Some pics from Greengate Mall in Greensburg, Pa.

[2000ss]

Some pics I found on Facebook. They've probably been seen before, but maybe not. I don't have any other info, other than Riehle Chevy is now Star Chevy. Used with permission.

[CC Rider]

Love these old photos!

[markinnaples]

Awesome pics! I think I remember that blue 67 Convertible from when I was growing up; I grew up right at the entrance to South Park and used to see all those cars heading out to cruise and to show in the 70's, plus my sister and her BF were into the street machine in the 70's and they'd occasionally let me tag along. He had a gold/gold 72 Monte Carlo and a brown 57 2 door sedan, both with Cragars. Good stuff.

[2000ss]

A couple more.

[Xplantdad]

Cool!

[mockingbird812]

I've been to this mall before. Isn't this the same mall that Grady found his beautiful red ''67 Camaro?

[ZiggyL78]

Great pics!

[bkhpah]

I do not doubt that the red Camaro Grady bought was at Greengate Mall, but it was at Westmoreland Mall where I saw it last. Greengate was a great place and ten times the cruise location. Westmoreland only lasted a few years before the cruisers where kicked out. Greengate has been gone for years, but I do remember those indoor shows..BKH

[bkhpah]

BTW Ed Matsko still owns and races the Chevy A Go/GO Camaro and 58 Biscayne.

[2000ss]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: bkhpah</div><div class="ubbcode-body">BTW Ed Matsko still owns and races the Chevy A Go/GO Camaro and 58 Biscayne. </div></div>
Was this the gold '69 that was in Star Chevy's showroom for the 5th gen introduction?

[bkhpah]

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2013/12/full-10-8652-dsc_0041.jpg

This is a terrible picture that I took from Star Chevrolet that day, but yes the Chevy A GoGo Camaro was on hand for the unveiling of the then new 2010. Has it been almost 5 years already?..BKH

http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/pics/usergals/2013/12/full-10-8654-dsc_0038.jpg

[bkhpah]

Another thing that was great about Greengate Mall was that the local Corvette Club would sponsor a road course in the rear parking area. Cars would run a timed event through cones. Those days are long gone...BKH

[Salvatore]

Thats good ole Ed Matsko and his lovely wife (blonde beehive hair)with the red shirt on. Still a good competitor in the NHRA DIV-1 Points chase every year. The 58 used to run G/MP in the old days. Great guy to talk to also.

[bkhpah]

Isabelle...

[RLS_Jr]

Brian, do u know if he bought the camaro new


Ron

[Salvatore]

Isabelle is correct! The camaro runs SS/FM in the SuperStock Eliminator category. Ed can still handle that 4 speed real well too.

[bkhpah]

I do not think so..BKH

[novadude]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: markinnaples</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Awesome pics! I think I remember that blue 67 Convertible from when I was growing up; I grew up right at the entrance to South Park and used to see all those cars heading out to cruise and to show in the 70's, plus my sister and her BF were into the street machine in the 70's and they'd occasionally let me tag along. He had a gold/gold 72 Monte Carlo and a brown 57 2 door sedan, both with Cragars. Good stuff. </div></div>

We still used to cruise South Park back in the early 1990s when I was in my late-teens / early-20s. Still lots of muscle cars around at that time, along with 5.0 Mustangs, IROCs, etc. I drove a brown '70 Nova SS clone - 350/TH350. Lots of little 15 mph to 60 mph &quot;races&quot; on the stretches of corrigan where there were no intersections. Good Times.

[markinnaples]

novadude, I remember those days, vividly. I cruised primarily in the 80's and 90's in a couple 2nd and 3rd Gen F-bodies (a few Camaros and a Trans Am), a green 72 Nova six banger, a 944, etc. I went through a lot of cars back then.

[novadude]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: markinnaples</div><div class="ubbcode-body">novadude, I remember those days, vividly. I cruised primarily in the 80's and 90's in a couple 2nd and 3rd Gen F-bodies (a few Camaros and a Trans Am), a green 72 Nova six banger, a 944, etc. I went through a lot of cars back then. </div></div>

We hung out in the lot just down the road from Children's playground. I had my brown '70 Nova, friend had a '79 Cutlass gold / white Hurst/Olds clone with a SBC and Muncie, a couple other friends had 2nd gen F-bodies (but who didn't back then! LOL). I was mostly out there 1990-1993. Some of the other cars I can recall was a friends silver '68 Firebird 455, a yellow / black '69 RS with a tunnel ram (guy by the name of Donnie). Lot's of good times out there.

Was it really 20+ years ago? LOL

[markinnaples]

I knew that 69 RS owned by Donnie as I knew his dad pretty well. Nice car. He got another 69 shortly after that for his girlfriend that was nice too, but not as radical.

I was married and working by 90, so didn't cruise much, but I think I remember that 79 Cutlass.

There was always something new on Sundays cruising the park. Yes, that was quite a few years ago now, unfortunately. Where are you from up there?

[novadude]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: markinnaples</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I knew that 69 RS owned by Donnie as I knew his dad pretty well. Nice car. He got another 69 shortly after that for his girlfriend that was nice too, but not as radical.

I was married and working by 90, so didn't cruise much, but I think I remember that 79 Cutlass.

There was always something new on Sundays cruising the park. Yes, that was quite a few years ago now, unfortunately. Where are you from up there? </div></div>

I think Donnie still has the RS as well as the Red convertible you mentioned above.

I am from the west end - Sheraden to be exact. Parents live in Kennedy, Wife is from Bethel Park. Living on the other end of PA now (Shippensburg).

Ever go street racing in Crafton under the Thornburg bridge on Sunday night? That's another good memory from those days. Donnie used to bring the RS down there from time-to-time. I think he is still working in / running that shop in Bethel (or was it South Park?)

[markinnaples]

I never went to Crafton for the street racing, but my brother did. He had a Fox Body convertible with a pretty nasty 5.0 for a while (maroon, no silver trim) with a buddy of his who had a couple Cudas and other Mopars, named Jon O. Jon sold all his old Mopars and has a 1200 hp Viper coupe that walks sports bikes all day long. There are some vids on Youtube with his Viper on there just killing bikes out on Rt 51 towards Uniontown.

[novadude]

A bunch of us used to meet at South Park and Caravan up to New Stanton on Saturday nights for street racing outside of the Sony plant too.

Your brothers buddy with the Mopars wasn't from Washington, was he? There was a guy that was a regular down at Crafton who had a '70 AAR, Green '68 Dart 340 4-spd, and a Lil' Red Express truck. His buddy Frank was big into Oldsmobiles and drove a '78 Cutlass and a '64 Cutlass 'vert with a 455.

There were a lot of muscle cars around the 'burgh in the 1980s / early-1990s. I often wonder where they all ended up. I know I gave my '70 Nova to my Dad, who resto-modded it, and painted it 1965 GM Evening Orchid. He sold it to a guy that is always at the weekly mineral beach cruise on Rt 88. Last I heard, it was converted to a BBC.