The Rodding Roundtable
Motorhead Message Central => Rodder's Roundtable => Topic started by: 416Ford on July 24, 2015, 08:36:09 PM
Ok I've waited as long as I can. Who's going to Louisville?
I can't make it this year. I have 43 first cousins, and we are having a reunion. Some of them I have not seen in 40 years. It's the same weekend.
I'll be there with the COE.
Quote from: "enjenjo"I can't make it this year. I have 43 first cousins, and we are having a reunion. Some of them I have not seen in 40 years. It's the same weekend.
Frank,
That sounds like a whole lot of fun!
I'm going, because we can't play in the salt, see ya all there.
Should we set up a meet and greet?
Quote from: "Ohio Blue Tip"I'm going, because we can't play in the salt,
I imagine there might be a lot of folks saying that
later jim
Will also be there
We'll be there. Red (imagine that!) '40 Ford deluxe coupe.
I think I will come down for a couple days. Maybe Thursday and Friday
Sound like a big family Frank.
Vickie and I have not been there with the car before and we were hoping there was a group to park with that we knew a few people in. If not, we will be meeting some new people at the event also. We are heading down Thurs morning.
I plan on being there Friday or Saturday to do some parts shopping
Quote from: "416Ford"Sound like a big family Frank.
Vickie and I have not been there with the car before and we were hoping there was a group to park with that we knew a few people in. If not, we will be meeting some new people at the event also. We are heading down Thurs morning.
We will be out back on the grass by the fence. Come join us!
I'll be there starting Tuesday night, stay till its all over Sunday.......FUN, FUN, FUN );b(
Quote from: "348tripower"
We will be out back on the grass by the fence. Come join us!
Sounds great Don. We will see you there.
Quote from: "n.c.rodder"I'll be there starting Tuesday night, stay till its all over Sunday.......FUN, FUN, FUN );b(
Anything special going on Thursday night?
I'll be at the back fence near Don. Driving the 1965 red impala convert. Come see us.
We usually park in the in the grass behind the building on high ground incase it floods again.
Packing my bags as I type!
Departing Oz for St Louis on Friday, will be driving my departed buddy Mike Keehn's '41 Chevy Sedan Delivery from there.
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Hope to catch up with a few of my old RRT pals whilst I'm there, so I'll drop by your usual spot out back on a regular basis.
When I'm not somewhere else, I'll be under the St Louis Street Rod Assoc tent at the end of the rose garden up by the entrance to Kentucky Kingdom. All ya'all are welecome to drop by and say, "Gudday", "Howdy" or "whatever".
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Quote from: "Carps"my departed buddy Mike Keehn's
Is that the guy with all the cats that lived in St Louis that me and the Lipstick gals stayed with one year after the Nationals on our way to Sturgis?
Not this year I went to The Back to the Fifties last month it was awesome.
I see Carps gets another rod to drive over there. I'm glad you are out and about mate.
You all have a good time at the Nats.
How's the turnout so far? Weather is supposed to be nice by the time I get there on Friday.
Quote from: "Flipper"How's the turnout so far? Weather is supposed to be nice by the time I get there on Friday.
Turnout is light and wet so far.
Didn't see you but did see Kenny, Don, Charlie Mike (NCRodder) and BobK
Brother Sam power parked this morning.
We went today and had a good time. According to an app on my daughter's phone, we walked 27,000 steps (over 14 miles) just on the big parking lots and inside. The grassy side was muddy where we tried...and we were really were to tired for mud, so we went home.
I did bump into George Poteet. He said that he may get to do some shakedown runs in the Speed Demon if Mike Cook can find enough good salt.
Ran into Sam and Carps yesterday
Registration closed at 10,257..................Up a little from last year );b(
Rained most of the day Thursday, but the weather's been fantastic the last two. Suppose to be nice tomorrow also!
Mike
Had a good time there Thursday and Friday. Ran into lots of old friends. Didn't happen onto Carps though. Bought a couple tools and that was pretty much it.
Charlie
I hooked up with some friends from Ypsilanti, West Virginia, Ohio, Illinois and 416ford and his lovely wife. Had a lot of fun. I saw Sam, he waved as he drove by. Talked to Jack and Kenny who hooked me up with Jim who repowered a 48 Plymouth coupe with a 5.7 Hemi. We had a nice chat and exchanged numbers for future reference.
I bought some mirrors for the wagon and the gauges are ordered. Picked up some wiring supplies. We had a great trip. No problems with the COE so the week was laid back. I'm home working on broken daily drivers for customers and waiting for UPS to bring the computer for the wagon. I'll report on that later.
Vickie and I arrived back home yesterday also. Followed Don and his lovely Princess out on Sunday. They also helped us out when we ended up sidelined with car issues. Ran into a few friends and meet some new ones. Not sure if we can do that every year but we will sure try. We both had a great time.
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Does this make Don's a** look big? :D
You can't report trouble without telling what it was. So tell us what were the car issues?
Quote from: "phat rat"You can't report trouble without telling what it was. So tell us what were the car issues?
Brakes hug up in the construction traffic. The senior machanic informed me I had the wheel bearing to tight. Problem fix.
And I am putting a lug wrench in the car.
That's another word for a four way for those of you don't know. :)
Quote from: "416Ford"Quote from: "phat rat"You can't report trouble without telling what it was. So tell us what were the car issues?
Brakes hug up in the construction traffic. The senior machanic informed me I had the wheel bearing to tight. Problem fix.
And I am putting a lug wrench in the car.
QuoteThat's another word for a four way for those of you don't know. :)
You could get one of those cute little four ways that folds up.. :idea: Takes up MUCH less room than the regular one .. Do you carry a spare tire & jack :?: Temp spares don't take up that much room in a sedan.. May be a good time to think about that ..... 8)
For those of us "travelers" that really pound on the miles , try changing a flat tire in your garage using ONLY what you carry in the car .. :idea:
A tow truck ride to a "closed on Sunday" tire store is not always the best option .... :(
Bob ... :wink:
We have never been to this event. Its on the list. Hope I can check a few items off the list when (if) I retire
Quote from: "HotRodLadyCrusr"Quote from: "Carps"my departed buddy Mike Keehn's
Is that the guy with all the cats that lived in St Louis that me and the Lipstick gals stayed with one year after the Nationals on our way to Sturgis?
Hi Denise, Mike didn't have any cats, but he would be the same guy. I introduced him to Liz many years ago and they became great pals, with Mike hosting the lipstick tour on many occasions.
He fell ill at the Nat's last year and was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer, died on his birthday in May of this year.
Quote from: "phat rat"Ran into Sam and Carps yesterday
And I still have the bruises to show for it. :lol: :lol: :lol:
This year I took flight early, heading towards the midwest, to hook up with my fellow St Louis Street Rod Association members for our annual road-trip southeast to Louisville, Kentucky and the NSRA Street Rod Nationals as we've been doing for over 30 years.
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The back story and why the trip this year was such an important mission for me is linked to Mike's death and the passing of my wife who was planning to travel with us this year.
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The T shirts we are wearing in the pic's above are from this year's 'Real Easter Show' an event the club hosts in St Louis at Easter (go figure) and have been doing so since the mid '80s.
For many years, Mike who was a very talented artist, did the T Shirt and dash plaque art and since everybody knew this would be his last Easter show, his own cars are depicted on the 2015 even shirt. He chose these cars from all the rods he's owned over a lifetime as the ones that were special to him and recognised by all who knew him. They include the T bucket he drove during his high school years (it was his daily driver) to the Chevy Sedan Delivery we've used to cover what seems like a million miles across the US of A from the NSRA Nationals and Bonneville since the late 1980s as well as many other places. We did take the tubbed and stroked 440 MOPAR powered Deuce to the Nat's one year, but it proved a bit less than comfortable for the long journey, not to mention a tad thirsty.
