I was a bit early but caught some great lighting.
Sunday Morning Coffee with the Old Farts
- Thread starter Jim Kueneman
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Always wanted to visit Arizona, I might still. It seems like the place to go. A lot of natural wonders to see. You're very lucky.
Nice ride too.
Nice ride too.
Nice photo. Car looks great. Visited Green Valley. Az in '74 and lived in Queen Creek, Az. a few miles from the Superstition Mountains for 3 years.
Back a few decades ago, the (then) wife and I flew to Az. for a long weekend. It was Feb, and nice in Az (except the Grand Canyon) but cold back home in Mo. Very interesting state. We were to catch a flight out early afternoon and had time to kill. We drove around that Sun in a near byish burb. Seemed like every 4-5 homes, the garage door was open and there sat a "collector" car!!! I said WOW!!!! My find of place BUT too many people!
If you prefer a smaller population with lots of special-interest cars, you should visit Lake Havasu. There are at least 20-30 rods/collector/kit cars in my neighbor hood. Sitting on our porch on a weekend is like watching a car show, or, the beginning of an off-road race since the street alongside our house goes directly into the desert two blocks down. On any day you can see a very nice Ford GT kit car, Cobra, Blown Willys street gasser, a couple of really nice Nomads, several Rat-Rods, various ’30’s street rods, and my favorite: a ‘66 Chevelle four-door sedan converted to a convertible. It has two small-blocks in the engine compartment, is painted in quasi-Air Force silver hammer-tone colors, sixteen exhaust pipes exiting under the fenders… and an inflatable porno doll “manning‘ a replica of a .50 cal machine gun in the back seat. The owner built it all himself in his garage down the street. The workmanship is amazing. My across-the-street neighbor has a beautiful all-metal ‘36 Ford convertible stashed in his garage. Thursday night is cruise night on McCulloch Blvd (our Main Street) and it could compete with many local car shows. Lots of old school So-Cal hot-rodders have retired here. We have a couple of big car events every year that draw cars from all over.
That car is so gorgeous. I hope you make it Havasu sometime for one of our shows. I was never much of a Valiant guy until I saw yours. Color, stance, wheels and proportions. It’s just perfect!
You clearly were in the wrong part of the state! There are millions of acres of state trust land, national forests, and BLM land. You can go places and be 50 miles from another living sole! Stay away from Phoenix and Tucson were 90% of the people here live. I live in an area where less than 3000 people live in a few hundred mile radius. It is 50 miles to the nearest chain grocery store.
Cool pic
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