Pausing Coverage At Lawrenceburg With Some Pre-War Gems

Today will be the last post from the 8th Annual Cruisin' To A Cure For ALS show in Lawrenceburg for a while so that I can post from other shows. With over 1000 cars and trucks on hand for this event to help fund ALS research, it's impossible to post everything in one stretch. The event raised over $20,000 and to date has brought in over a quarter of a million. For this wrap up post I am highlighting some of the oldest cars at the show, those pre-war gems. Among them is a Ford Deluxe, some Ford Coupes, a Ford TT truck, a restomod Ford sedan, and a Chevy sedan.

Pontiacs Fought ALS

 For 98 years Pontiac was a major portion of the General Motors Corporation. It sat just above Chevrolet but below Oldsmobile. Founded in 1926 as an upscale member of the Oakland line, by 1933 it had overtaken its partner line and found itself as its own brand. Seen as a solid family car, that all changed in the 1960s when division head John DeLorean helped usher in the muscle car era. The line was shuttered in 2010 as part of GMs cost cutting measures. Still, Pontiac continues to have a very strong group of supporters. That's why there were so many at the 8th Annual Cruisin' To A Cure For ALS show in Lawrenceburg. Among them was a GTO along with a stuffed goat, a LeMans, an earlier GTO, a Bonneville, a Firebird, a LeMans convertible, and a GTO convertible.

Oldsmobiles Were In Lawrenceburg

 For 137 years Oldsmobile was a mainstay on the American automotive scene. Fitting nicely between Pontiac and Buick in General Motors' plan to have a car for every budget, Olds was originally founded in 1897 by Ransom E. Olds. In 1901 it produced 635 cars which made it the largest producing gasoline car maker. In 1904 Olds had left the company due to disputes with other top management and in November, 1908 the firm was bought by GM. In 2004 Oldsmobile became the victim of GM's cost cutting and the brand was shuttered. Still, there are a lot of enthusiasts of the line and many brought their gems to the 8th Annual Cruisin' To A Cure For ALS show in Lawrenceburg.  Among them was a Hurst/Olds 455, a couple of Cutlass models, a 1955 Super 88, a couple of 442 models, a 1966 Cutlass F-85, a 1955 Holiday, and a 1952 Series 88.

Mustangs Came To Fight ALS

The Ford Mustang is one of the greatest success stories in the automotive industry. A sporty, inexpensive car aimed at the growing youth market, the car was basically cobbled out of parts bins, primarily that of the Falcon. It became instantly popular and, though it technically wasn't the first "pony" car to hit the market, that being the Plymouth Barracuda by mere days, it was by far the most successful. That's one reason there were so many on hand at the 8th Annual Cruisin' To A Cure For ALS show in Lawrenceburg. Here are just a few that were part of the more than 1000 cars and trucks on hand that day.

MoPar Rolled Into Lawrenceburg

Lawrenceburg hosted the 8th Annual Cruisin' To A Cure For ALS this past spring and saw over 1000 cars and trucks line the city's main street. Among them were a number of MoPar classics such as a Dodge Challenger R/T, a 1948 Plymouth DeLuxe, a Plymouth Duster, a 1970 Plymouth GTX, a Barracuda, a Dodge coupe, a 1973 Plymouth 'Cuda, and a rarely seen Plymouth VIP.

Foreign Cars Invaded Lawrenceburg

When a show has in excess of 1000 vehicles it is easy to imagine that a good number of them would be foreign imports. While the 8th Annual Cruisin' To A Cure For ALS show in Lawrenceburg exceeded that number it as surprising that not very many were foreign. Among the foreigners at the show was a Jaguar XJ-S V12, a Lexus, a Mazda MX-5 Miata, a 1993 Honda Accord, a 1990 Miata, a Jaguar XE, a Porsche 356, a Toyota Celica, a Lamborghini Gallardo, and a 2001 Jaguar XKR Silverstone. I post these in honor of my birthday.

Low Riders In Lawrenceburg

I've written about the history of low riders before (https://turnerbudds-carblog.blogspot.com/2022/11/all-my-friends-know-low-rider.html) and quite a few rolled into Lawrenceburg to be part of the 8th Annual Cruisin' To A Cure For ALS show. Here are some of them.