solon cruise pix:

[a_d_a_m]

went to the cruise @ solon commons today. it was just me and colin (Chief2000P71), and one each of our friends. woulda liked to have seen a couple more panthers there, but it was kinda last minute.

i'm not real thrilled with how the pictures came out. the cars were parked so close together that it was hard to get solo shots of the cars. plus, my camera's a piece of garbage. but if you wanna check 'em out, here they are.

since i had no idea where i was going, i followed colin. i wanted to get a picture from the side, but traffic was kind of uhhh...brainless. so this is the best i could do, but i'll try to do better on saturday:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/solon/IMG_1366.jpg

perched in place, and although the parking lot looks empty, it filled up fast:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/solon/IMG_1367.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/solon/IMG_1368.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/solon/IMG_1369.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/solon/IMG_1370.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/solon/IMG_1371.jpg

[a_d_a_m]

after opening the hoods, colin lamented over his non-functional underhood light. i just happened to have a spare in my trunk that was hijacked from a retired P71 and that i couldn't really see myself needing. so, here's the only shot of either of us "wrenching" on the cars, and that's colin on the left and his friend terry on the right:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/solon/IMG_1372.jpg

three of what would eventually be four GTO's:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/solon/IMG_1373.jpg

my car > the grand national. http://www.crownvic.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/default/laugh.gif it was kinda beat up.
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/solon/IMG_1374.jpg

okay, i lied, there's another underhood shot but i don't know how this got out of order:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/solon/IMG_1375.jpg

FAILPIC. i was trying to go for something cool but just came up way short:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/solon/IMG_1377.jpg

over the top? yes. awesome? yes:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/solon/IMG_1378.jpg

i liked this car better when i was under the impression that the numbers were painted on. imagine my surprise to find that they were MAGNETIC:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/solon/IMG_1379.jpg

sinister!
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/solon/IMG_1381.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/solon/IMG_1382.jpg

[a_d_a_m]

my friend andy wanted me to take this picture, and it came out like crap, but this car was clean as a whistle and just about 100% original:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/solon/IMG_1383.jpg

colin took off and i was still waiting on the 50/50 drawing, so i got bored and took two more pictures:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/solon/IMG_1385.jpg

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w110/jackiegleason/solon/IMG_1386.jpg

[Merc220A]

So I am assuming your buddies car is a retired Cleveland Hts police car??? What year is it?

[a_d_a_m]

yes, it's a retired CHPD...a 2000.

[pantheroc]

Damn and I took the MM to work yesterday and passed right by the solon cruise on the way home.

[a_d_a_m]

ahhhhhhh, dammit!
we might go next week.

[Pops]

Gotta like the flathead Ford! Looks like it was a good time and thanks for sharing!