1965 Chevy Impala at Half Moon Bay Airport

Don't You Fall, originally uploaded by Thomas Hawk.

So sweet...

Courtesy of Thomas Hawk's roving lens. I can't get enough of *any* `65 Chevy.

Saturday Evening Post ad Sept. 12, 1959

Back when International made a full line of trucks, nothing could stop a Cornbinder. These tough rigs would run long after their workdays were done. I owned a `59 A-100 in the early 1990s that was completely reliable until an overloaded bed of firewood snapped an axle in a rough snowy mountain pass.

I miss that old International even today.

Thanks to Jana Robertson for finding this great piece of history!

For Sale at The Swap Meet

1959 Chevy Impala, originally uploaded by KDavidClark.

Typically I prefer taking pictures of cars with their hoods down, but when it comes to `59 Impalas at shows it's pretty hard to get them. In fact, I had to stand nearly five minutes to get a picture of this car without any people. It attracted them like crazy.

When I downloaded the shot to my computer, I was surprised at how the clouds seems to fan out over the car. The slightly wide angle of the Canon S70 seemed to stretch things a bit, to the point that it gave the scene a lot more character than it had when I took it.

I'm good with that, especially after standing as long as I did!

Streamlined Thunderbird

1964 Thunderbirds are slick enough when they're stock. But check out what happens when an enterprising rodder streamlines one!

This Kentucky car was photographed by Geezer94 at the Stephens Pipe and Steel car show in 2010.

I especially like the bubble top and fins. They emphasize the already cool lines of the Sixties Thunderbird.

View the entire slideshow from the car show here. Thanks to Geezer94 for these pix!

Gasser El Camino

Gasser El Camino, originally uploaded by KDavidClark.

I love gassers.

They are so over-the-top and outrageous. They also embody the spirit of the 1960s, when the desire to go fast outweighed the technology to support it. Backyard tricks prevailed, and those tall straight-axled monsters rules the tracks during that decade.

This 1960 El Camino was at a car show in Seattle's Wedgewood neighborhood a couple weeks ago. It was big-block powered, and carried the straight axle out of a gasser that had made the NW circuit for many years. While not completed, it was still awesome. I had a `60 Camino years ago, and it made me think of buying another one.

For more pictures from that show, check out my link at Intersect:

https://intersect.com/stories/0s7jkKcfK7zt

Via Flickr:
Taken with a Minolta Himatic AF2 camera and Rite-Aid 400 film.