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Whilst I didn't set out to do so, this year without really trying, I managed to shoot over 11,000 photographs using three cameras some of which I'm happy to post here if you guys would like to see them.
I arrived in St Louis late on Saturday evening. My friend Ed was waiting at the gate and for a change my bags arrived instantly and we were on our way to Ed and Barb's ranch, across the Mississippi River in Illinois, near the small township of Red Bud.
Next morning as we ate breakfast we heard a feint rumble in the distance. It wasn't the old barn finally falling down, but the sound of our friend Hot Rod Liz's T bucket as she completed the first leg of her 3,000+ mile annual road trip to the Nat's from her home in Manitoba, Canada.
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The T bucket was blowing a bit of smoke on arrival, having eaten the transmission modulator valve a few hundred miles out from Ed's place. So we tucked it away in the garage and headed out to the parts store in search of some bits to fix it.
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Since last year, Ed has almost finished the '57 Chev he was working on, so we decided that it needed to be given a workout to confirm if it might be OK for the road trip to Louisville. Thus it became my daily driver for the next few days.
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It's had a thorough refresh and renew of just about everything and runs a late LS6 from a low mileage pick up truck that Ed purchased as an insurance write-off. It has rack and pinion steering and the truck's big disc brakes along with the overdrive electronic auto transmission and a Ford nine inch rear end, making it as good to drive as a brand new car. The vintage air unit integrated into the dash helps keep the humidity low and temperature perfect.
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We spent some time driving local roads, which can be kinda entertaining.
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With Liz's bucket all fixed and ship shape, we decided to hit the highway and get to Louisville early.....
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The trip was pretty much incident free, for us at least.
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As usually happens, by the time we arrived at Louisville it was raining and would continue to do so all day Wednesday whilst we were getting the club digs set up.
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Here's my St Louis SRA club-mates, Ed, Shirly and Barry making the our base watertight........
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....for which everybody was grateful, coz as I may have mentioned, it rained.
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It cleared late Thursday arvo and by the time the Nat's was open for business, all was good.
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First task on arrival at Louisville is to stop by Papa John's Baseball Stadium and register.
Being a day early meant there were not so many cars on the parking lot, also that we could get in and out without too much waiting.
A few years back the NSRA aligned itself with the times and introduced a rolling 30 year cut off, which means some of the most outlandishly styled cars ever built are now acceptable as participants at the Nationals.
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The bottom line here is that the late model Camaros & Mustangs (American Commodores) haven't taken over the event like the naysayers suggested would happen and the thing has just grown stronger with more neat old cars this year than in immediate past years.
Here's a small sample of who and what was there on the day.
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This is not Ed's '57, it's a Nomad painted almost the same colour.
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Speaking of sameness, the owners of these almost matching '56s did not know each other until they arrived to park side by side. Both cars are very similar but as is the case with hot rods, they are also very different.
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Of course as always in the Midwest and Deep South, plenty of MOPAR machinery was also on hand.
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Looks like another '48 Plymouth but it isn't!
Closer inspection will reveal it's a mildly customised '48 Ford.
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A lot of resto-rods turned out this year, it seems the '70s and '80s look may be making a comeback and taking over from the fifties traditional deal.
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The ratty style is also being overtaken, by the 'straight & clean but unrestored' look, complete with highly detailed up to date and contemporary underpinnings.
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Here's a great example of yet another linked trend, recently purchased as a restored car and then simply retro fitted with a store bought hot rod chassis and running gear.
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Of course there's also a good range of weird and strange contraptions turn up, coz lets face it, without such machines it wouldn't be hot rodding.
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There's also the phantoms, cars or body styles that were never actually built or offered by the auto factories.
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Mild customs are becoming one of the most popular styles at the NHRA Nat's and this one has close to perfect body work beneath it's smooth black paint-job.
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It's always great to catch up with our old friends Dennis & Sue O'Brien Their Deuce Panel Truck has logged a million miles and is used as daily driver and shop truck for their business. For this who have never heard of O'Brien Truckers, they make old/retro style cast/finned aluminium hot rod parts and club plaques.
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I'm thinking the black '33 coupe parked beside Dennis,'s truck might just have been my favourite car at the 2015 Nat's as it seems I got more photos of it than any other car.
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Almost appears like I couldn't walk past it without shooting a few more photographs, rain, hail or shine.
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Funny or weird, but there's a few things about it I don't usually like, such as the glue in windscreen, the funny nerf-bar on the front and billet grille insert, but there's just so much more that is just absolutely spot on that those little indiscretions become invisible.
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It's a perfect example of keeping it clean and simple. As I've always said, get the details like wheels stance and colour right and you have perfection.
This is what a hot rod looks like!
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And this, is as close as you'll ever see to the perfect hot rod stance.
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Yeah baby!
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OK, now I have that off my chest, lets take a quick stroll around the hotel parking lot.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/x123_zpsiar1atrx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/x123_zpsiar1atrx.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u120_zps3ykkul6l.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u120_zps3ykkul6l.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w122_zpsoqjvfdnw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w122_zpsoqjvfdnw.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/v121_zps5si5trn1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/v121_zps5si5trn1.jpg.html)
Did I mention it rained?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/t119_zpslxuow00v.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/t119_zpslxuow00v.jpg.html)
So much that Mudman became the event mascot.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/a100_zpslqurkjy0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/a100_zpslqurkjy0.jpg.html)
We ended up with a good crowd beneath the ST Louis Street Rod Association Tent, Including a few passing Aussies, who are always made welcome. That looks Like my old pal Ian 'Boss Hoss' Murcott who has joined us from Tasmania for a chat and cool drink. Seems everywhere I went this year there were more bloody Aussies than 'Murricans. :shock:
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/br247_zpsr4sjopim.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/br247_zpsr4sjopim.jpg.html)
Here's the attending club member's cars, Starting with my departed pal Mikey's Chevy and Trackenstien, the car he built for no financial investment using everybody else's cast off junk and scraps. We think the chassis is from a Buick, most of the body metal is '39, '40 or '41 Chevrolet or fabricated from the remains of the wrecked Astro Van that also provided the engine and trans. The floor and trans tunnel are also Astro metal whilst the suspension and brakes are mostly early Ford.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/a178_zps9ckxplmb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/a178_zps9ckxplmb.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bs248_zps1tlv6itl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bs248_zps1tlv6itl.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/b179_zps4twfobua.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/b179_zps4twfobua.jpg.html)
Ed & Barb's '57 Chevy
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/c180_zps0tmt3dlp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/c180_zps0tmt3dlp.jpg.html)
Barry & Shirly's '38 Pontiac.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bl241_zpscts7dqwl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bl241_zpscts7dqwl.jpg.html)
Denny & Patty's '38 Chev.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bo244_zpsuryzblkn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bo244_zpsuryzblkn.jpg.html)
Steve & Linda's '47 Chevy Fleetmaster Fastback.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bm242_zpslrl1ffzh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bm242_zpslrl1ffzh.jpg.html)
This bucket was built by the late Phil Brown way back in the 1960's.
Check out the front axle and you'll see its an original Bell item, complete with flat filled ends and then look at the rest of the car, there's some pretty cool old stuff there, not least being the Dodge Polly power plant.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/d181_zps3g8cddnr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/d181_zps3g8cddnr.jpg.html)
I don't remember who owns what among the rest of the club cars but I do have a list somewhere.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bn243_zpsafobrfsk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bn243_zpsafobrfsk.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bq246_zpskfnljysr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bq246_zpskfnljysr.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bk240_zps0rghc4ec.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bk240_zps0rghc4ec.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bi238_zps1hod1gou.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bi238_zps1hod1gou.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bj239_zpsfkm6dtea.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bj239_zpsfkm6dtea.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bh237_zps96tijqe2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bh237_zps96tijqe2.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bf235_zpslby2p7dh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bf235_zpslby2p7dh.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/be234_zpssspky9b1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/be234_zpssspky9b1.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bg236_zpsojbcwdgc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bg236_zpsojbcwdgc.jpg.html)
There were a couple of others present, but for some reason I can't seem to find pics of those cars.
