Car Show

[NV Whino]

There were only a couple of cars of note among the usual Corvettes, Camaros, MGs and TRs.
This was one of them. It's a Stears-Knight. Beautiful car. Huge back seating area complete with a couple of jump seats. The people who own it bought it to travel and drive it across country to shows. I asked about the gas mileage, and the guy laughed and said, "We don't bother to check. It's our hobby and entertainment. It just doesn't matter."




The other car of note was the Rod4Rob.


In talking to a guy I found out it is typical to put a Chevy engine in a Ford body for these old rods. Yep, there it is–a 350 ChevFord.

[catnhatnh]

1. Just a historical detail....

The Stearns Knight company sold engines to Willys (Later Jeep) which were used in their Willys Knight model and later Stearns itself was sold to Willys Overland...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stearns_(automobile)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willys-Knight-(automobile)

[NV Whino]

2. Thanks for the info

I had never heard of the car before today. But I learned today they were in business quite a long time and made a lot of different models.

[catnhatnh]

3. I didn't know the Stearns either...

...but I had heard of a Willys Knight so I ran to Wiki-I love a good backstory.

[Scuba]

4. A Chevy engine in a Ford? Blasphemy!

[NV Whino]

5. Yeah, I know.

[alfredo]

6. Nice images. I remember the Ford Model T got 18mpg.

If you want MPG, get a Baker Electric.

Leno has one.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/05/automobiles/05BAKER.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

[NV Whino]

7. Sweet ride.

Some of today's behemoths don't get much better than 18.

[alfredo]

8. automakers used to say the technology wasn't there yet.

It's been there for a century.