With Rob being busy with judging duties until the early part of the afternoon, I headed back inside the speedway to check out more of the Auto Fair. Thankfully, Mother Nature was in a much better mood today !

1965 Chevrolet Impala SS.

The fender emblem says "427." But the 427 wasn't available in 1965.

1963 Ford Galaxie 500XL, asking $19,500.

Has a 352 CID V8 with a/c.

1991 Nissan Figaro.

The Figaro is a one-year only retro styled convertible designed and built for the Japanese market. All 20,000 cars produced are right-hand drive.

This design is known as a Fixed-Profile convertible because the center section of the roof retracts leaving the outline of the hardtop roof still in place.

The beautiful weather meant the Dodge Thrill Rides were up and running.

The Dodge Thrill Rides gave a passenger the opportunity to experience a drift-style "thrill ride" in a Hellcat, (either a Challenger or Charger). The Challenger seen in the photos above was a 6-speed manual car.

A few Chevrolet Corvairs from the local Corvair Club were on display outside of the Showcase Pavilion.

Display of Chevrolet Corvairs from the local Corvair club.

Charlotte area Corvair club display.

1969 Chevrolet Corvair Monza convertible, 1 of 521 made that year.

Another rare 1969 Chevrolet Corvair Monza convertible.

1961 Chevrolet Corvair Lakewood wagon.

I headed out into the vendor areas to check out what was there. The split-window design identifies this as a 1963 Chevrolet Corvette body.

1963 Chevrolet Corvette body.

A blurry picture of some of the vendors in the infield. The Car Corral, (i.e. cars for sale), was positioned on the track while the vendors were in the infield.

1950 Ford F800 truck, asking $8,500. The signage says this truck now has a Chevrolet 454 CID V8.

1966 Belvedere II, asking $32,900.

1948 Lincoln Continental Club Coupe, asking $18,500.

The info displayed with the car says the previous owner found the car in Charlotte at a local used car dealer in 1957. By that time, the original flathead V12 had already been replaced with a 1950 Oldsmobile V8. He bought the car and only drove it locally before parking it in 1965. The odometer shows around 41k miles.

This is actually an extremely rare car, being 1 of 847 coupes made that year.

This is a very familiar sight ! If you have a lot of parts to display, you lay a giant tarp on the ground and put as much stuff out as possible.

This brings back a lot of great memories from my Carlisle days.

Engines for sale (L - R): Chevrolet "W" motor Tri-Power V8, 1957 - 58 Dodge 328 CID V8, 1956 DeSoto 330 CID V8, not sure what the far-right block is.

This vendor had numerous project vehicles for sale.

1950 Ford Custom convertible, asking $25,500.

This car was extremely nice and featured a modern 5.0L V8.

1954 Nash Metropolitan convertible, asking $3,500.

The Metropolitan was a very unusual car. Nash Motors was exploring the idea of producing a small economical commuter car, something that could be marketed as a "second car" for the family. The problem was that creating the tooling to manufacture an all-new design was extremely expensive. So in a strange twist, Nash looked to England where small cars were the norm. British car body manufacturer Fisher & Ludlow supplied the body. Mechanical components were sourced from Austin who also did the final assembly.

In other words, the Metropolitan was an American-designed car marketed exclusively in North America that was completely manufactured and assembled in England. Even so, it was fairly successful with almost 95,000 being sold. This car is 1 of 13,095 built in 1954.

Even though the car needs restored, it comes with a rebuilt engine and new clutch/pressure plate/throw-out bearing. I'm not sure about the "1600 Engine." Everything I see says the Met's engine was a 1.5L.

1966 Lincoln Continental convertible, asking $27,500.

The 1961 - 1966 Lincoln Continental convertible is one of my all-time favorites !

This car was advertised as highly optioned. It's also quite rare, being 1 of 3,180 convertibles made in 1966.

1966 Ford Fairlane 500.

Good looking 1966 Ford Fairlane 500.

International C-Series truck.

This truck was pulling out of its space as I walked by. My best guess is that this is probably a 1962 or 1963 model. I would also guess that the giant wheels aren't original, but I have no idea.

1962 Pontiac Catalina.

Pontiac stylists did a great job with its products in the 1960s, both inside and out.

Beautiful 1962 Pontiac Catalina.

More parts vendors.

This tent was full of intake manifolds and carburetor parts.

1987 Buick Grand National, asking $24,500.

The intercooled 1986 and 1987 Buick Grand Nationals have shot up in value lately, even the modified cars like this one.