I headed to a small car show today at the Barrett Funeral Home in Crawford, Georgia.

Crawford is a short drive east of my house along US Rt 78. I arrived to find Barrett's cars out front. The car seen in the photo above is a Cadillac hearse.

The Cadillac is a Superior conversion. Superior was a coachbuilder that specialized in professional cars, (hearses, flower cars, ambulances, etc), and school buses that existed from 1909 - 1980.

Behind the Cadillac was a Buick Terraza funeral car. I've never seen one before.

The Buick is an Eagle Coach Company conversion. Eagle Coach was founded in 1982 when Hess & Eisenhardt sold its Cincinnati, Ohio funeral car division.

Eagle Coach called this Buick Terraza conversion the "Tradition." I'm reading where a similar conversion was available for the Chevrolet Uplander that was called the "Alternative."

The actual show was held in back parking area. It was hard not to notice this new Ford F450 on my way around the building.

1929 Ford Model A pickup.

Ford replaced it's long running and extremely successful Model T with the Model A for 1928. But unlike the Model T that was produced for 19 model years, the Model A was only produced for 4, (1928 - 1931).

Power comes from Ford's 201 CID inline 4-cylinder that makes 40 hp.

This is an open-cab pickup, body code 76-A, otherwise known as the roadster pickup. A total of 35,825 were produced in 1929 which, itself, isn't exactly rare. But it is compared to the more than 1.7 million total Model As built that year.

1954 Chevrolet Corvette.

1954 was the second year for Chevrolet's 2-seat sports car.

The Corvette was one of four "Dream Cars" produced by General Motors for the 1953 GM Motorama show. Being presented as a "Dream Car" generated a good bit of publicity. Chevrolet intentionally limited production during the Corvette's introductory year of 1953 to 300 cars in an effort to help create a demand.

For 1954, the Corvette got its own assembly plant in St. Louis, Missouri that had the capacity to produce 10,000 cars per year. The problem was that the initial Corvette with its side curtain windows, underwhelming power level, 2-speed automatic transmission, and a few nagging quality issues, didn't attract that many buyers. The fact that it cost almost as much as a Cadillac didn't help the cause.

Production increased to 3,460 cars for 1954, or about one-third of the assembly plant's capacity. To make matter worse, a significant percentage of those cars remained unsold at the end of the model year.

This car is finished in Polo White with a red interior and beige convertible top. Of the 3,460 Corvettes produced for 1954, 3,230 of them, (or about 89% of total production), left the factory with this combination.

Power comes from Chevrolet's 235 CID inline 6-cylinder.

The engine's normal 105 hp output was increased to 150 hp for the Corvette via a host of upgrades including a trio of carburetors.

Two interesting things can be seen in the photo above. If you look carefully at the top of the doors, you WON'T see roll-up windows. The Corvette featured removable side curtains. And while they may have been popular on something like a contemporary MG, they didn't go over too well in the Corvette that cost around $2,800, a sizable sum in those days.

And even though that may look like a manual transmission lever in the photo above, it's actually the floor-mounted shifter for the 2-speed automatic transmission, (a manual transmission wouldn't arrive until the following year).

1930 Ford Model A.

Ford Model A bodies were supplied by several different manufacturers, the most common of which were Murray and Briggs. The difference between the two can be seen by looking at the side windows in the photo above. The tops of the side windows of a Murray body are arched. But the tops of the windows are flat on this car and identify it as having a Briggs body.

This is the same 40 hp Ford 201 CID inline 4-cylinder that I saw a couple of spaces ago. The modern looking alternator leads me to believe that this car has been converted to a 12 volt electrical system.

1962 Chevrolet Impala.

My camera decided to focus on the chrome door trim instead of the interior. Even though this isn't what I was trying to do, it does make for a cool picture.

1957 Chevrolet 3100 Series pickup.

This generation of Chevrolet trucks is known as the Task Force series which was produced from 1955 - 1959. The 3100 Series designation identifies this truck as a half-ton model.

The open grill was a 1957-only styling feature.

The wrap-around rear window was an option for Deluxe cab models.

I like the color combination.

A very nicely modified 1957 Chevrolet 3100 Series pickup.

1955 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible.

The Bel Air name was introduced for the 1950 model year to indicate a hardtop coupe body from the upper level Styleline DeLuxe series. Three years later, the series name, "Styleline DeLuxe," was changed to "Bel Air." So beginning in 1953, a Bel Air became available as a coupe, sedan, and convertible. A wagon body style was added in 1954.

On this 1955 model, power comes from Chevrolet's 265 CID V8. This was the first year for the legendary Chevrolet "Small Block" V8.

I really liked the stock restoration.

A beautiful 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air convertible.

1965 Ford Mustang.

Power comes from Ford's 289 CID V8.

This car has vintage air conditioning.

I love the pony details on the seats.

1965 Ford Mustang.

1964 Chevrolet C10 pickup.

1956 Chevrolet Bel Air.

Power comes from a modified small block V8.

This car was part of the 2018 Hot Rod Power Tour.

1972 Chevrolet Nova Yenko tribute.

Canonsburg, Pennsylvania Chevrolet dealer, Don Yenko, made a name for himself in the 1960s by modifying various Chevrolets. His first project was the Stinger, a Corvair modified for SCCA racing. Using the Central Office Production Order (COPO) program, Yenko was able to order cars with options not available through regular ordering channels. A total of 185 Stingers were produced from 1965 - 1967.

When the Camaro arrived in 1967, the biggest engine available from Chevrolet was the RPO L78 396 CID V8 that made 375 hp. Under Yenko's Super Car program, dealership mechanics pulled the 396 and replaced it with the RPO L72 425 hp 427 CID V8. Approximately 107 Camaros were modified in 1967, and another 65 in 1968.

For 1969, Yenko used the COPO program to have the 427 installed at the factory. Approximately 198 Camaros (COPO 9561), and 99 Chevelles (COPO 9562), were produced that year.

Yenko wanted to do the same thing for the 1969 Nova. Like the Camaro, the biggest engine available in a Nova was the L78 396. But Chevrolet declined his request for a factory installation saying that the Nova was too "compact" for the 427. Since Chevrolet said no, Yenko installed the 427 through his Super Car program. A total of 37 were produced and are highly sought after today.

This car is a nicely done tribute to the extremely rare Yenko Nova.

This car is a tribute that features a modified 427 CID V8