Frankenmuth (MI) Autofest

[Frosty]

Sunday I managed to slip past Bronner's land of eternal Christmas decoration shopping and endless family-style chicken dinners to get to the annual Frankenmuth Autofest car show. The show can attract up to 2000-2500 cars in good times. I got there early Sunday morning, so I am not sure if folks were showing up late after breakfast and Sunday service, or they left Saturday due to the impending threat of rain (which came around 6:00 pm that night).

A rat rod boattail speedster on a Chevy S-10 frame. The boattail is real, it's made from a canoe and it's paddle too (look closely)!

Smokey is the Bear!

Ah Linda!!!! Linda! Linda!

Who wants ice cream?

Now this is an interesting rat rod.....

Microphone shifter...cool. Kids banana seat for armrest....definitely original. How big do your kahoneys have to be to have an open spinning driveshaft next to your hip and thigh?

Custom '38 Ford.....with a rear mounted Northstar V8 and transverse transmission and axle!

Cool hot rod with either a 348 or 409 "W" motor......wait a minute, that's an LS in 409 clothing. What a unique way to dress up an LS!

Every see or hear of a Humber before? Me neither. It's a British marque.

Gorgeous '59 Caddy 4-door.....with 1,100 HP twin turbo charged Chevy big block, a 4L80 tranny and a Ford 9-inch with 3.73 gears! Right now it is "detuned" to run just over 825 HP because of a vibration problem at high RPM. Won't that just shock the crap out of the Hellcat crowd!

A Sunbird with it's original motor!

Edited September 16, 2021 by Frosty

[Frosty]

Here's some more from Frankenmuth.....

Got a supercharged LT-4 in your daddy's Oldsmobile?

I think this guy is compensating for something.....watcha you think?

A real '71 GT-37.....bench seat and a stick shift!!!! I wasn't able to talk to owner to find out what he had under the hood. My guess is a 400 but there was no badging to know.

Every year I see a handful of these cars running in and out of the nearby Cass Rivers. They are like little duckies in the bath tub.....amphibicars!

A Nash convertible!

Here is a unique '69 GTO Judge convertible - from Ohio - it is an original Crystal Turquoise car. I know this is a rare color for '69. The owner claims that the previous owner told him that less than 60 '69 GTOs were made with this color (not sure I believe that statistic). It being a Judge and a convertible....makes you wonder how unique this car could be. Definitely a gorgeous car in better sunlight. The picture does not do this color justice.

[Ringo64]

Wow! Crazy unique and great looking cars there! Looks like a great time.

 

Just hope the real version of this doesn’t happen with that exposed drive shaft 😬

[64 kiwi boni]

wow sooo many cool cars !!! but this is my fav !!! plumb crazy 59 !!!! hmmm wonder what my girl would look good in purple !!!

[JUSTA6]

Wow...  Lacking in attendance!!   They should have closed off the back 3/4 and saved spectators all the walking.  Amazing cars that did make the show.  As always thankz for sharing. ESP the Sunbird.

[Frosty]

I think the crowd was much bigger on Saturday. It was really overcast on Sunday and the threat of rain lingered all day long. I suspect a lot of people left if they weren't picked for an award in order to get home before the serious rain hit unless they lived close by. That's my guess anyway.

[31pontiac]

Thanks for the pictures!  My choice would be that  ‘71 GT-37 !

[Frosty]

Most days I would agree with you, but the the Crystal Turquoise '69 GTO Judge convertible was a stunner in my book.

Now I did some checking - supposedly there were only 108 GTO Judges convertibles made in '69 (total Judge production was 6725). So the car is already rare by most standards. It's one of 29 RA III with automatic transmission Judge convertibles built. No RA IV automatic trans Judge convertibles were built in 69. 

As for the GT-37s, I need to look up production numbers. Most were built with a 350, although the 400 and 455 could be ordered in a GT-37.

[Longstroke]

I have never been to the Frankenmuth car show ever but I have been hearing about it for years from folks that I know that go every year. It is on my bucket list for sure and I may just go this year of 2022, that is assuming this Covid melt down does not go into overdrive. Cheers.