The Rodding Roundtable
Motorhead Message Central => Rodder's Roundtable => Topic started by: Carps on October 22, 2015, 06:12:42 AM
Because you asked so nicely, I'll even start at the beginning.
The Carps 2015 Hot Rod and other stuff, tour started with my arrival at Los Angeles on the last Friday arvo in July and the fun started immediately as I headed out to supper at 'Ruby's Diner' with my good buddy Ron Cole (Hi Ron) in his totally cool '40 Deelux Coop.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/AugRuby_zpsvjb3tipj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/AugRuby_zpsvjb3tipj.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/Aug8_zpsdt2jp1g4.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/Aug8_zpsdt2jp1g4.jpg.html)
Ron told his buddies I'd had a few health issues before departing Oz, so they came equipped to help if it was needed.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ar44_zps3vrzuslu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ar44_zps3vrzuslu.jpg.html)
So here we are, all lined up neatly outside Ruby's Diner for the weekly Friday evening get together.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/f06_zpslgviyr2j.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/f06_zpslgviyr2j.jpg.html)
I just love a car with lotsa door and this is one of the nicest fat rendered oferings I know.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/b02_zpsw8erl0vb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/b02_zpsw8erl0vb.jpg.html)
This Morris 8 had many unknowing locals scratching their head, the owner was more puzzled that I knew exactly what it was, I figure he didn't notice my 'southern' accent.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/am39_zpsietfqroq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/am39_zpsietfqroq.jpg.html)
Mid fifties Dodge Kustom Royal looks like a tired old stocker.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/d04_zpsgdzlcm2q.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/d04_zpsgdzlcm2q.jpg.html)
However, you should never judge a book by it's cover as this old Dodgem is packing some serious heat beneath that crusty old hood..
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/e05_zpsgqlh41mw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/e05_zpsgqlh41mw.jpg.html)
Another MOPAR, this time a Chrysler New Yorker!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bl64_zpsktr9ghtc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bl64_zpsktr9ghtc.jpg.html)
Ruby's cruise night is a pretty laid back affair.....
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ag33_zps5bi4ssce.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ag33_zps5bi4ssce.jpg.html)
..... and quite pleasant. As the sun goes away the air cools off quickly, making for a great drive home after the lights go out. We usually take the long route.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aj36_zpsapbjd8eg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aj36_zpsapbjd8eg.jpg.html)
How do you pick the difference between a 1956 Buick Riviera and the same year Buick Roadmaster?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/af32_zpsxhxel1da.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/af32_zpsxhxel1da.jpg.html)
The Roadmiester is on the right of this shot. Notice the different roofline and boot lid?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ae31_zpsudiieafq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ae31_zpsudiieafq.jpg.html)
It's far easier to see the differences between a 1958 Edsel and a 1960 model.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ac29_zpss4jbxn7w.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ac29_zpss4jbxn7w.jpg.html)
The '58 model looks less like a same year Ford than the later unit.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ad30_zpsvukd4yal.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ad30_zpsvukd4yal.jpg.html)
And here's a great visual of the differences between '40 Ford deluxe and standard models.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/at46_zpsmwutlo1l.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/at46_zpsmwutlo1l.jpg.html)
Did I ever tell you that I think glass is overrated? That line always cracks me up. ;-)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ak37_zpsscdk8pti.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ak37_zpsscdk8pti.jpg.html)
This one is tin, not tupperware.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/y25_zpsg5lctgj3.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/y25_zpsg5lctgj3.jpg.html)
Years ago there was a tech story in Australian Custom Rodder Magazine on making an early XL style Falcon Hardtop using bits cut from a sedan and grafted onto an Aussie XP coupe. We didn't know at the time that they could have just bought one of these. :shock:
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ah34_zps3aotw0ks.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ah34_zps3aotw0ks.jpg.html)
The owner of this Chubby truck decided to polish the purple paint so hard that it got hot and caught fire, look hard and you may see the flames.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ai35_zpseadujaoq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ai35_zpseadujaoq.jpg.html)
I wouldn't mess with this Dodgy panel truck at the lights, it has a badass built 440 big block sitting in the foot-space beneath the dash panel.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ap42_zpsq61kczdy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ap42_zpsq61kczdy.jpg.html)
Plain Jane and bare bones full sized Chevy two door sedan didn't look that special but had these neat front fender badges which suggest otherwise.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w23_zps2jlsc9mg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w23_zps2jlsc9mg.jpg.html)
With a Muncie four-speed, dual quads on the 409 and pos-a-traction rear end, what looks like a plain old fleet car, is indeed real fine..
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bm65_zpsxfsrfoyh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bm65_zpsxfsrfoyh.jpg.html)
These old Chevy trucks appear far more common that same vintage Fords. I'm told it's something to do with a big torquey six pulling better that a flathead V8. This one seems to have every accessory available when it was new and a few more that appear to have come later.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/c03_zpsnnpmggeb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/c03_zpsnnpmggeb.jpg.html)
This one was a little less conspicuous.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/v22_zpsnryiwsn2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/v22_zpsnryiwsn2.jpg.html)
Model A had been updated with modified banger and a few late model bits.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/p16_zpsuvjqqsov.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/p16_zpsuvjqqsov.jpg.html)
Jeep wagons are becoming popular even in SoCal.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/k11_zpsj5wss55z.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/k11_zpsj5wss55z.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ba53_zpsn4couugh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ba53_zpsn4couugh.jpg.html)
On the other hand, Cadlee-accs have never been out of fashion, especially when they have big fins.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/n14_zpsnww0cjxf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/n14_zpsnww0cjxf.jpg.html)
A year really does make a difference, albeit sometimes a very subtle one.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/o15_zpsskfpstwv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/o15_zpsskfpstwv.jpg.html)
This next pair are a good example of that, starting with Chevrolet's finest for '59......
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/au47_zpsue9bacdl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/au47_zpsue9bacdl.jpg.html)
.....which was totally outclassed by the new model one year later......
