The “old town” classic car show consists of dozens and dozens of owners pride and joy, old cars that have been lovingly restored to a state superior to the day they were first built, they appear to have so much paint on them you could dip your fingers into it, under the hood is usually a replacement all chrome V8 producing masses of noise and power.
There are also a number of home built “hot rod’s” nearly always open, as with no roof open, remember the climate here, always only two seats and always once more a huge chrome V8 engine, every other part that is removable will also be chrome.
In America unlike here it is legal to drive about the streets in a car with no wings (fenders) no bonnet (hood) in fact they almost consist of two seats and an engine.
As with the above, there is a regular “Harley” meet, old town is closed to traffic, both sides of the street are lined with every possible model of Harley, every one with more chrome than the last, riders walking slowly along checking out the competition, all black leather with fringes and coal scuttle helmets that they insist on wearing.
At every street corner is a striped stall selling that little bit you have not managed to get chromed, the cars and the bikes live in a climate where frost and snow are rare, where salt is never spread over the highway, consequently rust is a rare sight.
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