting for some cooler weather and lower humidity. Can't do that stuff as well at 67 as I could when I was 19. But then at 19 I was humping along with an M16 and flak jacket in sunny SE Asia with LOTS of humidity. The humidity was the least of my problems back then !

Besides my truck, I have a 70 LS6 454 Chevelle that hasn't seen daylight since the early 80's. It was my car in high school. My oldest kid is thirty and she has never been in it. I also have my 70 El Camino. I drive that every now and then. Your pics have given me some inspiration....Thanks

[flashed]

I did not know we had so many El Camino guys on here ,I have a 72 SS with a smallblock that I am itching to drive in a day or two.

[FlameOut]

Very nice. Best of both worlds, lol. I also have a Chevelle, but can never get them both at any cruises together. They are both standard transmissions, and my wife (luckly) can't drive a standard trans.

Originally Posted by flashed

Your truck and Chevelle look great . I so badly want a 4x4 truck .

My 72 K10 is for sale 😊 http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/c...eetside&cat=12

[flashed]

Wanting a 4x4 and actually getting one are 2 different things ,especially as nice as yours is .