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ao41_zpsks8ugr5w.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ao41_zpsks8ugr5w.jpg.html)
....then not too many years later GM kinda lost the plot. However, with lowered suspension and the right wheels this uncommon model doesn't seem as ugly now as it did when new.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/as45_zpsrvgskvgv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/as45_zpsrvgskvgv.jpg.html)
Pontiac for '59 was much better looking than the Chevrolet offerings, but that's only my ever so humble opinion.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bk63_zpsow6voyqn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bk63_zpsow6voyqn.jpg.html)
However, the '58 model's great looking dash was toned down somewhat for the new wide-track Poncho, but it still looks OK.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bf58_zps08s1ov1i.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bf58_zps08s1ov1i.jpg.html)
This is what's known as a size ten engine in a size five car.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bg59_zpsc0peqyxn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bg59_zpsc0peqyxn.jpg.html)
This Chevelle was packing a nasty sounding big block and four speed. It belongs to the young lady standing next to me who brought her mom and [strike]a cougar[/strike] aunty along to make sure she didn't get into any trouble.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/be57_zpsnhve9e2p.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/be57_zpsnhve9e2p.jpg.html)
As darkness fell and the air cooled off, cars and trucks continued to roll into the parking lot.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bb54_zpsgzqycqvr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bb54_zpsgzqycqvr.jpg.html)
The lighting at that time of night also makes for some arty-farty type photograph opportunities.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/av48_zpsbmjugxof.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/av48_zpsbmjugxof.jpg.html)
Of course I'm always on the look-out for a different angle or lighting opportunity.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bc55_zpsigd74zt4.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bc55_zpsigd74zt4.jpg.html)
Other times long arms come in handy for shooting' photers, but a ladder would work better.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bh60_zpsfnrpkumt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bh60_zpsfnrpkumt.jpg.html)
They don't always work out so well, but here's a few more arty-farty, ish attempts.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ay51_zpsmbw2f5i0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ay51_zpsmbw2f5i0.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aq43_zpsmjw8z3vq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aq43_zpsmjw8z3vq.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aj36_zpsapbjd8eg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aj36_zpsapbjd8eg.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/q17_zpstw9ecbfv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/q17_zpstw9ecbfv.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/r18_zpsl9k5qsww.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/r18_zpsl9k5qsww.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/l12_zps2wsr3jtp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/l12_zps2wsr3jtp.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bn66_zpsjigiw2he.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bn66_zpsjigiw2he.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u21_zpsceocrbdj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u21_zpsceocrbdj.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/t20_zpslwjnyazf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/t20_zpslwjnyazf.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aa27_zpssblzib2i.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aa27_zpssblzib2i.jpg.html)
This is a better shot of the '55 Chevy gasser, which is upholstered like a luxury car and has an independent front suspension. Not to mention a blown and very scary sounding big block Chevy power plant.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/z26_zpsfudjtpvc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/z26_zpsfudjtpvc.jpg.html)
I reckon these late forties-era Chev's are grossly underrated as hot rod fodder. Done well they make comfortable and classy rides.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/s19_zps98lhck2n.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/s19_zps98lhck2n.jpg.html)
This puppy would be anything but comfortable.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/x24_zpseenp10ng.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/x24_zpseenp10ng.jpg.html)
Here's another example of major difference from one model year to the next.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/i09_zpsqo8kmy81.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/i09_zpsqo8kmy81.jpg.html)
And a couple more size ten engines in size five cars.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/j10_zps0bethlhm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/j10_zps0bethlhm.jpg.html)
Ford Pinto shares it's dimension with an early Cortina, this one has pro stock style 490 c.i. big block and drag race style drive train.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/g07_zpsrefsub8h.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/g07_zpsrefsub8h.jpg.html)
Here's a nice example of Ford's pre-war ugly duckling.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/h08_zpsyyoypg6z.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/h08_zpsyyoypg6z.jpg.html)
And one for the fans of Chevy Fastback styling.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aw49_zpsd25yfhus.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aw49_zpsd25yfhus.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ax50_zpsmi0j2gdn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ax50_zpsmi0j2gdn.jpg.html)
This '40 Ford three door hatchback is just too shiny and kinda glows in the dark.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/al38_zpsgkf0o4ex.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/al38_zpsgkf0o4ex.jpg.html)
On the other hand, it starts to show the fact that Ron's coupe is not so shiny as it sometimes seems.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bi61_zpsomsbonzn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bi61_zpsomsbonzn.jpg.html)
The descending darkness does make it look even cooler than in daylight.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bd56_zpsd1vbopbt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bd56_zpsd1vbopbt.jpg.html)
Ford's land-yacht Lincoln Continental takes up a whole bunch of parking lot real estate..
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/an40_zpsgyskwqjz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/an40_zpsgyskwqjz.jpg.html)
And still the cars, or what substitutes for a car in some parts of the world, continued to roll in.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ab28_zpsloyiyocl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ab28_zpsloyiyocl.jpg.html)
Finally it' was time to head home, as we'd need to be up before the crack of dawn to be on time for Donut Derelicts.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bj62_zpsklbdpoek.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bj62_zpsklbdpoek.jpg.html)
But then I remembered I was booked to fly to St Louis the next day, which meant the donut shindig would have to wait until I returned a couple of weeks later.
We've been to the NSRA Nationals and returned to St Louis late Saturday night and now we can spend Sunday relaxing. Ed and I are discussing a few options when Barb says there's a flyer for a car show in the email. It looked like it might be fun so we gave the '57 Chevy a quick wipe over and headed off.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bo348_zps4mkdsfmg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bo348_zps4mkdsfmg.jpg.html)
Turned out it wasn't a huge show, just a local parking lot shindig, but kinda cool all the same, with a good variety of vehicle styles including a few rice burners.........
