“I had over two hundred thousand miles on the engine when I put it down in my garage”, Sue said. “I had reverse, but I was losing third, and my speedometer wasn’t working and my odometer wasn’t working. I had to gauge how far I was driving so I wouldn’t run out of gas and finally I decided it was about time I needed to put the car up.”
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Mary’s 1948 Chevrolet Stylemaster Is A Sweet Thing
Mary learned to drive in a 1967 Oldsmobile 442 with a manual transmission. “I only had two problems,” Mary said. “I had to sit on a cushion to see over the dash and I turned a good set of street tires into slicks before I got control of the pesky clutch. “
Sun Coast Cruisers Monthly Cruise-In
The Sun Coast Cruisers Monthly Cruise-in April 17, 2010 at Smithfield’s Chicken N’ Bar-B-Q in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Sandra and Her 1965 Mercury Comet GT Caliente
Sandra had some money saved and the 1965 Mercury Comet GT Caliente was in her care a week later. “Billy talked me into it and I ended up paying for it; that’s why I call it mine,” Sandra explained. “So it always has my name when we go to anything. It’s my car. Billy and his brother-in-law had no idea I would buy it.”
Cruising Back To The Beach With The Sun Coast Cruisers
Back to the Beach. Say those four words to a classic car owner in south eastern North Carolina, and they will immediately think of the Sun Coast Cruisers’ annual car show. The Back to the Beach car show was held March 13, 2010 at the Fort Fisher USAF Recreation Area in Kure Beach, NC.
Sheri and Her II Chevys
“My husband bought it because I already had my car,” Sheri stated. “I have a 1964 Chevy II Nova and he wanted a car too so he picked this one up. Today he went fishing so I got to pick between the Chevy Chevelle and the Chevy Nova as to which one to bring to the show.”
Alice’s Forgotten 1969 Ford Thunderbird
“I see men give me a smile, like yeah, ok, she has a car, and every so often you see the women elbow there husband and whisper, ‘she has a car’. And if you’re that wife go ahead and stab your husband in the ribs and say, ‘hey she has a car.’ And if you want one, get one, and have that sense of pride.”
Back to the Beach Brings Hot Rod Cruising To Pleasure Island
Sun Coast Cruisers’ Back to the Beach brings hot rods, classic cars, and muscle cars to Pleasure Island, home to the coast Carolina towns of Carolina Beach and Kure Beach.
1972 Mercury Comet GT Original Owner Is Presented 2nd Carsolina BST of Show Award
This 1972 Mercury Comet GT was sold January 31, 1972 at Montgomery Motors in Troy, North Carolina to Elford and he has owned it ever since.