Chandler AZ Car Show

Each February in downtown Chandler, Arizona a group of folks throws a nice laid back car show.  Taking advantage of paved parking lots on both sides of Dr. A. J. Chandler Park in downtown over 250 cars spread out for a fun, sunny day.

This year organizers also blended in a set of displays with a science technology bent for visitors to review and children to engage with.

Downtown Chandler

While parts of the country are still fighting blizzards, the big dilemma was finding shade in downtown Chandler.  The surrounding merchants get into the mood and help promote their local businesses.

Batmobile

And for the second year the owner of the first original Batmobile brought out the car for all to admire.  It’s nice to see the owner supporting a local event and the benefiting charities.

BatmobileHere is a link to our previous post on the Batmobile

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George Barris – a different take

Here is a different view on Hollywood’s George Barris.

Fronte end of Batmobile
Batmobile Front View

http://news.boldride.com/2014/02/master-fabricator-wherein-george-barris-takes-credit-for-everything/43891/

George Barris

George is always around the car scene when the cameras pop out.  His gold jacket stands out even amongst the eccentrics at SEMA.  He sure got some publicity and ca$h when the Batmobile sold last year at Barrett-Jackson.   And as I’ve said before he had a great publicist.  But Dean Jeffries was the catalyst for a lot of memorable TV and Hollywood cars, as I mentioned here.

I guess careful wording can avoid some legal heartaches!

Batmobile Interior
Interior of Batmobile

Tow Truck Survivor Sold

 

GMC modified tow truck
Sold at Barrett-Jackson’s 2014 auction

Happened to run across this survivor – real patina- tow truck at the Barrett-Jackson auction and contributed an article for our Canadian friends at My Star Collector Car.

top-5-at-barrett-jackson-bannerOwner has quite a story

Turns out that the original owner had no idea it was being auctioned off at Barrett-Jackson and I suspect he was a little sad to hear it was moving away from Sacramento.  Read more on this original truck at …

http://www.mystarcollectorcar.com/3-the-stars/star-truckin/2204-january-2014-a-survivor-1949-gmc-tow-truck-crosses-the-auction-block.html

Snakebit F100 56 Ford Truck sells at Barrett Jackson

1956 Ford F100 Truck
1956 Ford F100 Custom

Here’s a link to My Star Collector Car and an article we recently contributed

http://www.mystarcollectorcar.com/2-features/editorials/2209-snakebit-f-100-a-56-ford-truck-with-a-carroll-shelby-heart-defines-a-canadian-province.html

Snakebit

The truck was a high seller to raise money to build a children’s hospital.