This past Sunday, a local church sponsored a car show to honor one of its long-time members, Harvey Shaw, an avid "car guy" who died in 2018.
Shaw was the owner and principal mechanic for over 20 years of an automotive center in Lowell, MA. He collected and restored antique cars, showed them and won numerous national competitions with a 1967 Shelby Cobra and 1956 Mercury Monterey. He was well known in area car groups according to show organizers.
Two blocks of downtown Main St. in Nashua, NH, were closed off to traffic for over 2 hours on Sunday allowing visitors to check out a variety of vintage and not-so-vintage cars. The show wasn't restricted to a specific type of car and the only "requirement" was that owners bring "interesting cars." Show cars included 70s muscle cars, European and American sports cars, Ford Model A's, and cars dating from the 1930s through the 1950s
The weather cooperated with no rain, lots of sunshine, and temps in the mid-60s as Grenville and I and others looked at nearly over 50 cars. For some owners, it was their first time showing a restored car. No pre-registration was required and owners were permitted to bring their cars the day of the show and pay the entry fee.
All the shows at the show had already been fully restored with this lone exception, a vintage DeSoto. The owner told us that he had recently purchased it "as is" and expected to spend quite awhile working on it. Maybe we'll see the finished results at a future show?
16 comments:
I saw an oldie yesterday, painted in such a way that it looked much better than new.
How great to see this display!
this is a show we would both love to attend. we often talk about how cars before the 80's had personality and were easy to pick out of a crowd. we both new what they were from afar, now we have to get close enough to read the name. we rarely see anything that we say oh look at that beautiful whatever... they are all the same. my favorite look for vintage is the rounded ones in collage 3. those fenders just bless my heart. maybe because they are the same age as me.,
Love seeing vintage cars. They really are beautiful.
I think vintage cars look really beautiful. Though I know I can't drive one. :)
What a fabulous display of vintage vehicles! It's really impossible to choose favorites - - I love all of them.
I fully agree with the adage that they don't make things like they used to. These cars (and trucks) were all unique, with individual style and class.
Nowadays all the cars look annoyingly alike.
A fantastic collection of cars. I am partial to the red ones!
Great photos of all those lovely classics! Thanks for sharing them :)
I e never been to a car show but my daughter goes to many with her beau who is a car guy. This one looks pretty good. I love seeing all the old vehicles. Thanks for sharing
If I could choose I would go for that green one. If cars had expressions that one would be a winner.
I'm not a huge fan of vintage cars, but I do always check them out when we have a display downtown. As for vintage pickups, I see them on the road all the time around here. There is a reason a town this small has two large auto parts store and both are thriving.
We do go to some car shows. Like you, though, we are not big fans of the shows. Very nice pictures of the vehicles.
My sister-in-law has a 53 Chevy that she shows. It is gorgeous. I enjoy seeing the vintage cars and trucks.
Pretty vintage cars. Once a year the local town next to us has a vintage car day like yours!
Hope this finds you are enjoying pretty fall weather!
What a great show. I remember as a kid sitting on one of the runner boards waiting for my brothers to get out of country school.
Real beauties!
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