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OF ROBERT D. WEST
Bomber Cruise-In 2008
On July 27, 2008, the Bomber Restaurant in Milwaukie, Oregon held a Cruise-In, hosted by the Cadillac-LaSalle Club. The Bomber is a Portland area landmark: a B-17G Flying Fortress that has been here since 1947, originally sheltering a 40-pump gas station. After local pilot and gas station owner Art Lacey accepted a $5 bet that he couldn't install such a plane over his station, he spent $13,750 to purchase this war-surplus Flying Fortress (one of the last built; the war ended before it could be put into service) and flew it from Oklahoma to Oregon. The Bomber was installed over the gas station in 1947, and a Drive In was added in 1948. The gas station closed in 1991, and the B-17 has been under restoration since 1996.
The
Bomber has its own World War II museum, which contains a gun turret and
the restored nose section of the B-17. The cockpit section is currently
being restored in Aurora, Oregon. As sections are restored, they will be
put on display here until all sections are complete and the plane can be
fully reassembled.
Now, to the cars...
1970
Chevrolet El Camino
1978
GMC Sierra Grande 15 Pickup
1955 Cadillac Coupe de Ville
1951 DeSoto Custom
1957 Ford Fairlane 500
Yellowstone Park Company 1926 Lincoln Model L Touring Car
1958
Chevrolet Apache
1960
Cadillac Sixty-Two Hardtop Coupe
1964
Pontiac Catalina
1973
Datsun Pickup
1967
Chevrolet Pickup
1967
Chevrolet Camaro RS Convertible
1967
Ford Mustang Coupe
1966
Chevrolet Chevelle SS
1988-1991
Jaguar XJ-S Convertible
1979
Pontiac Firebird
1956
Chevrolet Two-Ten Townsman
1969
Chevrolet Camaro SS 396
1937
Ford Coupe
1929
Ford Model A Town Sedan
1928
Ford Model A Pickup
1940 Ford 1-1/2
Ton Flatbed Truck
John Deere Model
B Tractor
2007
Shelby GT500 Super Snake
1997
Ford Mustang Cobra Convertible
1941-48
Studebaker M-Series pickup
1973
Mercury Cougar XR-7 Convertible
1974
Dodge Dart Sport
1983
Cadillac Sedan de Ville
1955 Nash Ambassador Super
1966
Cadillac Coupe de Ville
1972-75
Ford Pinto Runabout
1969
Chevrolet Pickup
1938
Chevrolet Master Deluxe Business Coupe
1959 Cadillac Eldorado Seville
1937
Chevrolet Master Deluxe Sedan
1969
Chevrolet Camaro RS SS Coupe
1923
Ford Model T Runabout
1964
Cadillac customized retractable hardtop
1954 Chevrolet
Corvette
1957
Cadillac Coupe de Ville
1972
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
1933
Plymouth Coupe
1970
Cadillac Coupe de Ville
1976
Cadillac Coupe de Ville
1964
Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz Convertible
1946
Cadillac Sixty-Two Coupe
1959
Cadillac 6-Window Sedan de Ville
1956
Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz
1966
Cadillac Eldorado Convertible
1948
Cadillac Sixty-Two Convertible
1935 Cadillac
355-D Coupe
1973
Plymouth Roadrunner
1964
Lincoln Continental Sedan
1965
Plymouth Belvedere
1940 Oldsmobile Touring Sedan
1960
DeSoto Adventurer Hardtop Coupe
1953
Cadillac Sixty-Two Convertible
1969
Hurst/Oldsmobile 4-4-2
1937
Oldsmobile Sedan
1987
Toyota Pickup
1977
Datsun 280Z
1951
Chevrolet Fleetline 2-Door Sedan
1954
Chevrolet Two-Ten 2-Door Sedan
1955
Studebaker Hardtop Coupe
