Suburban's Other Stuff: Carlisle General Motors Show Pics

Show T-Shirt

Composite photo of most of the show. The swap meet is on the other side of the stadium seating. The autocross course is back behind where I took the picture. Over the loudspeaker they were saying that Carlisle Fairgrounds is 139 or 149 acres. It's a quite a drive for me, but it's worth it. There were a lot of cars, and since digital photos are cheap, and digital storage keeps getting cheaper and cheaper, so I took a whole bunch of photos.

Because of the hood leuvers, I beleive this is a 1933 Chevy. The '32s had hinged vents. This was acutally parked on a corner just outside of the show.

If you look close, you can sort of see the red C5 Corvette engine peeking out from under the hood. It looks tiny in there.

'57 Bel Air, because it's a necessity, I guess

'57 Chevy 150 Wagon

'57 Chevy Sedan Delivery

'59 Chevy Sedan Delivery. I love the 59's. Was hoping to see at least one coupe.

'58 Oldsmobile Super 88

I'm pretty sure this is a '58 Impala.

'59 Chevy Apache

'60 Impala LowRider

'62 Corvair Wagon

'62 Impala Wagon, lowered.

Surf Wagon, and a pretty ratty one at that. I didn't get a shot of the grille, so I can't really identify it. Sixty-something.

Both are '62 Impalas, I think.

six-fo' Impala

I believe this is a sixty-something pick-up, in an original shade of ugly green paint.

Another sixty-something pick-up, I think. This one done up as a shop truck.

I found this hearse in the parking lot. Never overlook the parking lots at car shows.

Check out how deep that rear wheel is.

Looks like a Trans-Am car. I dig it.

The Buick GSXs are pretty rare, there were two at the show.

Maryland State Police car. Late-60's, maybe early 70's?

2nd Generation Camaros are not my favorites, but I guess this is pretty cool.

It's not a car from the movies. That was, I think, a '59 Ambulance. But it's still kind of neat.

A couple big '70s coupes.

I found this Opel GT tucked away in a corner. There were a bunch of them at the Import show a year ago.

Tran-Ams kick ass! Someone obviously put a lot of work into this one.

Nasty 'Camino drag, er, car? Truck?

Super clean white 'Camino

A whole bunch of Turbo Buicks

A couple of black Monte SS

Fastback Monte

The loudest car in the show. He had like a 2000 Watt stereo going.

Can you tell that I'm into wagons? I think these came with LT1s under the hood. My grandfather didn't like the "upside-down bathtub" Caprice/Impala sedans, but he bought a Buick Roadmaster wagon, which is pretty much just a Caprice wagon with fake wood down the side.

Maybe I should get over it, but I still like mini-trucks. There were only a couple of S-10s and I didn't see any Colorodos or GMC Canyons. This is a late-model S-10 Extreme.

There was a car club with a lot of very fast-looking GTOs. I told them, "Do want! Can I has just one?" But they said, "No." So all I brought home was that t-shirt.

I believe this is a C5 Corvette, with a lot of fiberglass work.

Although modern and fairly common. The Super Sport Cobalts are faster on the strip than a lot of the old muscle cars, and faster around corners than all but the modern rebuilds.