{"id":707196,"date":"2018-10-04T01:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-10-04T08:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/?p=707196"},"modified":"2018-10-04T03:26:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T10:26:07","slug":"2018-cynthiana-rod-run-photo-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangshift.com\/bangshiftapex\/2018-cynthiana-rod-run-photo-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 Cynthiana Rod Run Photo Gallery: Muscle Car Coolness From Then and Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) –\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>If you like modern and older muscle-car era stuff then we\u2019ve got three galleries that are right up your alley.\u00a0 I will mention a few in here that caught my attention for various reasons.<\/p>\n

The \u201960 B-body 4-door is dear to me.\u00a0 This car lived on a road about 1 mile from our house and it\u2019s the first car my now-18yr-old son fell in love with.\u00a0 It had sat in a garage in Lexington since about 1976 when it came out to live in our neck of the woods around 2007. \u00a0It sold a few years later and we sadly watched it leave then saw it again several times and my sons actually got to sit in it.\u00a0 We\u2019d seen it sitting outside for years on the way to my son\u2019s school then it disappeared again.\u00a0 We are happy to report it is now living in Harrodsburg and appears to be getting some much-needed TLC.\u00a0 Seeing it was like running into an old friend.<\/p>\n

Next up is the Black Mustang with the turbo-breathed LS-swap.\u00a0 It has a roll bar and safety equipment\u2026?!\u00a0 Let me qualify that statement.\u00a0 We\u2019ve been going to Cynthiana for one reason or another for years and this relatively small town has a healthy population of quick Fox-body and newer Mustangs.\u00a0 Most roll on drag radials and skinnys and they nail the stance.\u00a0 Lots of turbos, nitrous, and superchargers.\u00a0 They typically don\u2019t have one item of safety equipment installed.\u00a0 That why this car stuck out to me as a unicorn among the pony cars in this environment.<\/p>\n

The Silver Pro Street Thunderbird took me back to the 90s when Pro Street got silly.\u00a0 Tubbed and otherwise near completely stock except for a single nitrous fogger setup.\u00a0 When Rick Dobbertin tubbed a Pontiac Grand AM\u2026.leaving it\u2019s FWD drivetrain intact\u2026.the fad signaled it was near dead.\u00a0 Still, I like the Pro Street look because that was the big thing back in my 20s.<\/p>\n

The fawn-beige \u201961 Vette was sweet and dripped \u2018survivor\u2019 status.\u00a0 Never found anyone around it to ask, but I will keep an eye out for it to get the story.<\/p>\n

Enjoy the photos and come back for a few more from the 2018 Cynthiana Rod Run.<\/p>\n

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