The Main Street Closes for Headin' for the Hill

 

The city of North College Hill does a lot to accommodate the annual Headin' for the Hill Car Show. The event regularly draws around 150 cars and trucks who come out to enjoy the food, music and car community all while raising money for local youth charities and the Disabled American Veterans. Basically, the city shuts down a stretch of West Galbraith Road that runs through the heart of the city so that the vehicles can line up and be enjoyed. This year's event saw a number of fine automobiles including a Chevrolet Corvair, a Pontiac GTO, a 1963 Ford Fairlane 500, an Oldsmobile 442 convertible, a Dodge Aspen R/T, and a Plymouth Volare. 

Camaro was Headin' for the Hill

 

Introduced for the 1967 model year, the Chevrolet Camaro had the nearly impossible task of competing with the Ford Mustang in the new "pony car" market. During development the internal code name for the car was the Panther. This was never intended to be the actual name. Camaro was chosen as Chevy had a long line of cars starting with a C. Supposedly, when the name was announced by Chevy, a reporter asked just what is a Camaro? The response, "A small, vicious animal that eats mustangs." While the Camaro never ate the Mustang, it has long been a valiant opponent selling strongly over the years. That's one reason why there were so many on hand for the Headin' for the Hill Car Show in North College Hill. Here are some that were lining up that day.

Headin' For the Hill Had Beautiful Weather

 

Beautiful weather and an iconic car show just seem to go together. This year's Headin' for the Hill car show saw absolutely perfect weather and about 150 cars and trucks roll into North College Hill for this annual, popular event. The show raises money for local kids' charities as well as the Disabled American Veterans. Among the rides on hand this time around was a beautiful 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle, a Plymouth Prowler, a Volkswagen based dune buggy, a 1956 Chevy Bel Air, a Chevy Monte Carlo, and a Chevrolet Corvair. 

Happy Halloween, We're Headin' for the Hill

 

My post to kick off coverage of the annual Headin' for the Hill car show in North College Hill just happens to be today, Halloween. No tricks, though, just treats as about 150 cars and trucks rolled into this small city to line its main street and raise money for local kids' charities as well as the Disabled American Veterans. Among the vehicles on hand was a well-worn Dodge coupe, a nicely restored restomod Chevrolet coupe, a 1952 Ford Fairlane, a well preserved Rambler, a 1977 Chevy El Camino SS, and an Oldsmobile 442. 

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Wrapping Up the Tri-State GTO Club Show

 

Today I'm wrapping up this year's Tri-State GTO Club Car Show. Held at Quaker Steak and Lube, the show suffered from a lot of competition and this year saw just over 30 vehicles take part. As always, feel free to let me know what you thought of this event by either leaving a comment (no ads, please, they just get deleted) or by dropping me an email at turnerbudds@yahoo.com. Among the cars on display was a Chevrolet 3100 pick-up truck, a 1955 Chevy Bel Air, a 1972 Chevy Malibu, a 1963 Studebaker Avanti, a 1956 Chevy Bel Air, a Chevy Camaro Yenko SC, and an Oldsmobile 442.

Host Cars Were on Hand at the Tri-State GTO Club Car Show

 

What happened when Pontiac dropped the 326 cubic inch V8 engine from their full-size Grand Prix into the much smaller second-generation Tempest? The muscle car was born. With a name "borrowed" from the iconic racing Ferrari 250 GTO (Gran Torismo Omolagato, meaning grand tourer homologated), the Pontiac GTO was sold as a high-performance street machine. Introduced in 1964 as a trim of the Tempest LeMans (itself initially a trim and sold on performance), the GTO lasted through four generations and the 1974 model year, only to be relaunched in 2004 and run through 2006. As could be expected, there were quite a few Pontiac GTOs on hand for this year's Tri-State GTO Club Car Show held at Quaker Steak and Lube. Here are a bunch of them.

Small Turnout of Interesting Cars

 

The Tri-State GTO Club show this past summer had an uncharacteristically small turnout. In past years this show packed the parking lot of Quaker Steak and Lube but this year just a smidge over 30 vehicles were on hand. Among them was a new Ford Mustang, a Jeep CJ7 Golden Eagle, a 2008 Pontiac G8 GT, a Pontiac Solstice, a Chevrolet Corvette, an Oldsmobile Cutlass W-31, and a restomod 1935 Chevy Master Deluxe.