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| What's Going on behind closed (garage) doors ? |
| Every winter, CruisinBruce.Com takes a peak backstage to see what cool automotive projects are underway for the coming show season. Let's see what's "in the works !" |
| Joe L. of Uxbridge, MA |
| Project: '40 Ford Panel Truck |
| Robin & Stace of Middleboro, MA |
| Project: '58 Morris Traveller |
| Stace & Robin A. ("the newlyweds") are no strangers to the local car-showing scene. You've probably seen them at local events with their fire-breathing '64 Ford Galaxie 500. Well, Stace decided it was time for something "completely different." * Enter: the little British woody. |
| Found in a MA junkyard, this little Morris Minor Traveller seemed like the perfect project for resto-man Stace to take on. As you can see..the restoration is quite a thorough one. |
| Scheduled cruise nights: 21 Actual Rain-outs: 9 2009 Rain-out Ratio: 43 % (Our toughest Weds. series in all 7 years) |
Final tally for Wednesdays in 2009 ? |
| Wednesday Nights-- on the 2009 Cruise Scene. |
| Why both May AND June together you ask ? Two words: l-o-u-s-y....w-e-a-t-h-e-r. After a rain-out of the first planned week on May 13th, we got things rolling on the 20th. With constant Wednesday rains, our next Denny's cruise didn't roll until June 17th ! Above: As you see, when the sun did shine, the lots were filled to capacity. Left: That's Phil's grabber blue '70 Mustang. Right: A gorgeous and muscular 1968 Plymouth Barracuda, ready to rock. |
| That lone Wednesday weekly cruise that wasn't rained-out actually turned out to be a great evening ! Above Right: Even the overflow lot was busting at the seams with dozens of cool classics on display. Far Left: Check out Rich V's pristine 1957 Nomad Wagon..the top-of-the-line Chevy wagon that year. Left: The 340 "6-pack" in Dave Q's '70 Challenger. Lower Left: Dennis's "bandit" black Trans Am takes the foreground of this upper-lot shot in glaring sun. Below: Hey--it's CruisinBruce's '59 Plymouth alongside Rich G's hot turquoise street rod. |
| May & June, 2009 |
| Purchased better than a year and a half ago..early Ford-man Joe from the Blackstone Valley has continued his project into its second winter. At left, check out the 1940 Ford Panel Truck as it appeared when he bought it in 2008. In need of a thorough restoration, but essentially "all there." He launched into the project during the winter of 2009, as seen in a series of pictures here on CruisinBruce.Com during last year's "Winter Projects" segment. |
| Above: an earlier picture of the resto as the interior was gutted. At right, check it out now with fresh paint and fully-refinished original wood flooring. |
| Above: you can see the shell, now back in its factory-correct colors ..and the completely rebuilt flathead back in its mounts, almost ready to fire up. Check out those undercarriage shots. Joe found the wood in amazing shape for 70 years of age. With the project rolling along now, will we see it out this summer ? He's not saying...so only time will tell ! |
| July, 2009 |
| The relentless rains of May & June continued right into July. It was yet another month before we cruised again on July the 15th ! Above Left: That's Bill S's way-cool Ford street rod. Left: Studebaker in the middle 1960s..car on borrowed time. Far Right: Check out a pair of ready-to-fly Cobras. |
| Hallelujah ! It took til nearly half-way through the season, but finally we enjoyed back-to-back wks ! Above: Ford & Chevy muscle sit side-by-side with this '68 Mustang and 1967 Chevy Corvette. Right: That's Mitch B's Buick Skylark convertible. The '69 ragtop is fresh off a recent restoration. Lower Right Corner: George M's little red '59. Below: A true RI "rat rod" draws quite a crowd of lookers. Love the board ! Far Left Corner: Walter's plain & simple '56 Ford. |
| August, 2009 |
| The first couple weeks of August forced yet more questionable weather upon our Wednesday cruise, holding back on car turnout..but certainly not on enthusiasm. Above: A '71 Chevelle on Corvette rims shows off its mill on the first Wed. evening in August..under hefty clouds. Upper Right Corner: That's a mild custom '56 Chevy 2-dr sedan on wide whites & a set of "baby moons." Lower Left: From the second week of the month, an unusual site was David's 1973 Volvo Station Wagon. |
| Thank goodness, better weather was back for the second half of the month. Far Upper Right: That's a '57 BMW Isetta..one of the smallest production cars ever built. With a mini wheelbase..the front of the car was the front door ! Upper Left: Daddy teaches Kyle how to properly polish the family's 1968 Charger R/T. Below: This '65 Rambler American ragtop base priced at $2415. Only about 3900 were produced. |
| September, 2009 |
| Departing from the pattern, we saw much sun on September Wednesdays but the cooler air arrived a bit early. Above: The first week of September brought out the last sizeable crowd of the year. It included 2 Packards- the blue '35 in the foreground and a yellow '38 in the distance. Left: Less commonly seen among Novas are the '66-67 bodies such as this mild custom 2-door hardtop. Below: Sept's 2nd week beckoned this low-mileage '47 Chevy that'd been off the road since 1969 ! |
| Above: more mid-September arrivals included Dennis O's 1940 Olds street rod. Left: A first-year Camaro SS-350 shows off its stripes. Right & Far Right: A pair of 60s Pontiacs shared lot space--a '65 GTO and '68 Bonneville. Below: By month's end came the last Wednesday cruise for 2009. Here, a flamed 1966 Thunderbird catches the last few rays of sunlight around half-past 6. Bottom: And how about this pair of striped GM mid-sized muscle machines ? That's a '70 Chevelle SS on the left and a 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass on the right. See you back at Dennys in '10 ! |
| Thursday Nights-- on the 2009 Cruise Scene. |
| In a summer over-filled with rain, Mother Nature was particularly unkind on Thursdays. Our first Phantom Cruise was set for May 14th..but the bi-weekly was rained-out each time until June 25th ! Top: Our "hot rod" crew were Thursday regulars. Above: George T. did an impromptu radiator hose seminar when his blew that first cruise week in June. |
| Incredibly, week two didn't arrive until Aug 6th. Yikes ! Above: Relaxing in the shade of the old apple trees. Above Far Right: Insurance man Rich Sacchetti stocks up on charity 50/50 tickets. Lower Left: Moe B's '56 Ford |
| By the time all was said & done, our final cruise arrived Sept. 3rd--only the 4th of the season ! Below: That last night brought the meek (a Met) and the mighty (a hot '66 GTO convertible). Below Right: Ed G's wild custom 1939 Ford rod. |
| Scheduled cruise nights: 9 Actual Rain-outs: 5 2009 Rain-out Ratio: 56 % (Our toughest-weather cruise of '09) |
Final tally for Thursdays in 2009 ? |