Since I was using three different cameras, the photographs got a tad mixed up, so there'll be rainy day and sunny day images together, but it only rained Wednesday and Thursday morning. Friday through Sunday was hot and sunny, but at least the humidity went away for Saturday and Sunday.
Seems also that there's an emerging trend towards cars with lotsadoors, I guess so the whole family can enjoy the journey and in my book, that's a good thing!
This '34 Ford also has a somewhat scarce Potter trunk fitted to facilitate haulin' a bit of luggage.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/al163_zpsikgb5n8r.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/al163_zpsikgb5n8r.jpg.html)
Even Merc's come with extra doors.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/am164_zpsasiqrqo4.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/am164_zpsasiqrqo4.jpg.html)
The last of uncle Henry's four door convertibles before WW2 also has lotsa doors.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/m138_zpszsb0jkcr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/m138_zpszsb0jkcr.jpg.html)
...and here's one from a few years earlier.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/f131_zpsythdfugw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/f131_zpsythdfugw.jpg.html)
Even Walter's gang get in on the multi door act.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aq168_zps8qhfqgxg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aq168_zps8qhfqgxg.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w148_zpsebd3z2xq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w148_zpsebd3z2xq.jpg.html)
OK, so this one doesn't have multiple pairs of doors, but it does have plenty of seats, so that almost makes it OK. Besides, it does have two more doors at the back, which makes a total of four.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/v147_zps5nfys8k6.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/v147_zps5nfys8k6.jpg.html)
Another cool model 40 Ford.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/i134_zpsyqw5p5q8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/i134_zpsyqw5p5q8.jpg.html)
Similar vintage Chevrolet, a rare 1933 model I believe.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/g132_zpsns4tajyi.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/g132_zpsns4tajyi.jpg.html)
And another pair of Hank's model 40s.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/av173_zpsuaibsyqw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/av173_zpsuaibsyqw.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ak162_zpsn4uv9rb7.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ak162_zpsn4uv9rb7.jpg.html)
A long roof four door from the general's 1960 line-up.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/l137_zpsifkgvxzl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/l137_zpsifkgvxzl.jpg.html)
A couple of big-guns.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ar169_zpsl8aczo6v.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ar169_zpsl8aczo6v.jpg.html)
And a pair of Deuces with eight doors between them, which I reckon could be called a full house.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ai160_zpsfo8avhzz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ai160_zpsfo8avhzz.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/h133_zpsdjw5znkc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/h133_zpsdjw5znkc.jpg.html)
Plus a Deuce of a more common kind.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/as170_zpswti1lgby.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/as170_zpswti1lgby.jpg.html)
A couple or three more for the MOPAR lovers.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/af157_zpsfhtyuhni.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/af157_zpsfhtyuhni.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/an165_zpsbpwuwlve.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/an165_zpsbpwuwlve.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/at171_zpszjxf1ix4.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/at171_zpszjxf1ix4.jpg.html)
And another pair from GM, one from early in the third decade of century 20.....
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aj161_zpsrknb8niy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aj161_zpsrknb8niy.jpg.html)
...and another from the late part of the same decade.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/a126_zps3nfjmdc5.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/a126_zps3nfjmdc5.jpg.html)
Yeah I know it's a wooden wagon, but it's cool and also has the requisite number of doors.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ao166_zpsffj3yhu3.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ao166_zpsffj3yhu3.jpg.html)
Another emerging trend is towards products from the famous covered wagon company, but instead their swoopy coupe versions, it seems the late fifties and early sixties family models are becoming even more popular than those sexy models.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ad155_zpsfpcddi1g.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ad155_zpsfpcddi1g.jpg.html)
And they come in any style you may wish for.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/b127_zps6z0e4war.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/b127_zps6z0e4war.jpg.html)
Gotta admit, these often overlooked cars are not so bad looking.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ap167_zpsrzkibebq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ap167_zpsrzkibebq.jpg.html)
Even the earlier Studebakers are pretty cool.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ac154_zps4qtzmwdx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ac154_zps4qtzmwdx.jpg.html)
Did I mention it rained?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aa152_zpsrzbbqgr4.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aa152_zpsrzbbqgr4.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ae156_zpskmrirpwr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ae156_zpskmrirpwr.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ab153_zpspvanuh9g.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ab153_zpspvanuh9g.jpg.html)
Or that four door cars seem to be gaining in popularity?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/au172_zpsoqphc1io.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/au172_zpsoqphc1io.jpg.html)
It's rare to see a late '50s or early '60s Anglia or Prefect in the US of A, but this one was everywhere, it's powered by small block Chev.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ag158_zpsvcjhwfks.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ag158_zpsvcjhwfks.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ah159_zpsuavnqjkc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ah159_zpsuavnqjkc.jpg.html)
The Griswalds lost their way yet again and ended up at the NSRA Nat's this time.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/d129_zpsg0bju2hw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/d129_zpsg0bju2hw.jpg.html)
The Family Truckster was built over a five year period by a young fella who just wanted something unique and fun to drive.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/c128_zpsksgyuswy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/c128_zpsksgyuswy.jpg.html)
He got it absolutely perfect with the Truckster being one of the big hits of the weekend and probably the most photographed car.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/e130_zpsnbghdudy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/e130_zpsnbghdudy.jpg.html)
Here's a few more cool machines that I shot for no other reason than I just like 'em.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/t145_zpszuzi90ri.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/t145_zpszuzi90ri.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/z151_zpswbn4f5bq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/z151_zpswbn4f5bq.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u146_zpsrzzptxoc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u146_zpsrzzptxoc.jpg.html)
Reckon this one would have been a real handful on the day I recorded this image, even more-so if the trailer was attached.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/s144_zpssy3yxdzm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/s144_zpssy3yxdzm.jpg.html)
This two door Ford Mainline is going against the trend for luxurious four door models.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/p141_zpsbdacaaai.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/p141_zpsbdacaaai.jpg.html)
This one just bucks every darned trend in the book.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/o140_zpsokd1yh1f.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/o140_zpsokd1yh1f.jpg.html)
Cars lined up along the roadside.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/n139_zps7jmnt0kw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/n139_zps7jmnt0kw.jpg.html)
Here's a few more in no particular order, starting with Hot Rod Liz hightailing it back to our motel before the wind started to blow the furniture around the fairgrounds on Wednesday arvo..
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/be208_zpsyeafv5ut.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/be208_zpsyeafv5ut.jpg.html)
Race?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/s170_zpsocg4xwkd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/s170_zpsocg4xwkd.jpg.html)
A very fine four-oh-nine!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/y176_zpsf7kvxdbc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/y176_zpsf7kvxdbc.jpg.html)
..........with dual quads.......
