Awesome Classic Car

Tucson Car Show

A few years ago I attended a car show in Tucson that was filled with classic cars and hot rods and every type of car you could imagine. Walking around in the heat wasn’t fun but I managed to suck it up and take photos of all the cars and this video of my walk around the show. The Pima college car show had a ton of cars. I went both days.

We start off with a nice 1957 Chevy and some 1930’s Ford hot rods. It was hard to take photos since all the cars are in the shade under the canopies.

I really liked the Dj’s set up in the cargo trailer. I think I will have to make one of them for myself someday. There is some silence in the video when I approach the dj booth because YouTube took out the background music as always.

There are a lot of bucket cars and some rat rods that were cool. When I made the video I was on the search for Cadillacs for our sister site Cadillac Country Club but there were none at the show.

1999 Chevy Suburban From The Sopranos

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This was the car that Tony Soprano used in the first seasons of the TV show the Sopranos before he switched to the Cadillac Escalade. I took this video in Las Vegas. While it isn’t a classic it is pretty cool to see this up close.

This car was auctioned off at Barrett-Jackson. Below are the details. You can see the auction info on Barrett-Jackson’s page

This 1999 Chevrolet Suburban was the actual vehicle utilized in the award-winning HBO series “The Sopranos” by the main character, Tony Soprano, portrayed by the late actor James Gandolfini. Owners after Tony Soprano are left an autographed message within driver’s side sun visor: “Be Nice To My Car – James Gandolfini.” Only two identical Suburbans were purchased new by Movie Time Cars who provided vehicles to Soprano Productions Inc.

The Suburban includes a letter from the CEO of Movie Time Cars documenting use of the vehicle during film production. This particular Suburban was utilized for interior-shots enhancing its desirability due to the known presence of approximately a dozen actors and actresses seen inside and around the vehicle. As the interior-shot vehicle, this Suburban was utilized for the signature introductory scene of Tony Soprano driving home through New Jersey during the opening credits beginning every episode.

Other notable scenes include rescuing Christopher Moltisanti and Paulie Gualtieri from the woods in “Pine Barrens,” the assassination attempt on Tony Soprano in “Isabella,” and driving Salvatore Bonpensiero to disappear after Tony discovers Salvatore is providing the FBI with information in “Fun House.” Also included is a selection of significant screen-used props and production items.

Notable screen-used items include wardrobe pieces worn by Christopher Moltisanti, FBI photos used to track mob rankings, the Key Largo wall-hanging seen during the explosive scene between Tony and Carmela in “Whitecaps,” and the actual statue of Saint Elzear in “The Ride.” Notable production items include a confidential script of the last episode “Made in America” and twenty production set blueprints. The props and production items include letters of authenticity directly from individuals involved in the show.

Imperial Palace Auto Collections January 31st 2010

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This just showed up in my Facebook memories so I thought I would repost it here

Imperial Palace Auto Collections (Now called The Quad)

I just came back from one of my favorite places Las Vegas. I go two or three times a year and always head over to the Imperial Palace Auto Collections show. There is usually some classic Cadillac’s there among the many many cars that I wish I owned. I was quite surprised though that there was not as many Cadillac’s as usual. They only had 3 Cadillac’s on the floor and two were ones that I had already seen. The 1935 that was owned by WC Fields and the so-called 1959 with the TV that I have taken numerous pictures of in the past.

https://youtu.be/QybVpw3rzkw

The third Cadillac was nothing special, it was a 1990 with low miles and it looked just like my neighbors car that he uses everyday to go to work. The car was super clean but nothing special to me. Maybe 20 years from now I would appreciate it more. Guess this place just spoils me and I am always looking for vintage Cadillac’s. There were plenty of 1930’s Rolls Royces there and many big old Lincolns but the Cadillac’s have seemed to disappear. Maybe collectors are buying them up?

I spoke to one of the guys working there about the 1959 and told him about all the emails I received about that car and he really didn’t have that much info on the car. I did notice that all the signs on the car have been changed, they no longer say that Lars owned the car and makes no mention of Harley Earles “skunkworks” shop. It just says the car was restored somewhat in 2002. Below is the video I made last time I was at the show of the 1935. I will get the new pictures and videos up as soon as I can. If you plan on going to the Casino and seeing all the cars make sure you get a Harrah’s Total Rewards card. You can get free admission to the show if you do a little gambling before you go in. Anyway you can save some money in Las Vegas it is a good thing.