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    Saw quite a bit; a gorgeous tan 1974 Cadillac Eldorado convertible on a flat bed, a silver 1970 Olds 98 convertible, a 1955 or '56 Mercury, a mid-80s Dodge Power Ram, a 1967 Chrysler Newport (seen before) and a black and white 1972 Chevy truck though only got photos of three of the vehicles.
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    It also ruins a paint job when a torrential downpour come out of literal nowhere and rains on the freshly painted piece. ( literally just happened 15 ish min ago. while spraying parts for my falcon ranchero but luckily it was just the underparts, not the actual body of the vehicle)
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    30 degrees celsius. Was yesterday too at the car show. Now I know why they don't really make black vinyl upholstery anymore.
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    Yesterday took HS to the A&W show. Best car show yet. Small, 3-hours, and lots of nice people. While I was walking about my parents made friends with the older couple who parked beside us in a '66 Caprice. And my friend's younger brother showed up with his original paint 1969 Chrysler Newport. He had just got it last August I think, but this was the first show he'd taken it to. Very original car. Still has remnants of the Riverside Chrysler-Plymouth dealer sticker on the trunk, and various period window stickers. Even a NOS 8-track player and a whole 8-track case full of old tunes. Pretty awesome car. (photos in 1:1 reference cars).
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    That's very true; usually I'm not terribly unsatisfied with that but for example, my '69 Dodge Daytona, I had it sprayed a silver Testors Extreme laquer which Steve mentioned there are worse than most model paints, and I was thrown off in the store because the cap looked like a nice, non-aggressive silver which is what I wanted. But holy smokes it came out like a glitter ball which I wasn't terribly inpressed with. A clear coat kinda calmed it down but it was definitely not the greatest. I purposely took dim, crappy photos of it so the paint wouldn't show as much, but I did one with extra lighting and it shows more intense. But for example, my '60 Impala, that was also testors; can't remember if it was extreme laquer or one coat. But I have to admit I was quite pleased with it, but even still I photographed it so it wasn't terrible. I guess really for online showing, the way you take the photo can really help hide glitzy paint jobs.
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    Like that '69 GTO
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    It's actually a '66 Chevelle Malibu; but yeah it does kinda look like an AMC Rebel from that angle
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    Today was a very nice 3-hour show. We brought the Highway Star over and lots of other neat cars showed up. A nice older couple in a '66 Caprice parked beside us. Also my friend's younger brother showed up with his original paint, '69 Newport, which was sold originally here in our city. Very nice car. (pictures uploaded out of order not sure why)
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    nuts and bolts
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    AMC Javelin at today's local show; might've been the one in primer I've seen years prior.
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    And here's some from this afternoon.
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    The pleasing parts of the cruise night last night. While me and my mom were going about looking at the other cars, my dad stayed behind with our car and I was glad he did. He met some guy who apparently has two '69 LeMans convertibles, and various parts including a set of chrome bumpers and grille, and maybe some other parts. And also my dad ordered chrome wheel opening trim and got a promo code to get 20% off the set price. The parts are coming.
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    Kinda Irk/pleased but more so some irks. Took HS to the cruise night last night and it was pretty awesome. But some things made it kinda not awesome. Like on our way there some punk kid blaring his cr ap music in the lane beside us spewed up some sort of material from the road (not rocks thank goodness) but when we got to the cruise there were white blotches all over the hood we had to wipe off that weren't there when we left. And during the cruise some large military vehicle merged in from nowhere right in front of us; obviously didn't even pay the $20 to be part of the show/cruise, and we were stuck behind it for the one round we made. We were going to do maybe another round but some guy in a '69 Torino cut us off when we had the green arrow so we just decided to head home. I was somewhat baffled that some other classic car owners don't respect other classic car owners.
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    Took the Highway Star on its first public debut (since we've owned it) at the local cruise last night. A record turnout with the most entrees in a very long time, maybe even in the history of the cruise night here. We were also part of the actual cruise too. Usually the cruise takes us down the historic Queen Street, hence the name "Queen Street Cruise", but half the street was torn up for construction so this year was the Bay Street Cruise instead. Lots of nice cars and some I hadn't seen before, like a '62 Imperial, my favourite at the show. Hmm... This car looks oddly familiar.... The guy who restored our LeMans also restored this '67 Beaumont.
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    Ah yes I remember being part of that stampede towards the bus back in the day… good times.
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    Update: it’s back and yes finally a wiper motor has been installed. But still missing parts for the washer fluid sprayer and missing parts for the parking brake. Turns out though, it had a horn the whole time. Mechanic pressed it and it honked once. Though now it’s not honking so the horn relay connection must be very faulty or something but pressing all three buttons and it doesn’t honk now but apparently it did so I dunno.
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    And topless DeSotos
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    yellow '81 Chev truck
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    HS should be coming back later today after a sleepover at the mechanic's shop. Should 100% have a wiper motor, a couple other little things, and maybe a horn.
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    Looks absolutely fantastic; I've been wanting to do a mod top mopar for a while now. Yours looks great.
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    Some nice Mopars; also like the '59 Buick and Dodge Dart in behind the old Pontiac in the second photo.
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    Mail call yesterday. Finally got the Falcon Ranchero so I can build my usernamesake vehicle.
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    people to handle
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    Awesome, a ‘63 Fairlane ranch wagon
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    screens across the
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