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aa178_zpsfdnvsdze.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aa178_zpsfdnvsdze.jpg.html)
...and a four speed.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/z177_zpssumt6o93.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/z177_zpssumt6o93.jpg.html)
TAs always at the NSRA Nat's, the Willys boyz were out in force.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w174_zpshjv9qmhu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w174_zpshjv9qmhu.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ar195_zpsqqcacczt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ar195_zpsqqcacczt.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/am190_zpsys3qfxng.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/am190_zpsys3qfxng.jpg.html)
Also the Forty Ford crowd.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/q168_zpsqdhskn5h.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/q168_zpsqdhskn5h.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bb205_zpsmdn8gsfm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bb205_zpsmdn8gsfm.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ab179_zpsixgtbe17.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ab179_zpsixgtbe17.jpg.html)
And those crazy MOPAR guys too.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/a152_zpsmtrffsp1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/a152_zpsmtrffsp1.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/af183_zpssyhfrxyk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/af183_zpssyhfrxyk.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ao192_zpsc7kui5gn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ao192_zpsc7kui5gn.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/o166_zpswzjawsys.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/o166_zpswzjawsys.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/l163_zpsfx8zb3fj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/l163_zpsfx8zb3fj.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/j161_zps8djt9zhh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/j161_zps8djt9zhh.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/g158_zps2hb58uen.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/g158_zps2hb58uen.jpg.html)
The GM crowd are also well represented.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ah185_zps5zqvl0lp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ah185_zps5zqvl0lp.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ac180_zpsac9dlfbw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ac180_zpsac9dlfbw.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ad181_zpshval7rxa.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ad181_zpshval7rxa.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ai186_zpsnpu4dwaw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ai186_zpsnpu4dwaw.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/av199_zpsfh9zxbqa.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/av199_zpsfh9zxbqa.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ap193_zpsjb5vblo4.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ap193_zpsjb5vblo4.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ak188_zpsbtoh3jny.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ak188_zpsbtoh3jny.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/r169_zpsz7gnjw1n.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/r169_zpsz7gnjw1n.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/v173_zpsk8quokqk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/v173_zpsk8quokqk.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/k162_zpsgwfixpuz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/k162_zpsgwfixpuz.jpg.html)
Gotta love all the shiny stuff on a '58 Oldsmobile!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u172_zpsoig2vdfw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u172_zpsoig2vdfw.jpg.html)
Of course it wouldn't be a hot rod event without a few '32 Fords.....
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ae182_zpsevqcb9cj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ae182_zpsevqcb9cj.jpg.html)
...or Chevys.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ax201_zpsjhzdfgw6.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ax201_zpsjhzdfgw6.jpg.html)
Our old pal Bob Klessig was there too, but he lost a wheel cap and fender skirt along the way. So his Chubby wasn't looking its sexy self after he removed the other fender skirt.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/f157_zpsmswefhmh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/f157_zpsmswefhmh.jpg.html)
Some offbeat models from equally offbeat manufacturers were also making their presence felt.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/as196_zpsnxns55c3.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/as196_zpsnxns55c3.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/c154_zpsor9x3nyr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/c154_zpsor9x3nyr.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/au198_zpscoyapehk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/au198_zpscoyapehk.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ag184_zpsrlmvbbrx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ag184_zpsrlmvbbrx.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/an191_zpsetlwlky0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/an191_zpsetlwlky0.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/x175_zpsvu0fncnv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/x175_zpsvu0fncnv.jpg.html)
And here's yet another Studebaker!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aq194_zpse27rqptn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aq194_zpse27rqptn.jpg.html)
.....and another.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/n165_zpswjj4kowg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/n165_zpswjj4kowg.jpg.html)
Of course old Fords were everywhere....
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/e156_zpsrh8fszvk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/e156_zpsrh8fszvk.jpg.html)
and in all manner of different configurations.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/h159_zpswkbl9ais.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/h159_zpswkbl9ais.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/i160_zpsnju4u1lm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/i160_zpsnju4u1lm.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/t171_zpsiibd0hk6.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/t171_zpsiibd0hk6.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aw200_zps1jn6ixzz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aw200_zps1jn6ixzz.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bc206_zpsw9ojx3oh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bc206_zpsw9ojx3oh.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/az203_zpspjjwmqhj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/az203_zpspjjwmqhj.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ba204_zpsbmvli0ea.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ba204_zpsbmvli0ea.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ay202_zpskannx5jh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ay202_zpskannx5jh.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/at197_zpskvfh7drt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/at197_zpskvfh7drt.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/al189_zpsqzcbbzgq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/al189_zpsqzcbbzgq.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aj187_zpsplmbgkd2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aj187_zpsplmbgkd2.jpg.html)
Not so many wooden cars this year.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/b153_zpssi24oxjy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/b153_zpssi24oxjy.jpg.html)
Orv Elgie's Forty Tudor in the foreground, was built from a pristine original car. it retains factory original paint and upholstery along with most of the rubber bits and pretty much everything but the small block Chevy based drivetrain. All massaged with his usual attention to simple detail and perfection.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/d155_zpsbfjqtyv7.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/d155_zpsbfjqtyv7.jpg.html)
Who knows what is hiding under the covers?
(http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bd207_zpsnhn4859d.jpg.html)
It would be remiss of me not to take you into the swap meet area, so let's take a quick walk around the space it occupies in front of the stables area.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ba230_zpsbz9oaoyb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ba230_zpsbz9oaoyb.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/f183_zpstgn4x93r.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/f183_zpstgn4x93r.jpg.html)
The Deuce Fordor sold early.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aq220_zpscwg6uvx2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aq220_zpscwg6uvx2.jpg.html)
This '55 Chev looked like a real bargain for only $7k, that's provided you didn't get too close.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u198_zps6yvmyoku.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u198_zps6yvmyoku.jpg.html)
It was totally rotten and about all that was salvageable is the stainless trim which you could buy as new reproduction parts for about $3k.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/v199_zpspcn8i1m9.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/v199_zpspcn8i1m9.jpg.html)
Some items were priced OK, others the seller were dreaming!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/z203_zpsdnyidesc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/z203_zpsdnyidesc.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/y202_zpsjw571p8e.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/y202_zpsjw571p8e.jpg.html)
Here's a good example of dreamers, or a bloke that just wanted to tease people because he has something desirable that he wanted to show off rather than sell.
This was a solid almost rust free car but the seller would not budge from his silly asking price. I made a couple of offers that I considered more than reasonable, but he ended up taking it all home on Sunday.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/s196_zpscqufmxys.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/s196_zpscqufmxys.jpg.html)
Many of the complete cars were sensibly priced to facilitate a sale and sellers were happy to negotiate. This was one of the bargains.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/r195_zpskvxe4alj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/r195_zpskvxe4alj.jpg.html)
Likewise, most of the parts vendors would haggle, but a few were rigid on their big numbers. Check out the ask for a '33/4 Ford glove compartment door. :shock: At that price I could retire and live a life of luxury considering how many I have in a box under my bench.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/az229_zps1hblcgw5.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/az229_zps1hblcgw5.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/o192_zpsxoaztioh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/o192_zpsxoaztioh.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/p193_zpsj0chl1un.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/p193_zpsj0chl1un.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/h185_zps9ergbtsd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/h185_zps9ergbtsd.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/g184_zpsm9qokclv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/g184_zpsm9qokclv.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bc232_zpsrj3uymhi.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bc232_zpsrj3uymhi.jpg.html)
Another pretty knackered but desirable body with a big price tag.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ax227_zpsntxvt33o.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ax227_zpsntxvt33o.jpg.html)
Saw a few of these winter grille's to suit a wide range of different cars.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aw226_zpsw6vbni45.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aw226_zpsw6vbni45.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ag210_zpsp40k93hg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ag210_zpsp40k93hg.jpg.html)
I'm guessing these garnish moulds are hard to find.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ad207_zpsikwsitsi.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ad207_zpsikwsitsi.jpg.html)
Likewise old Buick brake drums, without broken fins.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/al215_zps6mkiklis.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/al215_zps6mkiklis.jpg.html)
Not too much Coke stuff this year, I figure Rick's restorations must have grabbed it all.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/at223_zpsw4wtwbin.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/at223_zpsw4wtwbin.jpg.html)
Old wheels were either big bucks or cheap as chips.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ab205_zps860uih9x.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ab205_zps860uih9x.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aa204_zpsabdkcafk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aa204_zpsabdkcafk.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ac206_zps9iymxz80.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ac206_zps9iymxz80.jpg.html)
Still plenty of variety on offer.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ae208_zpsegaqughl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ae208_zpsegaqughl.jpg.html)
This one wasn't cheap, but better value than the '33 Vicky body.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/am216_zpskuhluaqw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/am216_zpskuhluaqw.jpg.html)
The Convertible sedan was a bargain at only $21k from memory.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ai212_zpsukupuds1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ai212_zpsukupuds1.jpg.html)
Now they can be fitted to old cars, good useable license plates are getting expensive.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aj213_zpsoidd24sy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aj213_zpsoidd24sy.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/an217_zps7nmzntiy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/an217_zps7nmzntiy.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/af209_zpsnmxu9koj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/af209_zpsnmxu9koj.jpg.html)
Bent spoke wheels also had bent rims and thick paint to hide the rust pitting.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/as222_zpsnprwbj2c.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/as222_zpsnprwbj2c.jpg.html)
I paid half this much for a mint pair pair of these Merc' wagon tailamps only a few years back.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/av225_zpsszjurzml.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/av225_zpsszjurzml.jpg.html)
Grille prices ranged from "Ohmygawd!" to "Surelyyoucantbefreakinserious?"