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bf339_zps8xyecvra.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bf339_zps8xyecvra.jpg.html)
.....which can get a little weird, especially when they get the severe version of what's known as the Japanese VIP treatment.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/l293_zpstreaac1b.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/l293_zpstreaac1b.jpg.html)
Yes kids, the tyre is meant to look like it's not seated properly on the wheel rim. In fact these wheels are 'specially made to give that appearance and the car also has airbag springs so it can sit the body work in the gap between rubber band tyre and outer wheel-rim. :shock:
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/k292_zpsipyaecqx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/k292_zpsipyaecqx.jpg.html)
This little Mazda RX7 coupe is more to my taste in Japanese cars and as you may or may not be aware, I do have a soft spot for the M brand having been a big chunk of my life before the T brand called out to me.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bn347_zpsuexysr9e.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bn347_zpsuexysr9e.jpg.html)
The car is tastefuly modified and the tyres seem to carry some kind of cryptic message. However, the brake rotors are in fact behind the wheels where they belong and look just fine to me, so what could it possibly mean? :?:
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/d285_zpsosjqvtux.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/d285_zpsosjqvtux.jpg.html)
What I think it means is this: "Mess with me and I'll kick your * donkey, AKA butt" :twisted:
Yep that is a very well worked over Corvette LS6 small block, boasting more than 600 neddies and stuffed ever so neatly into the space that once held a tiny rotor motor It's backed by a Tremec six speed mexican, with multi plate clutch and a slick Hurst cog swapper. The boot floor is modified to allow fitment of a pair of huge mufflers, making the exhaust not barley audible and allowing the little monster to sneak up on it's prey before kicking their * in the traffic light derby.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/c284_zpsdvemzshs.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/c284_zpsdvemzshs.jpg.html)
If that's not overkill enough for you, how about this neat little pick-up truck to haul the family and all their stuff?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ba334_zpsggmmuf3b.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ba334_zpsggmmuf3b.jpg.html)
The people standing at the rear kinda put it in a little better perspective.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bb335_zpsrgsiaay9.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bb335_zpsrgsiaay9.jpg.html)
And yes folks, that is a current model Aussie Holden Commodore AKA Chevrolet Impala (or as they are known is Australia, the GM Fleet special and/or Taxi Cab), which the St Louis locals consider some kind of exotic device and couldn't understand why the average Aussie would not pee on it if it were on fire.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bc336_zpsknsfiwe1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bc336_zpsknsfiwe1.jpg.html)
The weirdness didn't stop there, how about this thing, which had more than just me and Ed scratching our heads trying to figure it out.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ax331_zpsykielswi.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ax331_zpsykielswi.jpg.html)
Seems to be half exotic sporty car and half muddersickle, with too many wheels to be one and not enough to be the other.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/az333_zpsahiyhuko.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/az333_zpsahiyhuko.jpg.html)
It did have proper seats and a steering wheel, plus a sticker on the console saying it wasn't crash tested so you'll need to wear a helmet.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ay332_zpsiqeroihn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ay332_zpsiqeroihn.jpg.html)
It was not alone! This one looked like it could be the budget model, as it didn't have quite the same features as the red one,
Has a kind of sinister appearance we figured maybe it's Darth Vader's daily driver.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bi342_zpsbw3avttw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bi342_zpsbw3avttw.jpg.html)
And there was more off the wall stuff, like this pick-up truck that drove in off the freeway. Check out the rear tyres and exhaust system.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/au328_zpswf6vsvbf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/au328_zpswf6vsvbf.jpg.html)
Almost back to some semblance of normality is the 'Elvis Caddy'.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/q298_zpsjkecnrdd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/q298_zpsjkecnrdd.jpg.html)
This looks a bit more like our kinda cars.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/f287_zpsfccdvewz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/f287_zpsfccdvewz.jpg.html)
It's scary to think someone in St Louis actually drives a pink truck.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/e286_zpswdxhauuk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/e286_zpswdxhauuk.jpg.html)
Ex cop cars are popular with many of the locals who according to the media, have a severe dislike of everything to do with cops.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/o296_zpsjervzxoh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/o296_zpsjervzxoh.jpg.html)
Fortunately Donks and the big wheel chingo are not so popular in this neighbourhood as others, but they are here. This is the first time i've seen a 'Donk' with big n little bigies. Or is that big and biggers?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bm346_zpsd6qtwb7j.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bm346_zpsd6qtwb7j.jpg.html)
This is what the locals mean when they say they've detailed their wheels, and as you can see they do like 'em well and truly detailed.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ak318_zpsaem70zlx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ak318_zpsaem70zlx.jpg.html)
St Louis at one time being home to a Chrysler plant famous for building Road Runners and other popular MOPAR Muscle machines, there's plenty of that stuff around the area. Like this little gem.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/m294_zpsjcduemju.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/m294_zpsjcduemju.jpg.html)
It's an unrestored original and all numbers match the original paperwork.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/n295_zps0d5ixxcv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/n295_zps0d5ixxcv.jpg.html)
Another MOPAR, this time seemingly made up from bits of anything built between around '29 and '34,..........
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bg340_zpsbimwhjpz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bg340_zpsbimwhjpz.jpg.html)
.........it even appears to have model A Ford rear fenders.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bh341_zps2ej6jlwc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bh341_zps2ej6jlwc.jpg.html)
Quite a few less common later models turned out, like this Poncho.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/be338_zpssclki6h8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/be338_zpssclki6h8.jpg.html)
Same year Oldsmobile....
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ah315_zps8v3pmqwp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ah315_zps8v3pmqwp.jpg.html)
Buick Grand National is the car that plays the baddie in the movie 'Cars'. Kinda ordinary looking, with it's turbo V6 power train, the GNX was a high performance weapon.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ao322_zpshgvzndep.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ao322_zpshgvzndep.jpg.html)
Nash Metro's appear everywhere there's cars on show in the US.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ac310_zpszwxlxfim.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ac310_zpszwxlxfim.jpg.html)
Ponco GTO was sporting a late 'Vette drivetrain and billet wheels.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bl345_zps6ejrzkte.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bl345_zps6ejrzkte.jpg.html)
This one was a stocker with factory fit 421 and four speed powertrain.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/p297_zps60frwlli.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/p297_zps60frwlli.jpg.html).
Camaro street machine was nicely detailed.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/j291_zps2awbl4kn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/j291_zps2awbl4kn.jpg.html)
And of course as always in the US of A there's gotta be pick-up trucks, lots of pick up trucks.
