Gary Ghertner's Time Machine

the bandstand

Another helluva night for cruisin’ Bensenville with perfect weather, lit up trees in the park and a bright moon, although not well paced for many car photos. And sadly, the season for Cruise Nights in Bensenville came to an end.

The three piece Soul Patch Monkey band entertained and they covered lots of Beatles tunes. My teaser gallery for the event includes night shots, because that’s my favorite, but I have many daylight images that I will post when I catch up.

My teaser gallery of night shots is here and a section devoted to familiar cars (to avid readers of my blog) is at this link. Two new cars, of Frank and Frank, Jr,  being original, special and having matching numbers can be found here. Click on this for my music section.

1954 Mercury Monterey

Stu’s orange, restored original, 1954 Mercury Monterey drew my attention the moment it backed in. Would you argue with me if I said this car is a ‘time machine’? He’s only had it since January 2012. This was the first year Ford Motor company went to the Y-block eight cylinder motor, with overhead valves; abandoning the long employed flat-head V-8 motors. He did a lot of electrical rewiring work already. The motor is a 256 with 161 horsepower; the carburetor needs to be cleaned so performance isn’t yet up to par. He’s the third owner.