The Back to the Brick's Chrome and Ice indoor car show will be held at the Dort Financial Credit Union Arena from February 7-9, 2025.

Details can be found at https://backtothebricks.org/chromeice2025/

I will be there on Saturday, February 8th. Who's in?

 

 

 

LID is looking for 2 cars to represent them. are you taking a car?

4 minutes ago, indymanjoe said:

LID is looking for 2 cars to represent them. are you taking a car?

Who is LID?  Much as I'd love to....not gonna happen.  Thinkin about the Power tour Mi stop.  Car Craft had a Street Machine National there and I made it with the Sunbird.  Must have been in late 80's.

I'm with Justa....what or who is LID?

Justa - it would be awesome if you can come to the Michigan stop of Power Tour.

Lapeer International Dragway......

I have not registered any car for Chrome and Ice. I usually spectate and walk around for a couple of hours and chat with people I know. Lucy has never been ready for a winter show, especially since 2019 when I blew the heater core. In some ways, I am still getting the old gal back together.

9 hours ago, Frosty said:

I have not registered any car for Chrome and Ice. I usually spectate and walk around for a couple of hours and chat with people I know. Lucy has never been ready for a winter show, especially since 2019 when I blew the heater core. In some ways, I am still getting the old gal back together.

The 1 star show at the IMA for the ISCA points win, got me/Sunbird The International class championship in 1990.  6in of snow and matching white knuckle drive in my Ford van with the Bird on my trailer.  So glad it was close to home. 

The show is this weekend. I'm meeting Chuck for lunch and then going to the show. Sadly, this is close to my house and NOT anywhere near Tony's. So it will be either burgers or coney dogs for lunch instead.

Today was the show.....enjoy.

LS-powered Chevy pickup built by American Gasser in Saginaw.

A Corvair race car - very cool.

1927 Buick - it weighs 4800 lbs according to the museum curator

Nothing a AA/Fuel Altered - blown 383 SBC

A 27 T-bucket with an Olds 455

A 1975 Ford Mustang Rocket Funny Car

Butch Leal's Pro Stock car

An Indy car - still being restored

A raced Yenko Corvair

An old stock car

Ever see a front engine blown '59 VW Beetle before? Me neither.

The 1910 Buick Bug race car. One of two built and only one know to exist. One was driven by Louis Chevrolet and the other by Bob Burman. This is believed to be Burman's car. It raced at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The ram head on the nose was to suppose to show Buick "butting" its way into racing.

Custom motors

This freshly finished (last week in fact) '55 Chevy BelAIr 4-door wagon belongs to one of my ski club buddies, Jim. He owns three '55s. His parent's original black 4-sedan, a black/red convertible and this  orange and white wagon. This is his "resto-mod" '55.

He's kept it mostly restored but he has a '66 327 SBC, a 700 R4 overdrive transmission, a Custom Autosound radio, front disc brakes and corresponding brake booster and master cylinder, air conditioning, seat belts, tilt steering, an electric fan in addition to the stock clutch fan, and a Sniper electronic fuel injection system. The generator is fake, it is actual an alternator.

Coyote-powered Fairlane

This is a super-rare 455 Buick Stage 2 '70 GS! What makes this rare is the heads are nearly unobtainable (think Pontiac RA V rare), It is believed these engines produced near 500 HP back in the day. Buick tested 2 of these cars. None were produced in production due to upcoming emissions laws. However, some conversion kits did come across dealership parts counters. It is believed that there were very few number of kits ever made or sold.

This '71 Lemans (and Lucy's fraternal twin) belongs to Michigan Widetrackers president Tim Mays. Some ski club friends of mine thought this was my car. 

This Chevette reminds me of Justa's Sunbird. It has a blown 60-degree 3400 V6! No roll cage. But it looks mean.

A Plum Crazy Purple 340-powered Dodge Challenger.

A Factory Five Daytona Coupe replica.

Signs!

For some reason I thought of Kiwi with this sign......hmmm, I wonder why?

Old Michigan drag strip signs and posters.

 

I give you The Hell Kitten Challenger (his name not mine)!

Here is the only unwashed or cleaned car at the show. It still has salt and grime on. This belongs to one of my fellow Friday night car cruise volunteers. He has a '66 Corvair that is mint. This he just purchased for $2000 and he drove it home from California 2 weeks ago. He claims this is going to be his daily driver. Good for him! He is the one hold the bonnet open.

This '75 Vega with a '73 Front and rear clip on it warmns my heart. I had a '71 Vega as my first car. I wish I could have done this to that car.

 

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An Evel Kneivel Ford van. Not sure if it is original or not and don't care. It's cool as hell. Note the sponsors along the rockers.

A 2023 Last Call Scat Pack/Shaker Hood Challenger

 

One last treat. Here is a '72 Luxury Lemans. This is what Indyman Joe's car could look like someday but he loves the Roadkill look too much.

I hope guys enjoyed the show as much as I did.

On my Luxury Lemans i couldn't throw those skirts away fast enough!

Thankz for sharing, always a COOL lil show.  Could be because your parking on the Hockey Ice arena?    

Can't get enough! Thanks for the share, love this show.

Fantasic show Frosty  

On 2/9/2025 at 8:02 AM, JUSTA6 said:

Thankz for sharing, always a COOL lil show.  Could be because your parking on the Hockey Ice arena?    

Actually the show sits on TWO hockey rinks. One is for the OHL Flint Firebirds team. The second rink is often used for high school, travel, and beer league hockey.

Edited February 10, 20251 yr by Frosty

On 2/9/2025 at 7:13 AM, indymanjoe said:

On my Luxury Lemans i couldn't throw those skirts away fast enough!

Why? Does it interfere with your ability to apply under coating? 

I'd pay money to see you go down a dragstrip with those suckers on! 

Edited February 10, 20251 yr by Frosty