{"id":7734,"date":"2020-02-16T17:45:36","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T00:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2020\/02\/16\/gold-rush-days-classic-car-show\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T16:33:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T23:33:45","slug":"gold-rush-days-classic-car-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2020\/02\/16\/gold-rush-days-classic-car-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Rush Days Classic Car Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olds Convertible<\/a><\/p>\n

The Town of Wickenburg celebrated the annual “Gold Rush Days” event this weekend; included in the festivities is a lot of Rodeo, a big parade and a Classic Car Show. Damsel and I attended the Car Show on Friday and the Parade on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The image above is of a classic 1960’s Oldsmobile Convertible with a very nostalgic accessory (see inset) showing how some of us used to hear the sound track of movies at a Drive-in Theater. This set of Drive-in Theater Speakers<\/a> was typical of those mounted on posts throughout the drive-ins in those days (I believe there are some active drive-in theaters still in existence today; we saw one in Barstow, CA last year).<\/p>\n

The rest of the car show was as per the usual guys that show up with a few items that stood out. Upper left below is a 1930’s Auburn<\/a> which was sometimes marketed as a Cord. Upper right is a very nice Chevrolet Touring Car. Below lower left is a very clean ans shiny 1940 Chevrolet. Finally, the lower right is of some sort a rust bucket with rip saws for a grill. There were only a few shiny parts including the hood ornament<\/a> – we felt like we needed tetanus vaccinations after standing close to it. <\/p>\n

Auburn<\/a> Chevy Touring Car<\/a>
\n1940 Chevrolet<\/a> Rustbucket<\/a><\/p>\n

We both enjoy the Gold Rush weekend; it gets us out of the house, gives us a lot of walking exercise and is always a great #photo-op<\/a>. Click on any image above to enlarge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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