I guess you married the wrong gal. My wife shares in my passions. She rides a Harley Softail and las

Nostalgia! The getting together with guys. Though it was this old fellow s nature to pull your leg at every opportunity, the way his response tumbled out indicated he takes these cruise-ins seriously.  Walk with me. I want to show you something.
He leads me to a tasteful green kiosk. Posted there is an unassuming placard that reads, In honor and gratitude to all the members of the Classic Cruizers. Through their dedication and hard work these individuals created one of the best Classic Car Cruize nights in the country and defined Friday Nights in Downtown Somerville travel clubs for a generation!
I m not entirely sure what I had expected to see here, but it s clear that he and everyone else I would speak with during my recent visit are very proud of what continues to happen travel clubs on Main Street in Somerville every Friday night throughout the summer.
As more and more enthusiasts arrive travel clubs with their cars, pulling into the spots that are reserved for them after 4 p.m., this unofficial automotive ambassador he declines to have his name in print tells me the story of how around 30 years ago, the whole thing began with a service station owner in town, he thought, and really took off through the efforts of the local car club the Classic Cruizers who wanted to bring the tradition of cruising back to Main Street. The event is now officially hosted by the borough of Somerville.
travel clubs Several other attendees tell me that it s the largest weekly cruise-in in the United States. People come from all over the Northeast and beyond, many driving their classic cars both domestic and foreign to the event. It s particularly nice because Somerville feels like a real town, with tree-lined streets, well-cared-for buildings, wide sidewalks and no empty storefronts. Businesses stay open late for the show; there are plenty of delicious places to eat; and a D.J. playing cruise-worthy tunes contributes to the family friendly atmosphere.
Mike Maliszewski from Rockaway, New York, in his 1969 Performance Red Road Runner still looking sharp five years after winning Favorite Plymouth at Musclepalooza X. Though he has refreshed this car wet sanded and buffed it, rebuilt the carburetor and radiator, etc. it s still largely original, including the interior and the body. You should see the panel gaps!
Would you believe that it has been 23 years since this liquid-black, fuel-injected 1963 split-window Corvette by every count, a rare car underwent its body-off restoration? Frank Amato of Succasunna, New Jersey, is an excellent caretaker, striking the perfect balance between maintaining the car and enjoying it. Take, for example, Frank s rebuilt engine…
Like many other car guys, I catch myself being a bit prejudiced against crate engines. This is an injustice. The truth is, our original motors travel clubs will one day sputter and turn over their last, and then what will we do? Certainly, keeping an original engine running is worthy of special praise, but so is building your own car the way you want it. By many enthusiasts standards, it s especially laudable when someone actually uses these cars as they were intended to race which is precisely what Ed does at the storied Island Dragway in Great Meadows, New Jersey, every chance he gets. Outfitted with a 427 backed by a Tremec five-speed, travel clubs aluminum driveshaft and 3:90 rear, the Nova can give credit travel clubs to Ed s own shop, Ken s Auto Body in Ledgewood, New Jersey, for its shape and Electric Currant Red paint scheme.
The Somerville Car Cruizes aren t all American travel clubs iron. Plenty of Jaguars, Alfas, MGs, Minis and such, prowl around town in varying degrees of stock condition. The way this 1974 VW s engine cover is canted open, though, hints that something very un-stock lies within this German expat. travel clubs Stuffed inside is a 150-plus horsepower, ported, polished and blueprinted 1,915-cc four-cylinder VW engine with dual Weber carburetors travel clubs feeding power down to a Porsche race four-speed transmission and vintage 15-inch Minilite wheels. A resident of nearby Bridgewater, New Jersey, Andrew Beaudry yes, he s my brother is a regular at the Cruizes.
John Giobbie of Staten Island, New York, has owned this shapely predator for 43 years and 97,000 miles, and between 2008 and 2009 laid out a stack of Benjamins, as he explains, to restore travel clubs this car right. Although the folks at Long Valley Auto Body in Long Valley, New Jersey, turned the whole thing on a rotisserie, they left the interior as-is, save for the bottom seat cushions. I bet this 370-hp 440 with four-barrel carburetor and TorqueFlite makes a glorious noise!
Daniel, the flat taillights on your brother s Beetle where are those from? Mexican Beetles? The only ones I remember in the US are the ones that have a vertical face. I think I ve seen a picture of those, but never in person.
