(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – The 2013 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals was once again a mind-bending experience for us. In was a gathering of muscle car unicorns, ultra-rare stuff that people had not seen in years, amazing race cars, factory freaks, and a whole lot more. From the barn find display to the amazing gathering of L-88 powered Corvettes, this show really brought together an incredible assemblage of American muscle cars from the glory days of Detroit. Our dudes Bob Chiluk and Greg Rourke spent some 26 hours at the event over the span of a couple days and shot hundreds and hundreds of photos. In order to keep you conscious and upright, we’re dropping them 50 at a whack. Any more than that and you’d simple black out or lose control of your bladder at some of the stuff in here.
One of the two Boss 429 Mercury Cougars that the factory built for drag racing was at the show, a host of Super Duty “swiss cheese” Pontiacs, and barn finds for days. We’re actually shaking our fist at Bob and Greg as we type this out of jealousy. You’ll do what we did when looking at these photos and every one the process is something like this, “Is that a….woah…”.
If we’re picking favorites, Fred Hurst’s ‘Cuda gasser is damned close to the top. All of Hurst’s cars were immaculate but we think this was his all time coolest. You need to pick your favorites now!
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If you look at the engine pics of the Dyno Don Cougar, you’ll notice it has one Boss 429 head, and one Cammer head. WTF was up with that?
Great eye for deatil. The fuel lines arent even hooked up, just mocked together for display I guess.
I love the all stock looking Gremlin with the “Nixon/Agnew” sticker on the back!
There’s a story there I am sure.
That was a factory sunroof, V8 car. It now has a stock looking 401 in it. The owner was the past president of the Windy City AMC club, he said the sunroofs were available free in 1972. They all leaked, so dealers quit telling people they were available.
I liked the 1967 Barracuda drag car, it reminds me of my 1969 Barracuda I had while stationed in Hawaii, with a snorkel hood scoop on it, I later replaced it with a 340 Duster scoop.
Where and when was this show held?
The weekend before Thanksgiving every year, in Rosemont, Illinois. Right next to O’Hare Airport.
I’m happy to hear that you guys liked the show and my Barn Finds section!
The Cougar from the factory was coded with the Boss 429 engine, but Dyno Don didn’t want it, preferring the 427. So it arrived minus engine to his shop where he dropped the 427 in.
So the owner thought in the mean time it was cool to do a Boss 429/ SOHC 427 mixup… just like the car!
Ryan
That is a BAD ASS Muscle Car show! More 63 SD Pontiacs in one spot since they left the factory. All those W-30 Olds 66 thru 70 amazing!