1968
Volkswagen Dune Buggy
1959
Cadillac Sixty-Two Convertible
1998
Mitsubishi Eclipse
1973
Plymouth Barracuda
1994
Chevrolet Camaro Z28
2001
Cadillac Eldorado ETC
1996
Ford Mustang GT Coupe
1969
Dodge Charger R/T 440
1940
Ford Convertible
1957
Chevrolet One-Fifty 4-Door Sedan
1976
Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz
1972
MGB
1972
Chevrolet C10 Stepside Pickup
1974
Sundance Ski Boat
1999
GMC Sierra Pickup
1954
Chevrolet Bel Air Hardtop Coupe
1954
Ford Crestline Convertible
1966
Chevrolet Pickup
1968
Oldsmobile Cutlass Convertible
1969
Chevrolet Camaro RS Coupe
1957
Cadillac Series 62 Hardtop Coupe
1927
Ford Model T Pickup
1934
Ford Sedan Delivery
1959
Cadillac Sixty-Two 4-Window Sedan
1977
Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme Coupe
1966
Chevrolet Impala Hardtop Coupe
1971
Chevrolet Impala Hardtop Coupe
1969
Chevrolet C10 Pickup
1959
Cadillac Coupe de Ville
1969
Volkswagen Beetle
1960
Chevrolet Impala Convertible
1990-1992
Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham
1957
Ford F-100 Pickup
1951
Chevrolet Sedan Delivery
1949
Chevrolet Fleetline 2-Door Sedan
1961
Ford Falcon 2-Door Sedan
1966
Ford Ranchero
1969
Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Coupe
1962
Chevrolet Chevy II Nova Convertible
1962
Chevrolet Corvette
1936
Plymouth Convertible
1951
Volkswagen Beetle
1963
Ford Thunderbird (custom bodywork)
1937
Ford Minotti 3-Window Phantom Coupe
1941
Willys 4-Door Sedan
1971
Chevrolet Pickup
1967
Ford Fairlane 500 Hardtop Coupe
MGB
1961
Buick LeSabre 2-Door Sedan
1975
Chevrolet Corvette
1955
Ford Fairlane Club Sedan
1967
Chevrolet Chevelle SS Hardtop Coupe
Custom
Trike based on 1962 Chevrolet Corvair
1943
Ford GPW
1952
Plymouth Wagon
1966
Ford Fairlane 500 Hardtop Coupe
1969
Chevrolet Corvette Stingray
1966
Plymouth Sport Fury Hardtop Coupe
1986
Chevrolet Camaro Z28 IROC-Z
1996
Chevrolet Camaro SS
1988
Lincoln Mark VII
1968-1972
Volkswagen Type 2
1959
Chevrolet Impala Convertible
1957
Buick Caballero
1954
Harley-Davidson Hummer
2003
Ford Mustang Cobra SVT Convertible
1963
Chevrolet Corvair Convertible
1964
Ford Fairlane Hardtop Coupe
1967
Chevrolet Camaro RS SS 396 Coupe
1967
Chevrolet Camaro RS SS Convertible
1981
Pontiac Trans Am
1957
Ford Fairlane 500 Skyliner
1955
Buick Special Convertible
1956
Buick Special Convertible
1964
AC Cobra Daytona
1972
Chevrolet El Camino
1968
Pontiac Firebird
1966
Pontiac Tempest Custom Hardtop Coupe
1973
Dodge Challenger
1963
Plymouth Belvedere
1962
Chevrolet Chevy II Nova 2-Door Sedan
1967
Ford Mustang Coupe
1965
Ford F-100 Pickup
Also See:
2008 Cruisin' Sherwood Car Show
2008 Portland International Auto Show
2007 Unique Tin Car Show
2003 Northwest Car Collectors Car Show & Swap Meet
1996 Rainier Days Parade & Car Show
All website content, including graphics and pictures are © Robert D. West unless otherwise noted. Content is not to be used out of the context of this webpage without expressed permission. Any opinions expressed herein are mine and are not necessarily shared by the Milwaukee School of Engineering, or anyone else.
Questions? Comments? Critiques? Corrections? Concerns? Email me at westr@msoe.edu.