It was a beautiful sunny day in May, and everyone knows that warm weather brings out the bees... The Superbee that is! Today was the day that Kurt's project rolled out into the sun and roared to life for the first time. With several other muscle cars in attendance, and the support of friends who could either turn a wrench where necessary or at least look on for support (i.e. me), the 383 cubic inch power mill under the hood roared to life with minimal glitches. Check out the photo album to the right if you'd like to see a few shots of this celebration of horsepower (beepower?).
Here's a little video I made that shows not only the first time the engine roared to life, but also Kurt's first quality burn-out.
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At the Long Beach Rod Run this year, I started noticing all of the unique and interesting shapes and styles of taillights on classic cars, so I decided I would focus in on just that feature of many of the cars, and make an album of nothing but pictures of the back ends (tail lights) of cars. Some are stock tail lights, and some are custom. See if you can name the make, model and year based on only the look of the tail lights!
August 14, 2010. A gathering of Cougar owners (and their cars) at West Coast Classic Cougars in Brooks, Oregon. Then we cruised to the home of a fellow Cougar owner for a BBQ. Lots of fun!
This is the first time I've attended this annual event sponsored by the Oregon City Danielson's Thriftway. The day was quite warm, and there was a large variety of cars in attendance.
This is a well run weekly event, that is always well-attended. Probably around 500 great cars there this evening. This was my first trip out with my new wheels and tires. Billy brought his Camaro, and Jamie and Alex came along too. It was a great evening.
For the second consecutive year, I took the Cougar to the Muscle Beach Cruise at Seaside, Oregon. This year, like last year, Billy brought his Camaro. Despite some rain, we all had a good time.
Along with Kerry in his 1968 Lemans convertible, and Billy in his 1968 Camaro, (and Dave, Alex, and Jamie too!), the Seaside Muscle Beach Cruise In served as the "coming out" party for the newly restored Cougar.
I was soon the proud owner of this silver 1967 XR7. A factory 4 barrel 289 with 4 speed manual transmission car. My friend Alex chased down the previous owner when he saw it drive by shortly after my crash, because he knew I wanted another Cougar. Thanks Alex!
I bought my first Cougar in June of 1982. On September 11, 1982 a car ran a stop sign, and I hit it at 50+ MPH. My friend Jamie and I escaped with relatively minor injuries. In the crash picture, notice the cracked windshield from my friend Jamie's head on the passenger side. I got to have stitches on the inside of my mouth from my face hitting the steering wheel. That was the end of my first Cougar.
This was a fun little 6 cylinder/powerglide car I bought already partially restored, but mostly disassembled in 1985. I got it painted, reassembled, drove it everywhere (even to Southern California and back), then sold it in 1987. Many great memories of this car.
Love the sound. Love the Superbee. Keep it up!
Posted by: CGS Motorsports | March 06, 2012 at 07:59 PM