'56 Chevy.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/h289_zpsa3ovkxjd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/h289_zpsa3ovkxjd.jpg.html)
'27 Ford.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/g288_zpsxqzclo9j.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/g288_zpsxqzclo9j.jpg.html)
Early sixties Ford with in line sicks under the hood.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/i290_zps2gcftsgk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/i290_zps2gcftsgk.jpg.html)
Of course there was also a Packard among the crowd, surprisingly only one.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bk344_zpsprg7kcvm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bk344_zpsprg7kcvm.jpg.html)
The solitary '55 Chevy, an unusually low turnout for this model.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bd337_zpsjevkpu7w.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/bd337_zpsjevkpu7w.jpg.html)
And another bad boy street racer.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/b283_zpsdpjiwnhu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/b283_zpsdpjiwnhu.jpg.html)
I dig the flames on this late Chevy pick-up, if you'd told me about them, I'da laughed, but they're unique and kinda work OK.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/al319_zpsbtina6lz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/al319_zpsbtina6lz.jpg.html)
And then there were the low mileage original cars, like this late 40s Mercury.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ap323_zpsdovtsqfd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ap323_zpsdovtsqfd.jpg.html)
Or a 70,000 mile unmolested Ford Convertible.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ar325_zpsocvbnhid.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ar325_zpsocvbnhid.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/as326_zpshuxx8gkz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/as326_zpshuxx8gkz.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/at327_zpsseqt8qp8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/at327_zpsseqt8qp8.jpg.html)
The owner claimed this to be an original unrestored car.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ae312_zpsxqtnljtq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ae312_zpsxqtnljtq.jpg.html)
I'm not so sure as it appears to have newer wheels fitted.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/af313_zpsrv2jtplc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/af313_zpsrv2jtplc.jpg.html)
This one has looked just as it does today since the mid 1970s.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ai316_zpsw0yagq3j.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ai316_zpsw0yagq3j.jpg.html)
It appears to have held up very well and the engine sounds pretty tough too.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ad311_zpsmqtpddbl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ad311_zpsmqtpddbl.jpg.html)
There was something for all the photographers no matter what their preference.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/av329_zpss70ajd6o.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/av329_zpss70ajd6o.jpg.html)
This Studebaker is a street car rebuilt to a race car theme.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aj317_zpsgwzkwlqf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aj317_zpsgwzkwlqf.jpg.html)
And done well it was.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ag314_zpsshtxgrp8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ag314_zpsshtxgrp8.jpg.html)
A few nice street rods turned out on the day.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/an321_zps1m4ucagb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/an321_zps1m4ucagb.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/am320_zps10u6b7qq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/am320_zps10u6b7qq.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aq324_zpsfim1rwqx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aq324_zpsfim1rwqx.jpg.html)
Yeah, the gal is purdy, but the best bit of this photograph are the opposing expressions on the husband and wife's faces in the background. Priceless! :lol: :lol: :lol:
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aw330_zpsbgxvjpbc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aw330_zpsbgxvjpbc.jpg.html)
This was my favourite car on the day and the most disappointing, because we later saw it on a trailer.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/r299_zpsyk9xr688.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/r299_zpsyk9xr688.jpg.html)
Here's the original build and option sheets, everything is still there and beyond perfect.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/x305_zpsze4stwff.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/x305_zpsze4stwff.jpg.html)
We got talking to the owner who told us when I said I'd be afraid to get it dirty, that he drives it everywhere.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/y306_zps7lqn5mub.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/y306_zps7lqn5mub.jpg.html)
I thought it was pretty clean for a driver and Ed said he'd never seen it before, but the owner was very insistent that it was driven almost every weekend.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u302_zpsleqag87s.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u302_zpsleqag87s.jpg.html)
But not if it is raining?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/z307_zpsrz7r4rnp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/z307_zpsrz7r4rnp.jpg.html)
The detail is incredible and perfectly duplicates what the factory issued.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/v303_zpsu6pyznzq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/v303_zpsu6pyznzq.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w304_zpsr2xpmf1z.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w304_zpsr2xpmf1z.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/t301_zpsn4dbam4s.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/t301_zpsn4dbam4s.jpg.html)
Looks like it's never been run.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/s300_zps3qioqamj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/s300_zps3qioqamj.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aa308_zpsm4alxaag.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aa308_zpsm4alxaag.jpg.html)
Ed and I congratulated the guy on a great restoration and headed off for a late lunch, before going old car shopping.
Thanks for the pix, Carps. I like that you captioned most of the pix, also.
The captions help me tell the story to my butddies at home.
Especially when I'm recounting that before departing St Louis, I had to check out a few cars for sale.
The following images are those cars and more. However, this is only a small sample of what we checked out. Most of the prices were reasonable, some a tad high and some of the cars just so desirable that it was difficult to walk away from them.
Ed likes offbeat wagons with barn doors.......
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aa308_zpsdp1ek4u8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aa308_zpsdp1ek4u8.jpg.html)
So, I wouldn't be surprised to find this little Volvo in his garage next time I'm in town.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/y306_zpsjapckosf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/y306_zpsjapckosf.jpg.html)
'58 Chevy two door is not the most desirable version of the model year, so the price on this one was good.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w304_zpsbo8nvbxt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w304_zpsbo8nvbxt.jpg.html)
Rarity of '59 Pontiac Bonneville convert was reflected in the price, but the condition was OK.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/x305_zpssk2wfyzr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/x305_zpssk2wfyzr.jpg.html)
Desoto wagon was hard to walk away from, condition = perfect, price = low, 392 Hemi under the hood and tourqueflite auto just make it more desirable.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/v303_zpsnjaelmd1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/v303_zpsnjaelmd1.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u302_zps2aghhyrs.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u302_zps2aghhyrs.jpg.html)
Home made wooden bodied T truck was unique.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/s300_zps0jgo4xqj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/s300_zps0jgo4xqj.jpg.html)
This thing was also different.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/t301_zpsjjrcue8k.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/t301_zpsjjrcue8k.jpg.html)
Caddy Eldorado Bairritz is an ultra rare and desirable model, which was also reflected in the price for this very nicely restored unit.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/r299_zpsdo1edlwj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/r299_zpsdo1edlwj.jpg.html)
The sales guy did reassure me that all the prices are negotiable plus they can arrange finance and delivery to Australia.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/p297_zpsb9r8twr8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/p297_zpsb9r8twr8.jpg.html)
T bucket was priced in the low $20ks which seemed reasonable.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/m294_zpslsfm9bhl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/m294_zpslsfm9bhl.jpg.html)
Bathtub Nash wagon was a radically modified unit with a big price ticket.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/q298_zps8l2ctq3p.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/q298_zps8l2ctq3p.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/i290_zpsqlgulz1r.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/i290_zpsqlgulz1r.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/f287_zpsbmqed2pz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/f287_zpsbmqed2pz.jpg.html)
Lincoln Continental MKII was in good shape but not perfect.
One of half a dozen similar cars we'd look at on the day.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/z307_zpstcfdwhqm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/z307_zpstcfdwhqm.jpg.html)
Dodge Polara convert was in a colour and trim combination never offered when the car was new, but that would only bother a rivet counter.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/e286_zpsn5ggqglg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/e286_zpsn5ggqglg.jpg.html)
Very well restored and so keenly priced, it was extremely hard to walk away from..
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/d285_zpsvfabu2k2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/d285_zpsvfabu2k2.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/c284_zpsv343lplb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/c284_zpsv343lplb.jpg.html)
at $84k, hot rodded '34 Fordor was nice but carried what I thought was a too big price ticket.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/k292_zpsqaswclrc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/k292_zpsqaswclrc.jpg.html)
In fact the same money would take home this 1935 Pierce Arrow.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/j291_zps04rmxtgb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/j291_zps04rmxtgb.jpg.html)
To my mind I would have much rather driven the Pierce home, it's a very nice old limo, somewhat rare and in great shape.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/n295_zps906fohd9.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/n295_zps906fohd9.jpg.html)
Here you can see it's very much original and in almost perfect order.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/g288_zpsgocy8ax9.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/g288_zpsgocy8ax9.jpg.html)
It's also much bigger and more comfortable the the Ford.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/h289_zpsjdjd3hia.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/h289_zpsjdjd3hia.jpg.html)
We also checked out a number of model A Fords in various body styles, usually priced around the $20k mark. This Pick up seemed to be good value for that kind of money.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/o296_zpsujjbd9cj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/o296_zpsujjbd9cj.jpg.html)
International pick up was cheap as chips.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/am320_zpsrix8pmsq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/am320_zpsrix8pmsq.jpg.html)
This early '30s Caddy was also in the same price range as the Pierce and Ford.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/b283_zpsnk34gsxw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/b283_zpsnk34gsxw.jpg.html)
Unfortunately, this slick Chebby was sold and headed to it's new home.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ak318_zpshnnqli05.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ak318_zpshnnqli05.jpg.html)
Didn't get a price on this jail bar, but Ed suggested it'd be cheap because of the low local desirability factor.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/al319_zps03ilo4hf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/al319_zps03ilo4hf.jpg.html)
American La France Fire tender is way cool, the price?