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/au224_zpsteclzlsk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/au224_zpsteclzlsk.jpg.html)
As I recall, this little Crosley was a runner and bargain priced.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ah211_zpsqtsv2qpv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ah211_zpsqtsv2qpv.jpg.html)
This coupe was one of the best buys of the first day and it sold very quickly.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ak214_zpsgeh46nz8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ak214_zpsgeh46nz8.jpg.html)
Big Chrysler was still there on Sunday morning.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ar221_zpsnug3fb94.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ar221_zpsnug3fb94.jpg.html)
Likewise this Chevy hardtop.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ay228_zpsgxktplum.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ay228_zpsgxktplum.jpg.html)
All these cars were still unsold at the end of Saturday. Maybe the heat kept potential buyers indoors?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/x201_zpsfzpv1wx4.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/x201_zpsfzpv1wx4.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w200_zpsiwon2lxf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w200_zpsiwon2lxf.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/l189_zpsfc17zyne.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/l189_zpsfc17zyne.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/k188_zpsdnlaf9nl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/k188_zpsdnlaf9nl.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/q194_zpsmrh212r7.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/q194_zpsmrh212r7.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/n191_zpsyywfktgc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/n191_zpsyywfktgc.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/j187_zpsmjwxfun1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/j187_zpsmjwxfun1.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/m190_zpswutlbrit.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/m190_zpswutlbrit.jpg.html)
Hood is open to show off the 392 Hemi.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/i186_zpspszwogjx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/i186_zpspszwogjx.jpg.html)
After being so busy outside doing other fun stuff all weekend long, I finally made it inside the huge vendor hall on Sunday.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/by254_zpsodgc78j2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/by254_zpsodgc78j2.jpg.html)
New Mustang anybody?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/cb257_zpsw38fst6n.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/cb257_zpsw38fst6n.jpg.html)
How about a big rig, all the hot rod shops have at least one.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ca256_zpskgoukxj2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ca256_zpskgoukxj2.jpg.html)
Toys?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bx253_zps8cqoyk3m.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bx253_zps8cqoyk3m.jpg.html)
There's even muddersickles on display in here.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bv251_zpsgmfnjmvw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bv251_zpsgmfnjmvw.jpg.html)
And lotsa desirable old cars, or repops as the case may be.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bq246_zpsfxzxuui1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bq246_zpsfxzxuui1.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bs248_zpshp5uuy5j.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bs248_zpshp5uuy5j.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/br247_zpso20nc6xt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/br247_zpso20nc6xt.jpg.html)
Nice model 40 multi door see-dan.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bu250_zpsn7odcd06.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bu250_zpsn7odcd06.jpg.html)
Or maybe you'd prefer a gold Caddy-lac?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bt249_zpse7nnmqxz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bt249_zpse7nnmqxz.jpg.html)
There's sumpin here for everybody.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bo244_zpsypq8rat0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bo244_zpsypq8rat0.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bn243_zpsf98gyd4a.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bn243_zpsf98gyd4a.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bp245_zpslq9ulrpl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bp245_zpslq9ulrpl.jpg.html)
New radial tars that look like old bias ply jobbies will be popular with the folks who dig forties and fifties style.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bg236_zpswo8fnoqu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bg236_zpswo8fnoqu.jpg.html)
Fancy injuns.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bw252_zps9l4z0a4d.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bw252_zps9l4z0a4d.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/c180_zpsqmf4wojc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/c180_zpsqmf4wojc.jpg.html)
Or perhaps you just like wood?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/cc258_zpsvhtypyfl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/cc258_zpsvhtypyfl.jpg.html)
There wuz a few oldies with a lot of history too.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bm242_zpspgn8mxj6.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bm242_zpspgn8mxj6.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bl241_zpsymgnaa5e.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bl241_zpsymgnaa5e.jpg.html)
One of my favourite Deuces, the late Tom McMullen's ride, direct from the cover of an early 1960s Hot Rod magazine.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bj239_zpspxpskjbr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bj239_zpspxpskjbr.jpg.html)
The late Jim Ewing's Superbell coupe has always made my heart race a little faster.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/k188_zpsqlzssysn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/k188_zpsqlzssysn.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/j187_zps5bsoz2bt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/j187_zps5bsoz2bt.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ar221_zpskbn3f7gn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ar221_zpskbn3f7gn.jpg.html)
Meanwhile, Maybe something arty-farty is what you're seeking?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bk240_zps2hpanmeo.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bk240_zps2hpanmeo.jpg.html)
Considering that, I tried my hand at the artistic approach to picture taking.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ce260_zpssw4lm81q.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ce260_zpssw4lm81q.jpg.html)
Not so sure I got it right.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/n191_zps2tbeyj7r.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/n191_zps2tbeyj7r.jpg.html)
So I'll keep trying until I do.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/e182_zpsqkephasy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/e182_zpsqkephasy.jpg.html)
The new stuff had its own special space as always and as usual is all pretty cool, especially this timber bodied Deuce.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ax227_zpstw35fikn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ax227_zpstw35fikn.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ay228_zpsxvuh77vl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ay228_zpsxvuh77vl.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aw226_zpssnny3shv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aw226_zpssnny3shv.jpg.html)
Slick fordy instrument panel is neat.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/av225_zpsscjhnujl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/av225_zpsscjhnujl.jpg.html)
How about some paint to protect your patina?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/at223_zpsrnsjzacj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/at223_zpsrnsjzacj.jpg.html)
This single big dial cluster should fit the dash binnacle of my FJ Holden.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/au224_zps3ccdjrem.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/au224_zps3ccdjrem.jpg.html)
A small taste of Ed........ Roth that is.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ah211_zpszvcodfzd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ah211_zpszvcodfzd.jpg.html)
And another wild ride.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/a178_zpsma6oksfg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/a178_zpsma6oksfg.jpg.html)
Plus a class act.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/d181_zpscpeksgpx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/d181_zpscpeksgpx.jpg.html)
OOOOOOOOH BABEEE!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bd233_zpsfri9bczv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bd233_zpsfri9bczv.jpg.html)
There's enough stuff in the big hall to keep most car guys occupied or interested for a lifetime.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bi238_zpss0zyn4jl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bi238_zpss0zyn4jl.jpg.html)
Need some new metal fenders for your old ride?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bc232_zpshebqcehl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bc232_zpshebqcehl.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bb231_zpswh0c0msq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bb231_zpswh0c0msq.jpg.html)
Maybe it's time for some new wheels?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bd233_zpsxpgmrc6a.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bd233_zpsxpgmrc6a.jpg.html)
Got lots of stuff you need to haul around, maybe you need a truck?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/as222_zpsoiuqtcqj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/as222_zpsoiuqtcqj.jpg.html)
And a couple more vendor display cars.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ak214_zps9rruolpd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ak214_zps9rruolpd.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aj213_zpssaz7apwd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aj213_zpssaz7apwd.jpg.html)
More of the the same but as is hot rodding, look again and you'll see they are different.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/al215_zpspzi4h43o.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/al215_zpspzi4h43o.jpg.html)
Some are lower than a snake's belly.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bh237_zpsmv4u44te.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bh237_zpsmv4u44te.jpg.html)
Can't weld? No problem, this stuff all bolts together like a big Meccano hot rod chassis.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ba230_zpsug2kfjy1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ba230_zpsug2kfjy1.jpg.html)
Some cars are even painted to appear like they are not.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bf235_zpsoosock28.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bf235_zpsoosock28.jpg.html)
On display in the entrance foyers at each end of the big indoor shopping space, are a bunch of ISCA (International Show Car Association) championship winning cars.
