Thread: Last trip to nats?

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I just enjoyed the second day of the 2009 Richmond NSRA Nationals which has the "up to 1979" rule now. There were a lot of amazing high quality cars there, some so amazing one can wonder what amount of work and money went into them. It would be easy to be discouraged after seeing so many fine machines, but I will plug on to do my best with my own build. Here a few of the cars I saw. The first is a 1979 Z28 who a guy bought recently with only 9000 miles on it and he was merely cleaning up an almost new car but would you really deny such a perfect car that is now some 30 years old and in fantastic condition? The second picture is my favorite of a real 1932 Ford Cabriolet, the third is a short row of '32s, still the king of rods(!) and a very interesting '26 T coupe with model A wheels and a neat 17 stud Ford V8-60, a popular conversion in bygone days. In my opinion there were still a LOT of pre-48 cars there and most of the post '48 cars were very well prepared muscle cars including a lot of nice '55-57 Chevies. The last picture is of a very rare Nash "tub" convertible sedan!

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder