cazalea[Seiko Moderator]
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There was a car show on by the bay
Oct 13, 2019,16:00 PM
"Cops & Rodders" but sponsored by the Pontiac Club of San Diego. There was also British Car Day yesterday, but I was over-boooked and only made a near-dawn visit.
Back to the rods. Can I let you cruise through the pictures first?? (this was a test for the site photo uploader!)
As I said the theme was COPS and Rodders. The Police cars and trucks filled the front rows of Embarcadero park, and it was a beautiful, slightly overcast day - warm with a gentle breeze off the harbor.
I got distracted by this beautiful blue AMC AMX.
Nice car, basically a shortened Matador with big motor and sporty look, but they couldn't save the company.
Here's a gorgeous '57 Ford Ranchero pickup
Note: never upholster your door panels in off-white crushed velvet ...
a row of nifty rods was topped by
a "Corvette 4x4"?
But for sheer jaw-dropping, outrageous build - the blue car here took top "People's Choice" of the show.
Built by a local legend, this car featured an alloy big-block roughly 500 cubic inch (8.2L) topped by Porsche 928 SOHC heads! I spoke to the gentleman, Mr Pete Ardema, who said:
"Hey I noticed the bore spacing was almost exactly the same as the Chevy BB, so I had a casting made that moved the cores and bolts enough to fit the Porsche heads, then I engineered the rest in my workshop... "
In his other spare time built from scratch a 1200 cubic inch (20L) V12. If you want to see it, y
ou have to chase down this LINK. Put a pillow under your jaw so you don't hurt yourself when it drops open...
I used to have a teardrop trailer built by this guy!
Cazalea