"Make me an offer", so I did, and fortunately I was a tad low but I reckon the size would make it too expensive to drag home anyhow.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ah315_zpslcv872pm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ah315_zpslcv872pm.jpg.html)
Another desirable car that I though was priced OK at around $30k is this clean Studebaker Golden Hawk.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ae312_zpsfwrxaitg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ae312_zpsfwrxaitg.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ad311_zpsb0ytaoan.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ad311_zpsb0ytaoan.jpg.html)
Late '40s Chevy truck had just arrived and was yet to be prepared for sale.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ac310_zps5xzthd11.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ac310_zps5xzthd11.jpg.html)
Less than $10K could have you driving home in this Packard.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ag314_zpsah78fywo.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ag314_zpsah78fywo.jpg.html)
Falcon Convert was priced higher than most similar vintage Mustangs we saw.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aj317_zpsgqmg2olj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aj317_zpsgqmg2olj.jpg.html)
It was in pretty good shape.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ai316_zpsyzpw1dhc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ai316_zpsyzpw1dhc.jpg.html)
Nice '41 Ford Convert was priced low, again according to Ed because of the poor desirability factor.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/af313_zpsrqqfor7s.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/af313_zpsrqqfor7s.jpg.html)
Prices for Tri-Five Chevy's ranged from high $20ks to low $90ks dependent on model, rarity and condition.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ab309_zpskgnyiygb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ab309_zpskgnyiygb.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/a282_zpslnkl4mqv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/a282_zpslnkl4mqv.jpg.html)
But wait! In the words of that great salesman, there's more.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ac362_zps2qdrc5lt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ac362_zps2qdrc5lt.jpg.html)
Fastlane Classics occupies four buildings all filled with cars and Automobilia and other stuff, some of which is incredible. Of course some of the prices are a bit out of this world too but for the most part, the stuff they have is good value and affordable.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ae364_zpsozaoszv0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ae364_zpsozaoszv0.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/y358_zpsfezzhsmt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/y358_zpsfezzhsmt.jpg.html)
The workshop is filled with cars being prepared for sale.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ab361_zpshjyx1u1g.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ab361_zpshjyx1u1g.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aa360_zpsqzro5nap.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/aa360_zpsqzro5nap.jpg.html)
The showrooms are also packed to bursting with cool and desirable old cars and other stuff, all of it for sale.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/v355_zps41xgdsvk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/v355_zps41xgdsvk.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w356_zps8v5engit.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/w356_zps8v5engit.jpg.html)
Here's the shop where cars are restored to pristine condition rather than just freshened up.
The '55 Fairlane Vicky was a nice mildly modified unit.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ad363_zpssaiodzoa.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/ad363_zpssaiodzoa.jpg.html)
However, this '59 Olds Convertible was my favourite at this place, it's simply huge and gorgeous, if not a tad pricey than to it's rarity.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/c336_zpsoumfqzl8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/c336_zpsoumfqzl8.jpg.html)
The a$k also reflects the fact it's a low mileage original with all the factory options.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/d337_zpsoek0v4rn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/d337_zpsoek0v4rn.jpg.html)
It features an aircraft carrier sized boot lid (which may explain the term deck-lid) big enough to land an aeroplane on.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/e338_zpsr7sgkufn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/e338_zpsr7sgkufn.jpg.html)
One of the coolest items here wasn't for sale. Probably just as well as it wouldn't have fitted in my luggage.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/t353_zpss6h5scfs.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/t353_zpss6h5scfs.jpg.html)
Need a Cobra, we got plenty! Mostly replicas, but the one that's roped off is a genuine '66 model with it's original side oiler 427 under that lightweight aluminum hood.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u354_zpsmmgjbtgg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/u354_zpsmmgjbtgg.jpg.html)
Corvette? They are all here, so just pick a year, colour and trim combo.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/l345_zpszrbs27ri.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/l345_zpszrbs27ri.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/af365_zpsnsxbazfb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/af365_zpsnsxbazfb.jpg.html)
Something a little off beat? No problem!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/k344_zpss4teavlt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/k344_zpss4teavlt.jpg.html)
Rare and hard to find? Easy!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/m346_zpsakfzo4tq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/m346_zpsakfzo4tq.jpg.html)
You name it, these guys have it covered, or know where to find one.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/j343_zps1v8lslsx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/j343_zps1v8lslsx.jpg.html)
Hot Wheels replica anyone?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/i342_zpszzqjsqxk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/i342_zpszzqjsqxk.jpg.html)
Pick up trucks?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/b335_zpsctiu3xrl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/b335_zpsctiu3xrl.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/n347_zpsmoieavtz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/n347_zpsmoieavtz.jpg.html)
Cool cruisers?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/p349_zpsfcikbua2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/p349_zpsfcikbua2.jpg.html)
This De Soto was another I'd consider bringing home if I had space and enough cash.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/o348_zpshucdyvgc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/o348_zpshucdyvgc.jpg.html)
You want a hot rod? No trouble.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/q350_zpsaxmhcloj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/q350_zpsaxmhcloj.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/r351_zpsfkej2o1j.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/r351_zpsfkej2o1j.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/x357_zpslp43rrlc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/x357_zpslp43rrlc.jpg.html)
Muscle cars? take your pick.
This Duster is one of many available so you could pick your choice of colour and trim.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/z359_zpsuktx2q9s.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/z359_zpsuktx2q9s.jpg.html)
Likewise this '68 Roadrunner, they had all years covered but no Hemis, although if that's what you want and you have the loot to cover it, they will find one for you.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/f339_zps3wtkkomj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/f339_zps3wtkkomj.jpg.html)
Easy to tell this is a MOPAR town.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/h341_zpst8tdqwnf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/h341_zpst8tdqwnf.jpg.html)
Classic muscle? Got them covered.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/g340_zpscs55slrc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/g340_zpscs55slrc.jpg.html)
Something sporty from Ford, no wuckers.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/s352_zpsdisaas6g.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/s352_zpsdisaas6g.jpg.html)
Having exhausted my salvia glands and made the bank manager very nervous, it was time to pack my bags and head west................ like the young man I am.
