What a grand day for the season ending car show in Riverside. I met at least a dozen friends from car shows (unfortunately I did not see Bob’s 1955 Catalina. and my pal Marty even snuck into a photo in the ‘teaser’ gallery along with a handful of (known) award winning cars at this show. There were 297 cars registered and a boatload of cars that won awards, and I couldn’t capture all.
1950 Hudson Commodore
All people I spoke with liked this very rare 1950 Hudson Commodore convertible. At the end of the show a woman said that her husband had owned a Hudson and it was terribly unreliable but the smoothest riding car ever!
Links to teaser gallery, (make sure to check out special aerial shots by Lee Hogan), awards, finis and music.
Rather large teaser photo gallery
Olds Cutlass
1958 Chevy Yeoman
Pontiac Le Mans
1953 Ford Crestline
Hudson
Street Rod
Right hand drive MG
Chevelle
Plymouth VIP
1976 Dodge Aspen
Chrysler Imperial
1974 Gran Torino
1960 Pontiac Bonneville
1950 Hudson Commodore
1980 Ford Mustang
1960 Edsel Ranger
1960 Edsel Ranger
Chevy Camaro
Nova Super Sport
1966 Chevy Caprice Wagon
1963 Corvair
Jaguar XKE
Aerial shots by Lee Hogan, all rights reserved.
Lee is a good friend of Mike (turquoise ’65 Impala Super Sport) and he shared these aerials shot from his plane.
Riverside Aerial @ 2012 Lee Hogan
Aerial shot © 2012 by Lee Hogan
Aerial shot © 2012 by Lee Hogan
Aerial shot © 2012 by Lee Hogan
Aerial shot © 2012 by Lee Hogan
Aerial shot © 2012 by Lee Hogan
Aerial shot © 2012 by Lee Hogan
Awards
1954 Corvette
I met Jim last night at Westchester who asked about his award shot for his 1st place ’72 ‘vette in the 53-78 class. He’d bested my buddy Raleigh’s ’54 Corvette. Although he was sure I had photographed him, I don’t have a shot of a man in a tan shirt with a Snap On tools emblem. I recall hearing Raleigh’s name called out as I crossed the railroad tracks away from the awards;and Jim would’ve followed him. But unfortunateley, I don’t have a shot of Jim or his car from the event, but here is Raleigh’s.
John and his 1970 Olds Cutlass
Ray & his 1953 Ford Crestline
1980 Mustang
Music we heard at Riverside’s big show
- Never My Love by The Association
- Lady Madonna by The Beatles
- Walk Like A Man by Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons
- Silouettes (On The Shade) by Herman’s Hermits
- Save The Last Dance For Me by The Drifters
- Shout by the amazing Isley Brothers
- Let The Little Girl Dance by Billy Bland
- A Rose in Spanish Harlem by Ben E. King
- Green River by Credence Clearwater Revival
Amazing Isley Brothers performance from 1959
Right hand drive
The end….