Look closely at this image and if you know your '35/6 Ford Coupes, it's not hard to understand how much work this body has in it.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/an217_zpsxamf00y2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/an217_zpsxamf00y2.jpg.html)
These cars are all fenced off from sticky fingers and drooling tongues.....
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ag210_zpsnqwhb3na.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ag210_zpsnqwhb3na.jpg.html)
......so they do pose a challenge the photographer, as it aint easy shooting around the ropes.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ad207_zpszhlkg1my.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ad207_zpszhlkg1my.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/af209_zpsbgudrfxv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/af209_zpsbgudrfxv.jpg.html)
A perfect body beneath shiny black lacquer.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ai212_zpsp8fogasn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ai212_zpsp8fogasn.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ae208_zps7gvgq1sm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ae208_zps7gvgq1sm.jpg.html)
Some are a tad radical in style and/or execution.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ab205_zpsovq9x0sv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ab205_zpsovq9x0sv.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ac206_zpssgsfqelw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ac206_zpssgsfqelw.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ao218_zpswesga000.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ao218_zpswesga000.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ap219_zpsorzxn23n.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ap219_zpsorzxn23n.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bz255_zps1t4k9qrz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bz255_zps1t4k9qrz.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/x201_zpsmsxfllyu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/x201_zpsmsxfllyu.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w200_zps6ixbz3lj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w200_zps6ixbz3lj.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/s196_zpssfexemgy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/s196_zpssfexemgy.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/t197_zpsmfq3a9mw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/t197_zpsmfq3a9mw.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/q194_zpso2yqffhc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/q194_zpso2yqffhc.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u198_zpss8l8ptzp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u198_zpss8l8ptzp.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/o192_zpsllxcdwiv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/o192_zpsllxcdwiv.jpg.html)
But there's no doubting the time money and effort put into each of them and why they are displayed here.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/m190_zps9q3e9btu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/m190_zps9q3e9btu.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/p193_zpso2lsuit6.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/p193_zpso2lsuit6.jpg.html)
How low can you go?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/r195_zpsclakg0yx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/r195_zpsclakg0yx.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/z203_zpsozhpw93n.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/z203_zpsozhpw93n.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/v199_zpslh5ywak4.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/v199_zpslh5ywak4.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/y202_zpsp4x0gyrh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/y202_zpsp4x0gyrh.jpg.html)
Just as it is here in Oz, when darkness falls it's time for kicking tyres, bench racing or just getting together with old pals for a brew, some BS and a few laughs.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/be286_zpsau19sjgz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/be286_zpsau19sjgz.jpg.html)
That is, unless your ride requires a little unscheduled maintenance.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bg288_zpsjooip4dz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bg288_zpsjooip4dz.jpg.html)
There's always some frantic repair work happening, usually in order to get the family home in time for dinner.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bn295_zpsxwgipogh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bn295_zpsxwgipogh.jpg.html)
Of course if you don't like to chat, cruising from motel to motel will ensure you see a bunch of stuff you might miss during the day at the fairgrounds.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bd285_zpszos60n71.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bd285_zpszos60n71.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bh289_zpsy1azyjvl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bh289_zpsy1azyjvl.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ba282_zpsk4udgvwg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ba282_zpsk4udgvwg.jpg.html)
Gerry Burger's '41 Ford pick-up always looks a treat.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bb283_zpsgng0c8hh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bb283_zpsgng0c8hh.jpg.html)
This old Buick had a fresh and highly detailed chassis with perfect chrome and stainless trim on an untouched original patinated body.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bf287_zpsqkbgarv5.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bf287_zpsqkbgarv5.jpg.html)
Such were the numbers this year that I have a feeling Packards make comfortable and capable long distance cruisers.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bi290_zpswi2inwm0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bi290_zpswi2inwm0.jpg.html)
And there seems to be more turn up at the Nat's every year.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bj291_zpskyimzktg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bj291_zpskyimzktg.jpg.html)
Of course, day or night, the Willys folk are always out in force.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bc284_zpsgk28zepc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bc284_zpsgk28zepc.jpg.html)
This '41 Pick-up from John North's factory is equally as outlandish on the outside.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bk292_zpsm6dfuzoj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bk292_zpsm6dfuzoj.jpg.html)
Why is Ed laughing so hard?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/av277_zpsrxtftow8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/av277_zpsrxtftow8.jpg.html)
Watching her friend Darwin getting into Hot Rod Liz's bucket, even without him having consumed any beers, was always hilarious.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/au276_zpsczrbw7ui.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/au276_zpsczrbw7ui.jpg.html)
Some cars look great, day or night.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ao270_zpsx3ezgcaq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ao270_zpsx3ezgcaq.jpg.html)
And others are just begging for a little arty-farty photography.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ar273_zpsupggqkmt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ar273_zpsupggqkmt.jpg.html)
Others become somewhat inconspicuous.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aq272_zpsh51byljt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aq272_zpsh51byljt.jpg.html)
And yet others cannot hide, no matter how dark it is.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/as274_zpsu1d7sjel.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/as274_zpsu1d7sjel.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ap271_zpsm9kp3ftc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ap271_zpsm9kp3ftc.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/at275_zps9stuvnxv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/at275_zps9stuvnxv.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aw278_zps3caz4qhl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aw278_zps3caz4qhl.jpg.html)
It's a new day and there's even more cars on the ground to keep my trigger finger busy, like these birds of a feather.....NOT!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aa256_zpsqrxsxu38.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aa256_zpsqrxsxu38.jpg.html)
Did I mention that Studebaker are becoming more popular?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/an269_zpsgcjfab0v.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/an269_zpsgcjfab0v.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bv303_zps0omrohru.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bv303_zps0omrohru.jpg.html)
This one is '32 model which makes it rare and as you can see it's very tastefully modified.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ai264_zpsxs9xsh7k.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ai264_zpsxs9xsh7k.jpg.html)
Here's the power plant that usually hides under the closed hood and yes it's also by Studebaker.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/z281_zpsnhgmrp17.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/z281_zpsnhgmrp17.jpg.html)
And here's what the front of the car looks like.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aa282_zpsibtaqidx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aa282_zpsibtaqidx.jpg.html)
This Lark two door sedan was just plain sweet.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/f235_zpszvhha73b.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/f235_zpszvhha73b.jpg.html)
When my bride got sick and I dropped everything to race home last year, I had commenced negotiating to purchase this '48 Chevy wagon. Unfortunately, as things got worse my focus moved to matterss more important that acquiring another car. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/g236_zpshkps7xbl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/g236_zpshkps7xbl.jpg.html)
It was good to catch up with the car and it's new owners, who were having a ball with it. They prolly could have held the ball inside it.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/h237_zpsnodph79z.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/h237_zpsnodph79z.jpg.html)
This one would look great in my garage, but I don't have a money tree.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/j239_zpsd4vtw8gc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/j239_zpsd4vtw8gc.jpg.html)
Maybe one of these might fit my wallet better.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/e234_zpsjnycprjw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/e234_zpsjnycprjw.jpg.html)
