Cruisin' Cremes

 Every Friday here in Port Ewen the ice cream place Cruising Cremes hosts a hotrod show. If the weather is good we can count on a good turn out representing many eras of facination with the American Auto. There is always a diverse mix of cars to review but without question Chevrolet is well represented. If one takes the time to walk around and pause at all of the open hoods one will be rewarded and amazed to see flat head Fords, and Ofenhauser intakes as well as full on blown big blocks. 

 Not only are they there, but they sparkle. It's amazing to see how well cared for these cars are! If we didn't have a couple of Detroit 6-71TIs in Freedom I'm thinking a small block Chevy would be the target of our attention. While the first photo is a Mopar, check out the detail and cleanliness.

 Then there are the Rats. This one blew by us as we walked up to the lot where all the cars were. It sounded good and the stealth black look was cool. Upon taking in a closer look we found it had "see through" valve covers. This certainly would have been fun to take in while the engine was running.

 All of this harkened us back to Emily. We really were attached to her and had a great time with her while she was parked in our spot. But without a garage to keep her in we had to let her go back in the Fall of '08 when we started the adventure with Freedom. It sure would be great to have her with us in the Summer but she'd take a beating from the weather without a garage. So we'll live with our new car. A Hyundai Tuscon. Geeze do I feel old now.