We knew it’d be a big one. Combine the final cruise-in of the season (always a big draw), with absolutely perfect weather and more and more cars coming from farther and farther away and we had a record crowd last night here at Hemmings HQ. We stopped counting at 350, but best estimates put the total number of cars at somewhere closer to 400, packing both our parking lot and the parking lots across the street.
And we got great cars too. Like Ken’s 1975  Ford Falcon XB sedan, which he used to replicate Max’s Interceptor from the first movie (please, dear God, don’t let Hollywood remake that trilogy).
Larry Boardman of Simsbury, Connecticut, brought up his 1967 Corvair, which he dubbed the “Torvair” based on the Toronado 430-cu.in. V-8 he crammed into the back.
Pairings of vehicles always makes for an interesting display, and we have Kevin Dennis of Goshen, New Hampshire (86 Fiero GT) and Kyle Dennis of Newport, New Hampshire (85 Fiero) to thank for these two Pontiacs.
Nearby, James and Jenn Cross of Bennington, had their 1963 Chevy IIs emblazoned with “Just Married” signs. James’s is the flat black 350-powered sedan, Jenn’s is the Autumn Gold straight-six-powered sedan. Congratulations, you crazy kids.
Little dog, little car. Though I’m pretty sure the former didn’t belong to Neil Kenyon of North Bennington, the owner of the latter, a 1939 American Bantam.
Another Dan Rose car, this 1960 Peerless GT2 depends on a Triumph TR3 four-cylinder for motivation.
We had plenty of great trucks show up last night, including Clyde MacQuestor’s 1941 Chevrolet Suburban from Keene, New Hampshire.
And it’s becoming ever more popular to sit on the knoll across the street and watch the cars leave the parking lot. Those who chose to do so last night got quite the show.
We’re already looking forward to May, when next year’s cruising season begins. Keep an eye on Hemmings.com for the date of the first cruise-in of 2009!
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