West Chester, Ohio – Despite a slight drizzle of rain and temperatures starting in the low 50s, the final Cars & Coffee event of the season hosted by the local Cars & Coffee West Chester group drew-in an amazing collection of vintage muscle, modern exotics, and some otherwise rare rides to the northern Cincinnati, Ohio suburb. Check out the photos below and see for yourself.
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Look closely, that’s a supercharged C7 Z06. (Image/OnAllCylinders)(Image/OnAllCylinders)(Image/OnAllCylinders)Built by Crosley Motors of Cincinnati, Ohio, the Hot Shot Super Sports can rightfully claim the title of America’s First Postwar Sports Car—sorry Corvette fans. (Image/OnAllCylinders)We can only assume the hockey mask-wearing passenger is a reference to the upcoming Halloween season. Or maybe they’re big Bernie Parent fans. It’s cool either way. (Image/OnAllCylinders)(Image/OnAllCylinders)This is a well-assembled Gazelle kit car powered by what (we think) is a Ford Lima four-banger. (Image/OnAllCylinders)Sadly, Bill Hickman was nowhere to be found. (Image/OnAllCylinders)(Image/OnAllCylinders)Into old Toyotas? You might like this too: The First-Gen Celica GT was Toyota’s Take on the 1960s Muscle Car (Image/OnAllCylinders)There were a pair of VW Beetles at the show too. Let’s get a closer look at that one in the back… (Image/OnAllCylinders) (Image/OnAllCylinders)The red Bug in particular had an impressively clean engine bay. (Image/OnAllCylinders)Now discontinued, the Focus ST is still a potent autocross performer. (Image/OnAllCylinders)A super rare Golf R showed up too, the R32 example here makes close to 250 horsepower. (Image/OnAllCylinders)(Image/OnAllCylinders)If seeing a 1963 Split Window Corvette isn’t cool enough, you see the license plate and realize it’s about to get a lot cooler… (Image/OnAllCylinders)…Yup, this one’s equipped with Rochester Mechanical Fuel Injection. And if you like C2 Vettes, you may enjoy this too: A Look Back at the Corvette’s C2 (1963-67) Sting Ray Generation (Image/OnAllCylinders)Type RRRRRRRrrrrrrrrr. (Image/OnAllCylinders)An LS-swapped Camaro… (Image/OnAllCylinders)…Not an LS-swapped Camaro. (Image/OnAllCylinders)This GMC dually is sporting a Ram-sourced Cummins diesel swap. (Image/OnAllCylinders)See? Told ya. (Image/OnAllCylinders)Plenty of late-model muscle was on the scene too. (Image/OnAllCylinders)When was the last time you saw a Saab 900? Talk about a design that’s aged well, *chef’s kiss*. (Image/OnAllCylinders)Dig Cutlasses? (Cutli?) Here’s an article you might like: Check Out This Short History on the Oldsmobile Cutlass (Image/OnAllCylinders)And speaking of second-gen GM A-bodies, here’s another Chevelle. With an LS-swap, no less. (Image/OnAllCylinders)There was a super-clean Grand National at the show as well, though some rain drizzle on our camera lens obfuscated our main picture. But here’s a shot of its engine bay. Oh, and we’ve got another article for the Buick faithful out there: A Grand Quest: We Hopped in a Buick Grand National to Search for an Ultra-Rare GNX (Image/OnAllCylinders)
Paul is the editor of OnAllCylinders. When he's not writing, you'll probably find him fixing oil leaks in a Jeep CJ-5 or roof leaks in an old Corvette ragtop. Thanks to a penchant for vintage Honda motorcycles, he spends the rest of his time fiddling with carburetors and cleaning chain lube off his left pant leg.
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