V16 Cadillacs are not at all common even in the US of A, nor are they cheap to acquire. Yet there were three hot rodded versions at the Nat's.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/l241_zpsz1ll1byv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/l241_zpsz1ll1byv.jpg.html)
And for those who couldn't quite run to a Caddy, the lower priced La-Salle is a good second choice.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/k240_zpsijtsi8kv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/k240_zpsijtsi8kv.jpg.html)
I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but the great thing about hot rodding, there are really no rules and anything goes as the following images will confirm.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/az281_zpseb5jxx7g.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/az281_zpseb5jxx7g.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/y254_zps38mkikth.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/y254_zps38mkikth.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/s248_zpslj9jsond.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/s248_zpslj9jsond.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/r247_zpswtriaatk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/r247_zpswtriaatk.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/q246_zpsaqai6hye.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/q246_zpsaqai6hye.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/n243_zpss85qdh7w.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/n243_zpss85qdh7w.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/i238_zps9yxaarhy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/i238_zps9yxaarhy.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bl293_zps1qvjjp7w.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bl293_zps1qvjjp7w.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/b231_zps8hfg4iaf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/b231_zps8hfg4iaf.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ab257_zps9ntfp7e6.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ab257_zps9ntfp7e6.jpg.html)
Rare and not what most would consider attractive is this 1942 offering from Oldsmobile.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ax279_zpsrrofebli.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ax279_zpsrrofebli.jpg.html)
Did I mention the Willys folks are always out in force at the NSRA Nat's?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ay280_zpszicmm64b.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ay280_zpszicmm64b.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/p245_zpsorjw8htb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/p245_zpsorjw8htb.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w252_zpscv1rxzhj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w252_zpscv1rxzhj.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/x253_zpsxi0svzwd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/x253_zpsxi0svzwd.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/v251_zps1huaehpt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/v251_zps1huaehpt.jpg.html)
When we talk hot rod, we usually think Ford but here in the heartland, the big three all feature strongly and share the limelight equally.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aj265_zpsokyqcbvv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aj265_zpsokyqcbvv.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ag262_zpsydmhumkq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ag262_zpsydmhumkq.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ae260_zpsulka1i3q.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ae260_zpsulka1i3q.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ac258_zpshsdvlolb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ac258_zpshsdvlolb.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/af261_zpsqpbnepkt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/af261_zpsqpbnepkt.jpg.html)
Some even use body parts borrowed from the other brands, like this Ford wearing a Caddy grille.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/d233_zpsvo9zk1oh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/d233_zpsvo9zk1oh.jpg.html)
Some are just, um, different.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ak266_zpsohuqray4.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ak266_zpsohuqray4.jpg.html)
The MOPAR guys should know what the license plate represents on this '69 Roadrunner, what looks like the cheap version is packing a factory fitted 426 Race Hemi, four speed and traction lock Dana rear end.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bs300_zpsnmriyjws.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bs300_zpsnmriyjws.jpg.html)
Early Falcons are becoming very popular among the gasser crowd.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/z255_zpssw3k4mxf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/z255_zpssw3k4mxf.jpg.html)
And you can't go past light blue paint on a '40 Ford.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ah263_zpsttaunxsm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ah263_zpsttaunxsm.jpg.html)
Especially when it's metallic .
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/al267_zpscasfhoer.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/al267_zpscasfhoer.jpg.html)
If you can't find fun at the NSRA Nat's, you should check your pulse.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/am268_zpswhmn1hhr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/am268_zpswhmn1hhr.jpg.html)
Of course being a club member means even more fun.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bp297_zpsh3slyazp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bp297_zpsh3slyazp.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bu302_zps1osiefoo.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bu302_zps1osiefoo.jpg.html)
Likewise, if you can't find at least one car you'd want to take home.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/br299_zps885c2ket.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/br299_zps885c2ket.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bm294_zpsade9ij26.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bm294_zpsade9ij26.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bo296_zpsaayakjav.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bo296_zpsaayakjav.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bt301_zps5flvj2nb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bt301_zps5flvj2nb.jpg.html)
And just in case I missed something to interest you, here's a couple of nice ones from Uncle Henry.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/o244_zpspwsky4xk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/o244_zpspwsky4xk.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/c232_zpsqgmws3lp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/c232_zpsqgmws3lp.jpg.html)
My old artistic buddy Daryll Mayabb has shelved his '36 Chevy for something more compact.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/t249_zpszw7hnkuf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/t249_zpszw7hnkuf.jpg.html)
Daryll's new Thames gobbles up the highway miles in the same manner as his old '36 Chevy and has even more very clever & unique details.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u250_zpsdqeqtug2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u250_zpsdqeqtug2.jpg.html)
One thing I'm sure of and that is, variety and individuality is what makes hot rodding fun.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/m268_zpsyjbbmuyc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/m268_zpsyjbbmuyc.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/e260_zpsvfyv1qit.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/e260_zpsvfyv1qit.jpg.html)
I reckon this little bugger might be as fun as they come.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/t275_zpsw5bysifn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/t275_zpsw5bysifn.jpg.html)
Neat early model 40 was hidden away at the back of a swap meet site.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/c258_zpsnp7lvzgp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/c258_zpsnp7lvzgp.jpg.html)
This one was impossible to hide.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w278_zpsom5hreyb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w278_zpsom5hreyb.jpg.html)
Genuine COPO big block powered Camaro is both rare and valuable. Sounds mean and nasty too. COPO is an interesting story. The GM dealer, Gibb Chevrolet originally created the COPO 9560 427 Camaro by arranging a deal with Chevrolet and by placing the initial order of fifty units (all identical except for exterior color and transmission). But the unexpected high price at delivery caused Gibb to be able to sell only thirteen units himself. So the remaining units were redistributed to other dealers. An additional nineteen cars were ordered by other dealers and these varied widely in the additional options ordered with them. Final production total for 1969 COPO 9560 ZL1 Camaro was sixty-nine cars, distributed to forty-one different Chevrolet dealers.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u276_zpslhs4fugl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u276_zpslhs4fugl.jpg.html)
Here's a '41 Willys with matching trailer.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/s274_zpsundz27zv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/s274_zpsundz27zv.jpg.html)
Don't need a trailer if you got one of these.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/p271_zpsnowmk2bu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/p271_zpsnowmk2bu.jpg.html)
A pair of Deuces.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/q272_zpsmqnift26.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/q272_zpsmqnift26.jpg.html)
Bob and his buddy were having plenty of fun cruising the grounds
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/j265_zps85by0sqp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/j265_zps85by0sqp.jpg.html)
And this Bob is big into food, boy is he into it.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/k266_zps2vtd266l.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/k266_zps2vtd266l.jpg.html)
I'm often in trouble for not having people in my photographs, here's one that's is typical of many photographs shot across the whole weekend.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/o270_zpsxp5qcxra.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/o270_zpsxp5qcxra.jpg.html)
Chopped '40 pickup had very shiny and smooth paint.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/n269_zps9fc8smq9.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/n269_zps9fc8smq9.jpg.html)
Remember that Hemi Road runner I showed you earlier?
