Chesapeake City MD Car Show pic heavy

[AVGWarhawk]

Today I attended the Chesapeake City, MD Car Show. The city was established in 1852 or thereabouts on Chesapeake & Delaware Canal.
600 or so cars showed and participated. Needless to say the city was shut down for the show.

Running over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge in the trusty 54 Buick:

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Morning Sun!

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Arrived in Chesapeake City after a 80 mile drive:

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This is the bridge over the canal. It is high enough to allow ocean going vessels to pass beneath. The picture of the house under the bridge will give you an idea of the height:

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This is my brother's 1960 Chrysler Imperial Southhampton. Only 45 are registered in the US. Several of them not running. Jackie O drove the same type of car in 1960:

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This one is for Neal. Should bring back a memory or two:

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Oh my, this was a childs seat from the 50's. Needless to say it was more of a launch pad than a safety seat. The only thing holding the seat up are the two hooks over the back support. We have come a long way...

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[AVGWarhawk]

My favorite car of the day: Desoto Woodie!

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Pontiac Woodie:

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Coke is it!

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Rolling home on the country roads of the Maryland Eastern Shore. I was a great day away from the rat race!

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[AVGWarhawk]

Buick under a bridge:

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[Jimbuna]

Must have been a great day Chris...very nice indeed :cool:

[AVGWarhawk]

Any day away from work is a great day. But you knew this already. :)

[Sailor Steve]

All are lovely. Woodies are loveliest. :rock:

[AVGWarhawk]

Woodies are great representative of the era. A lot of work goes into it. The Desoto pictured is a top notch car.

[Jimbuna]

Any day away from work is a great day. But you knew this already. :)

LOL...oh yes :)

[Platapus]

Those child carseats are something. :D

How did we ever survive back then?

[Jimbuna]

Those child carseats are something. :D

How did we ever survive back then?

Probably by a wing and a prayer as the saying goes, plus a nagging mom who told dad to take it easy :)

[Platapus]

Probably by a wing and a prayer as the saying goes, plus a nagging mom who told dad to take it easy :)

We had mom's right arm to hold us back in a crash. Way better than any airbag thingy. :up:

[Jimbuna]

We had mom's right arm to hold us back in a crash. Way better than any airbag thingy. :up:

Most definitely :)

[Sailor Steve]

:rotfl2:

Back in days when most people owned sedans and all sedans had a big shelf behind the rear seats covering the trunk, on long trips I would sometimes sleep up on that shelf (I was six or so). When I was nine my dad had a '58 Corvette. We went for a drive one day with my dad and his friend in the seats and myself and the friend's two boys sitting up on the rear deck with our feet behind the seats, holding onto the seatbacks so we wouldn't fall out. Of course there were the family outings with parents in the bench seat in the pickup truck and the kids all piled in the bed, occasionally standing up with arms on the roof of the cab.

Yes, we survived. Well, most of us, anyway. :sunny:

[AVGWarhawk]

Those child carseats are something. :D

How did we ever survive back then?

We didn't. The cars of today are 100 times safer. Seat belts were not standard until the late 50's. Most babies sat on the floor boards. I remember in the 70's climbing all over the car while in motion. Hell, my sister opened the door and fell out of the car. My pop was driving slow and she was fine. Many adults and children became projectiles on the highway.

[nikimcbee]

So, 50 years from now, do you think these will be the "new" classic car?

http://media.treehugger.com/assets/images/2011/10/how-smart-is-the-smart-car-image.jpg (http://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=_dt_fOReEmp1kM&tbnid=PdJVG-JN74ZkAM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.treehugger.com%2Fcars%2Fsmart-car-how-smart-is-it.html&ei=cNUaUszUD-aw2QWKiICgBQ&bvm=bv.51156542,d.b2I&psig=AFQjCNG1yxKk6PLJM1oG5LCxncp7WHZ1UA&ust=1377576667448397)

[AVGWarhawk]

By definition from the MVA? Yes. Is it a classic in my mind? No.