With a couple of weeks to fill before heading north to Pleasanton, we figured an automobile museum visit was in order. This time, instead of going to the usual places we headed out to the Nethercutt, which houses a fine collection of concours quality big ticket classics and a few ordinary old cars.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/070br_zps0uml3nco.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/070br_zps0uml3nco.jpg.html)
The Pierce Arrow in the pic above is the same model as the one I'd seen for sale a few days earlier in St Louis. And this was but only one of the Pierce A's in this collection, which appears to have at least one from every model year that the company was in business.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/005e_zps0flz2q7w.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/005e_zps0flz2q7w.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/006f_zpsc5prkuok.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/006f_zpsc5prkuok.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/015o_zps32q8mmqz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/015o_zps32q8mmqz.jpg.html)
A Pierce Arrow is a somewhat larger than even most of it's contemporaries in the luxury vehicle world, with styling that clearly makes an appropriate statement.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/041ao_zps9vhlscmz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/041ao_zps9vhlscmz.jpg.html)
They just ooze class!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/012l_zpsm3ndlods.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/012l_zpsm3ndlods.jpg.html)
And they had a really neat mascot from about 1928 until the last car was built in 1936.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/008h_zps449kq7ym.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/008h_zps449kq7ym.jpg.html)
Even the cars from that final model year were large and luxurious.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/019s_zpsvzzn9yky.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/019s_zpsvzzn9yky.jpg.html)
Notice this Pebble Beach class winner has a tow bar and it's attached to.....
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/036aj_zps2mngupyy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/036aj_zps2mngupyy.jpg.html)
....a matching Pierce Arrow 'Travelodge' Camper Trailer.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/035ai_zpsjoqzewn2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/035ai_zpsjoqzewn2.jpg.html)
Which as camper trailers go, is no less luxurious than the car hauling it.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/063bk_zpsck02vm2e.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/063bk_zpsck02vm2e.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/062bj_zpszegbjqlx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/062bj_zpszegbjqlx.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/064bl_zpsjacdtsuf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/064bl_zpsjacdtsuf.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/065bm_zpsj7ibiubn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/065bm_zpsj7ibiubn.jpg.html)
Most of the collection's Deusenbergs, including the famous Deusey 20 grand (a one off, so named because that's what it cost in 1932) and a few other insanely valuable 'one of' cars including the 1935 Pierce Silver Arrow are housed in a special building across the street, which requires pre booking well in advance for a private visit.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/055bc_zpsn5erba9c.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/055bc_zpsn5erba9c.jpg.html)
Even if I had booked, that was something we couldn't do this time around because a number of the cars were out on loan to the New York Art Museum or en-route to Pebble Beach for the big concours d'elegance event that weekend.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/068bp_zpsifn8gk1d.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/068bp_zpsifn8gk1d.jpg.html)
Here's one of the oldest Dak-Daks in the US of A.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/053ba_zps3yiaqf1z.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/053ba_zps3yiaqf1z.jpg.html)
The collection also features a mile or so it seems, of wall mounted display cases, filled with rare and unique stuff, like this Packard Radio Antenna Hood Mascot.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/048av_zps5zada9ed.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/048av_zps5zada9ed.jpg.html)
And of course there's a bunch of Packard cars to go with it, including the very last one built before the company was merged with Studebaker.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/032af_zpsmoyz8cgh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/032af_zpsmoyz8cgh.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/031ae_zpskzuzeeul.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/031ae_zpskzuzeeul.jpg.html)
They also have a good number of rare classic Packard Twelves.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/016p_zpssb5wuveo.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/016p_zpssb5wuveo.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/024x_zpsk5jwe2jd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/024x_zpsk5jwe2jd.jpg.html)
There's even a WW2 PT boat power plant.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/066bn_zpsh2cgrn3h.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/066bn_zpsh2cgrn3h.jpg.html)
And a bunch of other cool brass and classic era automobiles.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/017q_zpswvdgk8q0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/017q_zpswvdgk8q0.jpg.html)
Neat license plates on these Franklins.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/018r_zpshhnsvvik.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/018r_zpshhnsvvik.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/009i_zpsdofk8rhk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/009i_zpsdofk8rhk.jpg.html)
And it's clear that Peter Mullin doesn't own all the Bugatti Atlantics,
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/001a_zpspctyru81.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/001a_zpspctyru81.jpg.html)
.....or Delahayes.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/002b_zpsh5yumj9f.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/002b_zpsh5yumj9f.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/043aq_zpsjyjdjc5a.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/043aq_zpsjyjdjc5a.jpg.html)
Supercharged 300K Mercedes Cabriolet is a one-of, can you say 'priceless'?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/004d_zpsju22jy1s.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/004d_zpsju22jy1s.jpg.html)
The Nethercutt family collection also includes a solitary Tucker, this one an unrestored totally original low mileage gem.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/013m_zpslkxubccx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/013m_zpslkxubccx.jpg.html)
'36 Roadster is a pristine example of Ford's finest work.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/023w_zpsf7zgxwyu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/023w_zpsf7zgxwyu.jpg.html)
Model A tub is a rare one. Did you notice it's only got two doors?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/054bb_zpsmgrpnvaf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/054bb_zpsmgrpnvaf.jpg.html)
'36 Lincoln even rarer thanks to a one of coach built body.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/011k_zpsf9uhwiwe.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/011k_zpsf9uhwiwe.jpg.html)
'34 Roadster is a nice old hot rod.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/010j_zpsmzfylmko.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/010j_zpsmzfylmko.jpg.html)
The red McGee/Scritchfield Deuce roadster is on loan from the Petersen whilst that museum is being refurbished. The green roadster built by well known rodder * 'Magoo' Megugorac, back in the mid '80s is part of this collection.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/044ar_zpstgia0pgo.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/044ar_zpstgia0pgo.jpg.html)
There's also a large fleet of V16 Cadillacs and a few V12s.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/026z_zpsrtihohny.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/026z_zpsrtihohny.jpg.html)
..... most of them very rare versions of GMs flagship with unique coach built bodies.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/028ab_zpsshnwdwgy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/028ab_zpsshnwdwgy.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/027aa_zpsy5oyvw0k.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/027aa_zpsy5oyvw0k.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/033ag_zpsbqes0c0m.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/033ag_zpsbqes0c0m.jpg.html)
And all of them totally drool worthy.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/029ac_zpsbyjzy5p7.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/029ac_zpsbyjzy5p7.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/025y_zpsdgn0tneg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/025y_zpsdgn0tneg.jpg.html)
Even their baby brother, from Chevrolet is beautifully restored.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/030ad_zpshm642z5z.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/030ad_zpshm642z5z.jpg.html)
Then there's the Rolls Royce Phantoms, one from each model series, 1, 11, 111, 1V and on all the way to the current version.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/042ap_zpsnidywmuv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/042ap_zpsnidywmuv.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/040an_zpsyakatejz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/040an_zpsyakatejz.jpg.html)
There's also a couple of very well restored English sporty cars.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/045as_zpscvciyjq0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/045as_zpscvciyjq0.jpg.html)
This one being my favourite.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/046at_zpsdtw1nhzn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/046at_zpsdtw1nhzn.jpg.html)
How about a multi million dollar collection of hand made Lalique Crystal radiator mascots?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/049aw_zpsyuwwrinp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/049aw_zpsyuwwrinp.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/047au_zpsqx9tbjzy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/047au_zpsqx9tbjzy.jpg.html)
And a bunch of really cool old carburettors.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/050ax_zpsthfeqgcf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/050ax_zpsthfeqgcf.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/051ay_zpsgwczb7gj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/051ay_zpsgwczb7gj.jpg.html)
There's also a library which is both vast and filled to the gills with incredible books and all manner of original automotive literature, plus factory blueprints and drawings to help with the restoration process.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/069bq_zpsyfikitqd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/069bq_zpsyfikitqd.jpg.html)
Outside, there's even a cool old steam train with a very luxurious Pullman car attached.
