{"id":118287,"date":"2014-11-12T06:02:10","date_gmt":"2014-11-12T14:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bangshift.com\/?p=118287"},"modified":"2014-11-12T06:03:00","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T14:03:00","slug":"2014-boonesborough-boogie-nationals-muscle-cars-shapes-sizes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/general-news\/event-coverage\/2014-boonesborough-boogie-nationals-muscle-cars-shapes-sizes\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Boonesborough Boogie Nationals \u2013 Muscle Cars Of All Shapes And Sizes"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) –\u00a0<\/b>Let me start with I didn\u2019t not shoot more Chevy than everything else in this category. There simply was\u00a0MORE Chevy stuff than anything else. When you get to looking at the gallery don\u2019t think I have 4\u00a0pictures of the same red \u201966 SS396 Chevelle because these are actually three different cars. At least one\u00a0is a true 138 car and at least one isn\u2019t. I never saw the hood up on the third so I can\u2019t be sure, but it\u00a0looked legit. An awesome Plymouth Scamp caught my attention. I\u2019m a big fan of Darts (my closet\u00a0Mopar side coming out) and the Scamp is a lesser-known cousin. This thing had all the goodies with\u00a0MSD fuel-injection and a Gear-Vendors unit. It has stance, color, detail and technology. Sweetness.<\/p>\n

Now I hate to let you know this, but one of my children has strayed. I\u2019ve tried to raise him right, but he\u00a0has defied all logic and has eyes for a particular model of a manufacturer I do not possess. My 8yr-old\u00a0loves Fairlanes and, more specifically, Thunderbolts. It was fortuitous that a white Fairlane 500 showed\u00a0up allowing me to take his picture beside it while adorned with his new Fairlane t-shirt. I\u2019d get him\u00a0therapy if I didn\u2019t like these cars too. Perhaps I dropped him on his head one too many times. Where\u00a0ever I went wrong it seems the condition might be permanent meaning one day I will have to re-learn\u00a0wrenching on a Henry. Good thing I have a friend with a Mustang because that will supply ample\u00a0opportunity to practice.<\/p>\n

We also had the occasion to see a recently-restored, ONE-OWNER \u201969 Camaro. The owner spoke with\u00a0us and we even managed to buy off him the HotRod magazines that haven\u2019t been delivered these past\u00a0few months. Most of us have had cars we wish that we\u2019d never sold. Here is one that didn\u2019t get away\u00a0which is pretty rare.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve had more than a handful of stories since I last brought up the popular\u00a0\u2018put a LS in everything\u2019 lemming mantra. Its not that I haven\u2019t had opportunity – I was letting you all rest\u00a0from it for a while. Again, they are great motors and with the proper detailing, Holley coil covers (or\u00a0relocated coils), and\/or some hiding\/routing of wires, cables, and stuff they can look good. Using an\u00a0engine cover doesn\u2019t cut it unless it\u2019s a lead sled. I am a GM guy, but the LS is one of the ugliest enginesever made (the new LT1 is up there too). Please, swap them into your rides, make all kinds of power,\u00a0and get good gas mileage, but then leave the hood closed. Remember factory engine compartments of\u00a0the \u201880s.? That\u2019s how an un-properly dressed LS looks. Function over form \u2013 yes. More reason to leave\u00a0the hood down and let the performance speak for itself. Now I\u2019ll switch my rant-mode off for a\u00a0while.<\/p>\n

Some other highlights of this gallery are \u2013<\/strong><\/p>\n

Red Monte Carlo sporting a thumpin\u2019 big-block and AC.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Blue 440 GTX which needs no further description.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A beached, orange whale also known as a Plymouth Sport Fury.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Black 390-powered Mercury Cougar.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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