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Viva Las Vegas '09 Shifters Car Show
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Apr 12, 2009 6:59 p.m. Diggey:
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Apr 12, 2009 7:29 p.m. piratesrule:
Boss bitchin'..no '49 Olds 88, I'll keep looking.
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Apr 12, 2009 8:24 p.m. Century Bob:
There was a 49 or 50 olds. its the maroon custom called the Polynesian. One of the most beautiful customs of the 50s
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Apr 12, 2009 9:35 p.m. GreatGretsch:
Is that all the photos you took....maybe you could post a few more to give us a real feel of what it was like there.
Just kidding....Thanks for all the great photos. It must have taken a very long time to organize and post them.
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Apr 13, 2009 12:05 a.m. Daddy-O:
WOW unbelievable The Shifters know how to build them ! After this week how can you come back to a normal life ?
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Apr 13, 2009 6:20 a.m. Shuie:
Now I'm into the black '50 straight-8 Buick. That is going to have the sweetest whoofle, idling at a rock-steady 450rpm. All engines make music- I especially enjoy the be-bop waltz of a lazy straight-6, but a straight-8 is truly in the pocket.
Never heard an inline-4 sing a song worth a damn.
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Apr 13, 2009 6:46 a.m. Mark G:
Whew! What a feast for the eyes.
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Apr 13, 2009 7:21 a.m. garageink:
lots of great cars there. but the black and white caddies side by side. wow, I wish the other cars and people weren't in the shot. it would be my desktop. and of course anything flat black with out fenders and a hood is an automatic win for me. thanks for the great pics and coverage Proteus!
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Apr 13, 2009 9:03 a.m. sassy:
UNBELIEVABLE !!
You Need to make this into a book 
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Apr 13, 2009 10:47 a.m. The Shetland:
love those ratrods! hmmm...how can we lose some extra weight without removing anything vital to the car? I know, tear out all the seats!
Great pics Proteus!
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Apr 13, 2009 12:03 p.m. Ric12string:
My uncle had a pink DeSoto just like that one on the first page, Proteus. I used to love those fins.
My uncle was the only person that I ever knew to have owned a DeSoto. Whatever happened to that company? Was the DeSoto a popular car?
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Apr 13, 2009 12:33 p.m. Shuie:
Ric, the last De Sotos were made in late '60 ('61 model year). De Soto was a brand from the Chrysler Corporation. They were squeezed out by the corporate restructuring (i.e. panic!) initiated by the '58 recession. It's probably no coincidence that Ford's Edsel line was in the same upper-middle marketing niche and met the same fate. Compacts were suddenly the thing.
1957 De Soto commercial-
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Apr 13, 2009 12:48 p.m. Ratrod:
I'd drive one of them rat rods in Holland if:
A. 30's Ford 'fix 'er uppers' were cheaper. (Hell even finding one here is like finding a needle in a hay stack.)
And B. they were street legal without running fenders and stuff.
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Apr 13, 2009 12:56 p.m. Curt:
Chonny said: Awesome though I could have done without the photo of the guys ass!
Yeah, could you replace it with hers?
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Apr 13, 2009 1:09 p.m. TwangOmatic:
This is may favorite by far
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Apr 13, 2009 2:18 p.m. Ric12string:
I am accustomed to attending car shows where the cars are finished. There were a lot of cars in this show that seemed to have been only partially finished. Is that customary?
BTW, thanks, Shuie, I had forgotten that DeSoto was a part of Chrysler.
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Apr 13, 2009 2:40 p.m. cielski:
"Release the Kraken" was FUNNY!
Thanks for the Studes, Proteus, tho, the pink '58 wagon was just scary.
Was that a diesel with the turbo? That was too much. I want one!
Shuie I learned to drive in a '52 Buick straight 8. Been in a few other inline 8 vehicles. Smooth is the word.
RIC12 I think Rat Rods are kind of a "work in progress". Like guitar modding. -
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Apr 13, 2009 8:44 p.m. Playboy:
How much for the Guild?
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Apr 13, 2009 10:01 p.m. Cadaver:
They're finished, guys purposely go for the tarnished, rusted look. Make them look like they were made to be driven, it's actually pretty common nowadays.
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Apr 14, 2009 12:33 p.m. Proteus:
I think the Guild was 450.00 - I could probably read the phone number from the hi-res version of the pic, if anyone is interested.
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