I have been going to Somerville s Friday night car shows for many years and since it is the next town over from mine, Hillsborough New Jersey, travel clubs it provides the perfect local location for me to find wonderful classic travel clubs vehicles to photograph. I d love to have a conversation with you via email if you would be kind enough to grant me the pleasure of sending you some of my photography from previous shows.
In reading your comment abouty Somerville s car show and your offer of sending photos to Danial Beaudry of these shows , I would truly appreciate it if you could send me some photos of these events. I am mainly a 50 s to 70 s fan. Fords being my greatest love but I like all models and makes of this era. My email address is available through Hemmings, to which I give permission to supply to you. Thank you.
I ve been going to Sunday car shows in my town as long as they ve been going on which must be about 27 years or so. First went with my son from the time he was about 2 years old till he was 16. Then he discovered girls.
Oooh, Myron, THAT would be cool! Though I have to say, if I walked down that street not quite looking directly at the cars parked along it, the current Challengers were the only ones of the modern retro lineup (and as the owner of a 2014 GT Mustang, I hate to admit it), that could pass visually. Out of the corner of my eye. With them slightly unfocused. Ha ha
Interesting psychology at work here. The article starts off with a guy saying he wants to get away from his wife to be at the car show. When pressed for a more significant reason, he says, nostalgia, and to be with the guys . What s the first thing a newlywed wife does in her marriage? She runs off hubby s old high school or college travel clubs buddies because they compete for his time (at the same time, she retains most of her girlfriends from the past). Then, after years of marriage, he s lonely, misses his old friends, and is tired of her endless list of chores, projects, errands. Voila, here comes the car show. Restoration of a classic gives him a new sense of purpose beyond his job her nagging, and he wouldn t miss a car show if the world ended tomorrow. This scenario could be any guy from any city in America. And we think women are the weaker sex, ha! They run circles around us while we re clueless. Wake up, guys (in most relationships the sex ended years ago anyway), buy yourself a classic (over her objections) get busy!
My 280Z Black Pearl was the catalyst that brought my wife and me together 33 years ago. She like to go to car shows with me. She drives her own 300ZX with 25,000 miles (just last week). She never complains when/if I buy parts that make no sense to her like the two aftermarket intake manifolds for the L-6 Datsun engines that I will Never use, but shouldn t have been left at the garage sale or simply scrapped.
It s not that we re stuck in doing only the car thing. In fact, I ve cut back on the shows we attend because after a while there are only so many 350 SBC crate motors all chromed up I care to see any more.
You don t need to buy anything over her objections. Just make damned sure you aren t sacrificing something else in the household budget or space to do it. Her car needs to be in the garage more than the rolling rust you might care to buy.
My wife and I cut a deal years ago that I d go to her horse shows if she was riding, might go if someone travel clubs else was showing her horse, and wouldn t go just to watch a bunch of 16-year-old girls or 50-year-old matrons riding in circles on brown horses.
Though my wife won t necessarily be the one to go out of her way to go to a show, she can be counted travel clubs on to point out cool cars she sees (especially if they are Volvo P1800s or BMW 2002s), is very willing to jump in and work on a car (especially if she can do something that makes sparks die grinder, rotary file, etc.), and just recently suggested we put an addition on the garage so my Model A speedster can have a home when it s finished and driven up from my parents garage in P.A. She even liked the movie Rush, though she admits that part of the reason was that handsome James Hunt fellow. I guess I m really blessed!
I guess you married the wrong gal. My wife shares in my passions. She rides a Harley Softail and last year I restored a 79 VW Bus that she loves. She not only drives it almost every weekend during the summer, we sit down together in the spring and mark up the calendar on what events/sows we will be attending throughout the summer, including an occaisional Somerville Friday travel clubs night Cruise night.
I too try to participate as often as possible in a local cruize night that is in the next town over from ours. The Dogwood Ave cruize night is tuesday, and starts as soon as the salt is off the roads from the winter and lasts until it snows! It is one of the most relaxing things to do, and is held in a tiny strip mall built in 1951 that is in the middle of a residential area. Kinda neat to drive home after dark in one of my pre war cars too. All value/condition levels of cars are there, and 80% of the people who own them are hands on when it comes to their being worked on and maintained. This is real grass roots American car activity.
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