All the Wrong Curves

I love curves. I love seeing the curves on a magnificent sports car. I love driving curves and seeing how well a car will tackle them with me at the helm. But lately, I've noticed I've been getting a lot of the wrong curves. 

I'm probably not alone in this but over the past couple of months I've gotten a huge influx of new followers. On the one hand that's good. It's always nice to see that people are enjoying my blog and the cars and events about which I write and photograph. But the interesting thing is that of my new followers, very few are what I would consider typical old car enthusiasts.

No, the majority of my new followers are rather buxom young lasses who tend to be scantily dressed in their profile photos and do not seem to post anything at all related to the old car hobby. Now I find this humorous and while I have yet to be contacted by any of them I am waiting with baited breath to see what type of scam they are going to try to pull on me. I have a few guesses but don't want to ruin the surprise. So ladies, please, I implore you to contact me so we can chat about your favorite old, classic and collector cars. I'm dying to know your thoughts on a Dino 246 or which generation of Corvette you find the most alluring. Are you a MoPar fan? Which British sports car from the 1950s would you like to see in your garage? If you could own only one vintage pre-War classic, what would it be? Come on ladies, I'm dying to have a chat about cars. So feel free to leave a comment or message me and I'll respond. Oh, and by the way, I'm in desperate need of a new fuel pump for a 1963 T-Bird so if you could spare a few dollars I'd be your friend for life. I promise I'll pay you back.

Hello South Korea. Hello France

 I rarely look at the statistics for my blog. I don't run ads and have no reason to check how many people are clicking on my blog. I know I don't have a lot of readers but that isn't the point for me. I do this blog, as selfish as it sounds, for me. I enjoy it. I love going to automotive events and usually do so with my youngest son who is now a man in his own right.

Still, curiosity gets the better of me from time to time and I take a look at those numbers. Honestly, there aren't very many. Occasionally, like the other day, I will get a huge surge in clicks from one country or another. For example the other day I had 117 views from Germany, all within about a half hour. That tells me one person stumbled across the blog and found enough interesting to click through a number of posts.

But in checking them out recently I've noticed a trend. It seems that lately I have a group of views from both South Korea and France. Oh, the numbers from those countries may go up a few or more for a day but there is always a set minimum number of clicks. I like that. It tells me there are people from those countries who regularly check out the blog. It's nice to know that there are people who enjoy what I write and photograph as much as I enjoy making this. So to you I say, thank you.

If you are one of those people from South Korea or France or any where on Earth actually who regularly follows this blog, I would appreciate it if you would drop me an email at turnerbudds@yahoo.com and say hello. Tell me about your favorite cars or relate any fun car stories. I would love to hear from you. Until then, Happy New Year and happy motoring.

Happy New Year's Eve

Happy New Year's Eve. Today we're celebrating by the truck load as we have some gems from this past year's Pumpkin Run Nationals held at the Clermont County Fair Grounds. Among the trucks on display was a Ford Ranger, a Willys, a 1973 Dodge Tradesman van, a 1949 Chevy 3000, and a 1957 Ford F-100.

Plenty of Pontiacs Made the Pumpkin Run

One of the unique features of the Pumpkin Run Nationals is that each of the Big Three Detroit automakers, Chrysler, Ford and General Motors, each have their own "country" for those enthusiasts to set up camp. Of the three, only one is named for the actual corporation and that's Ford Country. The Chrysler area is called MoPar Country (a name derived from the firm's Motor Parts division) and the GM tract is named Bow Tie Country (for the shape of the Chevy logo). But there is a lot more to Bow Tie Country than just Chevrolets. In fact, a large number of Pontiac cars were on hand including this well used 1968 GTO. There were also GTO models from 1964 and a pair from 1965. In addition there was a Grand Prix and a Tempest.

The Pumpkin Run Saw Plenty of Blue Ovals

The Pumpkin Run Nationals sets aside specific areas for each of the Big Three automakers out of Detroit for those who want to park with fellow aficionados. Ford generally has a pretty large turnout and this year's event was no different. Among them was a well preserved Model A, a second generation Thunderbird, an actual living, breathing Pinto, another Model A, a war era coupe, a Mercury Comet, a Fairlane, and a 1963 Falcon Spirit.

MoPar Machines Were There To Pump Up the Pumpkin Run

One of the many unique things about the Pumpkin Run Nationals is the fact that they have huge sections set aside for each of the big three from Detroit. Each area or what they call a country, is filled with great examples of that brand. For example, a large number of MoPar machines turned out for this year's event including a 1964 Plymouth Barracuda, which was technically the very first pony car to go on sale, beating the Ford Mustang to market by two whole weeks. Also on display was a modified 1966 Satellite, a 1931 Chrysler coupe, a 1974 Road Runner, a 1934 Plymouth four door sedan, and a couple examples of the Dodge Coronet.

Back To the Pumpkin Run

Today we are heading back to the Pumpkin Run Nationals. This is by far the largest old car event in the region. This three day festival of automobiles had over 2000 vehicles on the Clermont County Fairgrounds on the first day alone. This was despite the threat of rain that was fallout from Hurricane Ian that had made its way north and inland. But the weekend turned out to be absolutely beautiful and brought out cars such as this 1971 Checker Marathon station wagon. Yes, Checker, the same company that at one time was a leading manufacturer of taxi cabs. With all of the entrants having to be from 1974 and earlier it meant that some great and not often seen cars were on hand. I'll be posting from this amazing event for quite a while so you will get to see a lot of what was on hand. I hope you enjoy.

Wrapping Up the Bethel Americal Legion Show

The 30th Anniversary of the Bethel American Legion Post 406 Car Show was held under near perfect conditions and drew in excess of 100 vehicles of all types. Today I'll be posting the last of the pictures from this show. As always, let me know what you thought by either leaving a comment (no ads, please) or by dropping me an email at turnerbudds@yahoo.com. The cars in this batch include an Oldsmobile Cutlass, a Ford Gran Torino, an AMC AMX, a 1974 Dodge Challenger, a Coronet 500, a well used Chevy II, a nicely restored 1966 Chevy Deuce in the Nova trim, and a Pontiac Firebird.