(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – No I didn’t make this the biggest gallery on purpose. I work hard to shoot everything in proportion to what is in attendance and my research has shown this is the largest group of cars at events of this type. The 2nd largest group is Ford Street Rods so it’s not just a ‘Chevy’ thing. In here we’ve got everything from a pristine example of a 409-powered B-body to a C6 ZO6. The car Somernites raffled off this year is the white ’67 Camaro that ended up going to lucky-ticket owner Stuart Hamilton of Cincinnati, OH. I’m certain my ticket must have been the first one drawn and it fell then Stuart’s was mistakenly picked up instead of mine. I know that car wanted to go home with me.
That’s okay though because I’m sure the owner of the small-block powered orange Biscayne is willing to give me his car as a consolation prize. If he wouldn’t be willing to take pity on me I bet the owner of the maroon 2nd-gen Camaro would have handed me his keys just to cheer me up. It seems all of them missed their chance to give me their car because once Mr. Hamilton’s ticket was announced everyone hopped in their cars and headed to either dinner or to cruise the strip. Oh well, there’s always next year….