The car was owned by a filthy rich old lady who lived in it travelling the country on the steel rails.
Here's the sitting/dining room.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/056bd_zpsqqkl4uue.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/056bd_zpsqqkl4uue.jpg.html)
Bedroom.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/057be_zpsfauiermu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/057be_zpsfauiermu.jpg.html)
Bathroom.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/058bf_zpswkfzejej.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/058bf_zpswkfzejej.jpg.html)
Servant's quarters.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/060bh_zpsnbr2srqi.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/060bh_zpsnbr2srqi.jpg.html)
Kitchen.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/059bg_zps7xs5uyvb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/059bg_zps7xs5uyvb.jpg.html)
Train driver and bell ringer.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/061bi_zpsv5l8inzj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/061bi_zpsv5l8inzj.jpg.html)
And the slick Locomotive.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/034ah_zpsk0ocnvma.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/034ah_zpsk0ocnvma.jpg.html)
In case of fire, no need to break the glass, just crank up the pumps.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/021u_zpsexrncuma.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/021u_zpsexrncuma.jpg.html)
Has to be a bugger to keep all the shiny bits gleaming.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/020t_zpsg3zlfrqq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/020t_zpsg3zlfrqq.jpg.html)
Neat old American Underslung must have been pretty cool in it's day, being so much lower than its contemporaries.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/067bo_zpseuybg3ll.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/067bo_zpseuybg3ll.jpg.html)
Even the choo-choo companies tried their hand at building automobiles way back when the industry was a baby.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/038al_zpsrpow0dbf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/038al_zpsrpow0dbf.jpg.html)
Hell, it seems * near everybody gave it a shot.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/052az_zpsb6zrsvip.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/052az_zpsb6zrsvip.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/037ak_zpsrj7irgxa.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/037ak_zpsrj7irgxa.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/022v_zpsa7juaexn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/022v_zpsa7juaexn.jpg.html)
Again Carps .... Thank You for taking the time to post all of these photos ...
I think that I just took a vacation to L'Ville , St. Louis & Californie ... :lol:
A LOT of work .. VERY nicely done ..... 8)
Bob... :wink:
When we were in LA this summer my wife and her friend took me to the Nethercutt Museum (I guess they thought I'd get bored) and it was amazing. The choice of carss was great and the history of each manufacturer was informing.. I could have spent days there but unfortunately the other building was not open (wrong day of the week and no special tours planned for the day) so they got tired and hungry. They did make it up to me by taking me to the "Big Boy" Friday night cruise-in and the Gasser Show at another museum by LAX. With only one eye working I don't try to take pictures so I'm glad someone else does. Thanks! GPster
Yep, looks like a great virtual vacation.
Saved me quite a bit on travel expense.
Again thanks a bunch for the pic posting.
We aint there yet! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Still got a road-trip to Pleasanton and the Woody shindig at Santa Barbara.
And you guys don't get to see the planes coz this is a hot rod website. :D
I was visiting a Dr. friend of mine today that has a lot of old cars, and they (he and a friend, who happens to be my old HS teacher) are getting ready to start on a '36 Pierce Arrow Coupe. *...that thing is huge. It looks similar to that 35 4 door in your pix.
