This past weekend was the annual Back to the Bricks Chrome and Ice indoor car show at the Flint Dort Financial Credit Union Arena (formerly known as the IMA Sports Arena - for us old timers). Being a newly minted retiree, I was able to go on Friday when the show opened. I still think I was the youngest spectator there. One thing I learned is that grey hairs don't notice you, ignore you, or don't move quickly to get out of your way when you want to photograph somethings. "Patience.....you must learn patience" says Master Yoda........oooooommmmm.

This is one street rod I never get tired of seeing. A Buick with a Buick nailhead engine in iit! I love the mint green paint too.

One of two hockey rinks full of cars!

This Willy's gasser chassis was put on my buddy from Muscle Cars and More - Tom Pasley. He fixed Lucy with the oil pan replacement and the tilt column install. He said this has always been a dream car of his. He is huge into Oldsmobiles but he sold one of his 442s to buy this. It had been hit in the right front when he bought it. What was interesting is the location of the panhard bar. Most panhard bars I've seen tie to the frame on one end and the diff case on the other. Here the panhard bar connects diagonally across the top of the two four-link bars.

I love the custom painted bed in this truck. It's inspirational!

A Hellcat with TA-style stripes and Torro Red color. Nice.

A rare 1955 Dodge La Femme. This car was clearly marketed towards women back in the day.

Sweet 383 SBC

Now we are down on the hockey rink floor!

A supercharged 60-degree 3400 V6 in a Chevette.

A tuned port 350 in a street rod. Sweet!

A low-rider Lincoln

A Grumman pickup truck? Now that's different!

A pink Edsel or have I had too much to drink? Probably both.

A supercharged full size GMC Jimmy

A turbocharged 3800 V6 powered Firebird. Obviously the 1989 Trans Am and Buick GNX cars were the inspritation for this car build.

A Flint-built pickup with a turbocharged LS under the hood!

I droll over this Vega every time I see it. It is what my first car might have been had I the balls to keep it instead of sending it to the junkyard in 1984.

I want to drive the Zamboni!!!!

This is different. It clearly works too.

Now here is something you seldom see. A near stock Allstate! This is NOT a Heney J but a legit Allstate. It even has the original Sears and Roebuck sticker on the firewall and the original Allstate badges. The only thing that is non-stick is the triple car set-up. It actually drives off of one of the carbs - the center one. The differences between an Allstate and a Henry J are very minor. Badging, the firewall sticker, and the heads (which say Allstate) are the only differences. The head is identical to the Henry J, it just has Allstate instead of Kaiser cast into it.

Now moving to the second rink.....

I have lusted over this '71 Lemans for years. I just wish it was a blown Pontiac instead of a BBC.

New soda company apparently.

A very rare Marquette. Marquette was Buick's companion car company. Just like Pontiac was Oakland's, LaSalle was Cadillac's and Viking was Oldsmobile's.

This Oldsmobile Cutlass convertible belongs to a shoestring relation of my dad and I. Jerry worked my dad and his cousin, Ralph, to help Ralph build a 40' ketch sailboat back in the late 80s and 90s. I run into Jerry all the time at car shows. We usually say hello to each other in Polish since that is our common ancestry.

One guess which movie this truck was an inspiration from......

Hard to miss this Cadillac convertible. I just wish he had chromed the bumpers instead of power coating them. However, I get how much money he saved too.

Crate motors!

Here is a uber-rare unrestored 1936 Ford Model A ice cream delivery truck. These Model A trucks were almost exclusive to the Detroit area.

I hope you enjoyed the show. I know I did.

Always a great lil show, thankz for sharing buddy.

Fantastic pics frosty !!!

I agree about the 59 caddy , it’s gota be chrome or go home !

Great show coverage, thanks for taking us along! I agree with both you and Kiwi, that ‘59 absolutely needs all that chrome, the powder coating doesn’t do that car justice!!

I first saw this Caddy this past summer. I shaked my head when he told me that he powder coated the bumpers to save money. Even black base / chrome paint process would have looked better.

As Marvin Martian said, “I am not angry, just terribly, terribly hurt!”

Great pics as always, thank you.