There's only one way to whip one of those puppies and this is it.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/h263_zpsgalyn1rx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/h263_zpsgalyn1rx.jpg.html)
This local St Louis car has a reputation for running hard, fast and straight, there's more than a few videos of it on yoochoob.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/i264_zpsyy3wuqop.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/i264_zpsyy3wuqop.jpg.html)
Sliced and diced '56 Ford commercial is way cool.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/g262_zpsug7w1ly5.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/g262_zpsug7w1ly5.jpg.html)
Before we pack our bags and head home from Louisville, here's a neat shot of the rain on the boot lid of Barry's Poncho. We coulda gone swimming in the puddle in the license plate recess.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/av303_zpsxelunfxx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/av303_zpsxelunfxx.jpg.html)
Here's my Boston based buddy Skip trying to stay dry as he gets some stuff from his car.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aw304_zps2hux4smf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aw304_zps2hux4smf.jpg.html)
Another rare '32 model, this time a Ford B400 convertible.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ab283_zps7zn6zhaf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ab283_zps7zn6zhaf.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ac284_zpszyazbv2j.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ac284_zpszyazbv2j.jpg.html)
And speaking off rare convertibles, how about a '37 Chevy Cabriolet.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/a256_zpso1wj1ivy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/a256_zpso1wj1ivy.jpg.html)
Little Crosley wagon is about the size of an original '60s era Fiat 500, like it's bloody small.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ae286_zpsmm2zdvks.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ae286_zpsmm2zdvks.jpg.html)
However, this one is packing a considerable wallop.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ad285_zpsmbr4umaw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ad285_zpsmbr4umaw.jpg.html)
The intersection just inside the main gate, where rods are dispersed into different sections of the fairgrounds.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aj291_zpsjcjbabwa.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aj291_zpsjcjbabwa.jpg.html)
Everybody is happy at the NSRA Nat's and with well over 11,000 neat cars and maybe three or more times that many friendly car people, what's not to be happy about?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ak292_zpsnr20gipc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ak292_zpsnr20gipc.jpg.html)
No matter how new or old their ride.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/al293_zpsuhhaex8u.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/al293_zpsuhhaex8u.jpg.html)
Some of the T buckets are like a '70s time warp.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/am294_zps3d583jsy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/am294_zps3d583jsy.jpg.html)
Ramp trucks are a handy way to haul your trailer queen.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ag288_zpsceiy2rmt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ag288_zpsceiy2rmt.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bb309_zpsljlvkhnz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bb309_zpsljlvkhnz.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/l267_zpsl40uqoek.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/l267_zpsl40uqoek.jpg.html)
Some hauler tend to be a little over the top.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/x279_zpsyngubn4k.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/x279_zpsyngubn4k.jpg.html)
And if all you have to haul is people, then there's nothing better than an old skoowul bus.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bc310_zpsfgbsj6qd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bc310_zpsfgbsj6qd.jpg.html)
Here's what had to be the oldest Studebaker at Louisville.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bl319_zps1dp9luod.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bl319_zps1dp9luod.jpg.html)
And a slightly newer one.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bo322_zpsj77w8znz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bo322_zpsj77w8znz.jpg.html)
And a super neat one from near the end of the road.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/y280_zpswmnyzoud.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/y280_zpswmnyzoud.jpg.html)
Looks like Henry is the odd man out in this group.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/f261_zps7kgsio6f.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/f261_zps7kgsio6f.jpg.html)
Dunno if that applies to this group.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/d259_zpsocasfefu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/d259_zpsocasfefu.jpg.html)
This Hudson didn't win the Piston Cup.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bi316_zpsujt6fk0h.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bi316_zpsujt6fk0h.jpg.html)
Where the Wayfarer name was used before it went on an Aussie Valiant Ute.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bk318_zpskzawdedy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bk318_zpskzawdedy.jpg.html)
Another rare Plymouth.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bn321_zpsvtg5o272.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bn321_zpsvtg5o272.jpg.html)
Another attempt at an arty-farty shot.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bm320_zpsjizr3eye.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bm320_zpsjizr3eye.jpg.html)
From memory the price was about US$27k.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bj317_zpsrmoojzah.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bj317_zpsrmoojzah.jpg.html)
The luxury champs from 1939.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/be312_zpszq0vuk3v.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/be312_zpszq0vuk3v.jpg.html)
Ad yet another attempt at arty-farty.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bp323_zpsw6xmvh2m.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bp323_zpsw6xmvh2m.jpg.html)
Different approaches to the same style of car.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/b257_zpsetjv3ora.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/b257_zpsetjv3ora.jpg.html)
Neat tub out in the rain.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/az307_zps67dfsnlf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/az307_zps67dfsnlf.jpg.html)
Entering the grounds is easy.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/au302_zps2ss5j3nn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/au302_zps2ss5j3nn.jpg.html)
Once there, you have plenty of eye candy to check out.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ap297_zps8ttu3cn2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ap297_zps8ttu3cn2.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/an295_zps5eepiagc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/an295_zps5eepiagc.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ai290_zpsnntmogwt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ai290_zpsnntmogwt.jpg.html)
Yet another big Packard.
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And a rare Mercury.
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From the front this could almost be an Aussie XT Falcon wagon.
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But from the other end is very different.
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Some cars just looked great in the rain.
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And created some opportunities for more arty-farty attempts.
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This lady stopped to take a photo as we were shooting our friends of Mikey shot.
I have no idea who pressed the button on my camera but it sums up the vibe and events of Nat's weekend perfectly.
I'm sure you all recognise me, but most likely not my good friends Skip Readio (Boston, Ma), Ed Wienhardt (StLSRA), Hot Rod Liz (Manitoba, Canadia), Ed Weinhard Jr (StLouis, Mo.) and Barry Gan (StLSRA, Pres) and that's our late departed budy Mikey in the beer mug (which appears in other pics but is obscured here), which he made himself before departing our world, specifically so he could join us for one last party at the NSRA Nat's, he would have enjoyed it, coz we did.
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And then as always happens after jamming so much fun into five long days. The time arrives to say "hoo-roo" and head back to reality, which we decided to do once the awards and other formalities were completed around four pm on Saturday arvo.
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(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/br325_zpswuftc3zj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/br325_zpswuftc3zj.jpg.html)
Most folks head home on Sunday, but we figured we'd beat the rush and do the trip in the cool evening air, so we could relax on Sunday.
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(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bs326_zpshdiurmik.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bs326_zpshdiurmik.jpg.html)
This neat little truck was in the parking lot at the diner Ed and I stopped at for dinner on Saturday evening, didn't see it at the Nats so figured it was local to the area we were at.
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And finally a few minutes after midnight we made it 'home'.
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At this point I think I stopped to take a rest, but there's still another four weeks of fun and games to go before I was all done havin' fun.
Thanks for the pictures Carps.
Oh man, what delightful and relaxing read.
Thanks a bunch for the pics.
Way cool!
super pics, thanks Carps. When I got into it, it was like a feature length show, I watched it from beginning to end and even read all of the captions. I sat here so long that it took me two tries to stand up.
Sorry 'bot that, so I guess I shouldn't post the Pleasanton Goodguys West Coast Nationals stuff I've prepared? :lol: :lol: :lol:
Thanks for the great pictures. I thought the nose on my 41 Olds is ugly, but that 42 takes the cake. How much was that Vicky, trying to figure out how much overpriced my 34 is.
Thanks
Doug
He wanted US$30k which was about Au$45k at the time.
Holy Cow! My 34 is at least that nice and has front suspension, and I would take half that. I guess I better haul it out there next year.
Excellent pictures Carps ... 8)
It makes me feel like I was there.. 8)
Thank You .. :!:
Bob... :wink:
Awesome pics Carps, thanks for sharing! Lot's of cool cars, cool people, and cool times. What a great time.
^^^What they said. Thanks for the great pics and narrative.
Quote from: "Carps"Sorry 'bot that, so I guess I shouldn't post the Pleasanton Goodguys West Coast Nationals stuff I've prepared? :lol: :lol: :lol:
Ohhhhh, Noooooo! !!!! May we have some more? Please? You do nice work, artsy fartsy and all.
OK, since you asked so nicely, I'll start a new thread, so this one can remain the NSRA Nats and not get clogged up with other stuff.
:D