A proud couple take turns posing for once-in-a-lifetime photos of their 1940s-vintage Chevrolet sedan with a hulking B-52 bomber in the background at the Kansas Aviation Museum.
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Forty-four vintage Chevrolets turned out for the 8th Annual Southern Fall Tour of the Vintage Chevrolet Club of America. The owners spent four days touring sights in south-central Kansas and northern Oklahoma, behind the wheels of their classic Chevys.
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For the uninitiated, those beautiful plated hood vents distinguish a '30s Chevrolet from a Ford, which used more traditional louvers to help vent engine heat to the outside air.
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A matched pair, a 5-window coupe and a 2-door sedan, showcased Chevy style of the 1930s.
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Using an Air Force tanker as a backdrop, Orpha Eyres prepares to shoot a photo of her husband, Ron, at the wheel of their classic 1936 Chevrolet fire truck.
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One of the later model Chevys was this '54 2-door, with its classically styled vertical tail light assembly.
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Members of the vintage Chevy tour group line up shots of their respective cars posed in front of various military aircraft on the pad adjacent to the Kansas Air Museum in Wichita.
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Two of the most entertaining members of the tour were Al and Rita Severyn, who drove their 1930 Chevrolet coupe all the way from Ohio to Wichita to be part of the festivities. Married for 63 years, the Severyns are in their 80s and say, "The adventure is getting there."
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A 1954 Chevy hardtop is reflected in the windows of the old control tower atop what is now the Kansas Aviation Museum. The car was one of those on a multi-day tour of the Ark City/Wichita area recently.
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While tour members made their way through the indoor exhibits at the Kansas Aviation Museum, their vintage Chevrolets posed obligingly outside the facility on a picture-perfect day.
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Arkansas City's Tiny Thomas served as host and tour guide for the group of vintage Chevy owners who toured the area recently. That's his 1938 Chevrolet coupe, "Sweetie" in the foreground. Sweetie's step-by-step restoration was the subject of one of the most popular Wichita On Wheels features to date.
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Bill and Sheila Bradford of Katie, Texas, were having a great time seeing the sights of central Kansas in their beautifully restored 1932 Chevrolet 5-passenger Sports Coupe.
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Franklin Gage and his travel companion, Ringo, came all the way from Greenbelt, Md., to take part in the tour. Their ride for the event was this nifty 1927 Chevrolet Sport Cabriolet with full-disc wheels.
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Denny Christianson's 1941 Chevy Master DeLuxe Sedan was one of the few modified cars taking part in the tour. It's equipped with a modern small block Chevy V-8 engine that lets it roll along easily at modern highway speeds.
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Both cars and trucks were part of the tour activities; this particular tour was set up for early Chevrolets up to 1954.
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The tour was part of the Vintage Chevrolet Club of America's regional programs; each vehicle carried an identifying sticker.
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