Car Show Season in Northern Kentucky

    Being a true Floridian (actually 3rd generation) one of the most awesome things that I love about my move to Kentucky is the season changes(yes I even love winter).  However, my favorite season I must admit is spring and car show.  In this area,  as I am sure is the case for most at least 1/2 of the U.S., Car Show Season ...is a season as well.  After a long winter, this Floridian is ready for some sunshine!  We have had a few cruise-ins the first weekend of May but this last weekend was our first car show in our area.
     So, we attended two!! 

1968 Chevrolet Camaro Restomod - Week 3 begins and we continue onfabricating mini tubs

Front frame with coil over/wilwood brakes fitted, close up of front suspension

rear seat springs fabricated to fit over rear suspension and mini tubs

establishing the stance

establishing the stance

1968 Chevrolet Camaro Restomod... step by step

     The build project is based around a rough, yet sound platform of a non-descript 1968 Camaro Coupe that rolled off the assembly line as a Green, Six Cylinder car.

     The build plan is based on utilizing the major components that came with the project car at purchase. Specifically, the build will be based on a 383 Stroker Engine, a 700R Transmission (from a 1991 Caprice), pushing power to a 308 10-bolt posi-traction rear differential. The 383 Stroker Engine is considered by many car enthusiast as a ‘Bad Ass’ power plant. The Chevy 383 Stroker draws much of its popularity from the fact that it uses and improves upon the 350 Chevy block. Because many of the parts interchange between all small block Chevy engines, upgrading another on to a 350 or 383 Stroker is easy and cost-efficient. This has led many of the horsepower seeking Chevrolet enthusiasts to the 383 Stroker.

Florida's A1A in March with Ken

What does Florida have in March? Sunshine, Convertibles, Custom Motorcycles, Hot-Rods and Awesome Beaches!

   

Oh! Did I mention the weather? As in WARM weather, you know, without FREEZING and the “so-sick-of-it-by-now” Cold winter!  Did I mention Mallory and I are in northern Florida on the Atlantic Coast at a beautiful serene beach. By the way is aptly named in honor of one of the early big shots in Florida's sun drenched Atlantic coast history. Yeah, I'm  in the city of(albeit a small one) Flagler Beach, on Highway A1A.  Our front yard just happens to be on Flagler Beach, located just north of the two most legendary beaches in American Motorsports history. 

Resto-Mod Dream

The Resto-Mod Dream!

      You know just how much we all love our cars, most all cars!  True, we don't much care about Jay's wild interest in those old timey " Steamers", ah, each to their own.  Jay does have some very cool and very rare and very awesome cars too. We're much more into and focused on machines that sound thunderous when we fire 'em-up and look “bitchen" when we show up at events. If the car is cool and fun to look at and it can rattle the windows in our neighbors bathroom, yeah, then we begin to get excited. If its scary and stupid fast, then and only then, do we really start to enjoy the flavor much more. When it comes to "cool cars", we all become Boys again and the ladies, well they all become Goyles again. So, what's the big mystery here?
    
     We want to make it wild and more exhilarating for you to stomp on that carbon fiber covered gas pedal and have all hell break loose.  Something just sort of crazy happens!

Carl Casper's Custom 52nd Annual Auto Show, Louisville, KY 2015

Barret-Jackson & Russo-Steele with Ken Rooke, Scottsdale 2015

    

     Ah! welcome back to blog-o-sphere by Kenny at Insignia.  Yep, more talk of cars, cars, cars!

Is it not wonderful to have someone to talk to that loves American Muscle Cars just as much as you

all do? I think so. Let's put this 6-speed in reverse and back-up just a bit, you see, Patrice, yep,

that Patrice. Bless her heart, she continually tries to keep me in-line and focused, not an easy task

by any measure. Okay, back on track we go and this means back to hangin' with Mike at the

Russo-Steele Classic Car Auction in sunny Scottsdale AZ.  I know, some of you car nuts are

freezin' yer ...'s off, can't help you man, should have come to sunny Scottsdale for a brief (get it) thaw.

     But you didn't, so I'm here to share some of the Barrett-Jackson and Russo-Steele auctions highlights.  Let me assure you guys and gals, they were aplenty, you know like those sugar coated things we used to buy