Saturday morning, it's oh-dark -thirty and we have a big day ahead of us, starting with the Donut Derelicts at Huntington Beach. You all know about this one, starts before sunrise and is done and dusted by 09:00 when the shops open for regular business.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/013m_zpsrfdasbyu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/013m_zpsrfdasbyu.jpg.html)
Dunno if it's a good thing or bad, but the cars roll in, owners get coffeed up, shoot the breeze for half an hour and then they leave, making space for the next car.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/039am_zpsahi2ce6v.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/039am_zpsahi2ce6v.jpg.html)
The best bit is the variety of machinery that rolls thru the parking lot and it seems there's few of the same cars turn up from one weekend to the next. But I guess that's a California thing, where there's plenty of cool cars to keep it all interesting, like this '68 Plymouth GTX.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/029ac_zpscrzagodt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/029ac_zpscrzagodt.jpg.html)
Some like this red flaked Deuce are regulars.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/022v_zpssv6hjqob.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/022v_zpssv6hjqob.jpg.html)
Hard to say if it's the same car each time, but there's always a few shiny black '40 deelux coops on hand.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/024x_zpsydbaixfs.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/024x_zpsydbaixfs.jpg.html)
'52 Studebaker Champion Hardtop is quite the rare bird.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/016p_zpsnh1namz9.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/016p_zpsnh1namz9.jpg.html)
And it has a Stude factory manufactured V8 power plant under the hood.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/017q_zpsf6stacts.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/017q_zpsf6stacts.jpg.html)
Another rarity among hot rods at least, is this '36 Cord Beverly Sedan.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/023w_zpsvhir1xcd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/023w_zpsvhir1xcd.jpg.html)
The variety among rides is always good.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/020t_zpsa30pmmbu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/020t_zpsa30pmmbu.jpg.html)
Some are traditionally simple, yet always cool.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/018r_zpsbs5idcew.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/018r_zpsbs5idcew.jpg.html)
Is this a vintage motorcycle or a modern pushie with an internal combustion engine attached?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/038al_zpsdrc8r7jj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/038al_zpsdrc8r7jj.jpg.html)
It was among friends no matter what it is.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/037ak_zps1jff7mr2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/037ak_zps1jff7mr2.jpg.html)
'37 Chevy gasser looks like it may be the genuine article.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/036aj_zps0xpbg7xg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/036aj_zps0xpbg7xg.jpg.html)
Definitely an old hot rod that's seen plenty of use, since it'd be impossible to fake the ageing & patina on this paint job.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/034ah_zpsb1eykwzs.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/034ah_zpsb1eykwzs.jpg.html)
I reckon this one by comparison is not going to be showing signs of age for many years to come.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/032af_zpsiymh6chw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/032af_zpsiymh6chw.jpg.html)
Big Boowick convert is a fine highway hauler.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/035ai_zpsbhziiykx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/035ai_zpsbhziiykx.jpg.html)
I reckon the mid to late '40s Chevy convertible is underrated as a desirable car, just like it's coupe siblings.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/033ag_zpsu9vbevgw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/033ag_zpsu9vbevgw.jpg.html)
MOPAR coupes always look good.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/025y_zpsqejnncc3.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/025y_zpsqejnncc3.jpg.html)
And what else can be said about the most valuable and prized of the '55 Chevrolets?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/026z_zpsypcuhlpa.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/026z_zpsypcuhlpa.jpg.html)
A '41 front bumper subtly changes the appearance of this '40 Ford convert.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/031ae_zpsukv7zvd2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/031ae_zpsukv7zvd2.jpg.html)
It was almost impossible to count how many Corvettes turned out on the day. This one looks to be a '59 model.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/028ab_zpse5d9r8ar.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/028ab_zpse5d9r8ar.jpg.html)
Dodge vans it seems, are also becoming more popular.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/027aa_zps91bk47go.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/027aa_zps91bk47go.jpg.html)
Looks like these things have migrated and now appear in every corner of the nation.
This one appears to be a hardtop coupe version.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/019s_zpsg92ysh7n.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/019s_zpsg92ysh7n.jpg.html)
And yet another Chevy with the gasser look.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/021u_zpsjcywffa1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/021u_zpsjcywffa1.jpg.html)
This banger power A Vicky pops up almost everywhere I go in the So Cal area.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/030ad_zpstdsnacds.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/030ad_zpstdsnacds.jpg.html)
I'm thinking this is yet another early Studebaker.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/002b_zpslndjon4q.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/002b_zpslndjon4q.jpg.html)
Looks like somebody raised the roof on this Mercury, or maybe it just escaped the chopper's hacksaw and gas axe.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/005e_zpsbeujb66b.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/005e_zpsbeujb66b.jpg.html)
Ford based 'step van' is kinda funky.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/003c_zpsexcqfbpq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/003c_zpsexcqfbpq.jpg.html)
And yet another big Chevy packing a dual carb four speed and pos-a-traction.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/006f_zpsc8xowf5t.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/006f_zpsc8xowf5t.jpg.html)
These short door late '40s business coupes are almost as cool as a '40 coupe.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/004d_zpsvufwzlmj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/004d_zpsvufwzlmj.jpg.html)
Of course the same make and vintage with a folding top is also a pretty alluring thing.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/007g_zpsf191gyyh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/007g_zpsf191gyyh.jpg.html)
This '40 pick-up seems to have lost some metal along the way.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/001a_zpsbriogumi.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/001a_zpsbriogumi.jpg.html)
Betcha can't pick which of these tri-five Chubbys has been seriously lowered.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/012l_zpsiak4xfc5.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/012l_zpsiak4xfc5.jpg.html)
This li'l truck aint just lowered, it's been sliced and diced to get the height down.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/008h_zpsdh6db7oo.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/008h_zpsdh6db7oo.jpg.html)
Dunno if this is a genuine old hot rod or a new one made to appear old, but I like it either way.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/011k_zpsfr9jewvv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/011k_zpsfr9jewvv.jpg.html)
The gasser look must be a prerequisite for old Chevrolets.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/015o_zpsava2uqvh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/015o_zpsava2uqvh.jpg.html)
Painted grille shell don't seem out of place on this neat model A.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/009i_zpsk0msxrhc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/009i_zpsk0msxrhc.jpg.html)
Joe Eddy has been driving this Deuce since it was built in the early '70s.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/014n_zpsrnndjyue.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/014n_zpsrnndjyue.jpg.html)
Seemed like it may have been good value, but I didn't buy it.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/010j_zpsau1ygnfh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/010j_zpsau1ygnfh.jpg.html)
The sun has been up for a while so it's time for us to hit the highway north, for Santa Barbara and the termite's BBQ, also known as 'Woodies on The Beach'.
We departed the donut shop at 09:00 sharp in order to make our next destination before 11:00 hours. As always when cruising the freeways of California I'm never surprised to see something weird and once again we were not disappointed.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/093w_zpsvvclifox.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/093w_zpsvvclifox.jpg.html)
Yup, it's the modern day Oscar Mayer Wiener Mobile!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/094x_zpsivge4l7h.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/094x_zpsivge4l7h.jpg.html)
First order of business on arrival at the beachside park, was to photograph all the metal cars.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/072b_zpsodokphlx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/072b_zpsodokphlx.jpg.html)
There's some primo equipment usually turns out on the day to support or compliment the termite farms.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/071a_zpsce8lroek.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/071a_zpsce8lroek.jpg.html)
This pair were all class.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/076f_zpsdh8ygqel.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/076f_zpsdh8ygqel.jpg.html)
Especially the pick-up truck.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/077g_zpsucwoxdom.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/077g_zpsucwoxdom.jpg.html)
Tri-Five Chevies are abundant in California and a Nomad is almost as good as a woody wagon.
All years were covered, starting with a 1955 model.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/085o_zpsjge4ipzz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/085o_zpsjge4ipzz.jpg.html)
1956
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/091u_zps9teqedso.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/091u_zps9teqedso.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/079i_zps8s31zekp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/079i_zps8s31zekp.jpg.html)
and 1957.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/086p_zpsore6qcrv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/086p_zpsore6qcrv.jpg.html)
Plus the now obligatory arty-farty photo attempt.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/087q_zpsuovnzu07.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/087q_zpsuovnzu07.jpg.html)
This one is not a Nomad, in fact not even anything conceived by GM, but one heluva tough wagon all the same.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/080j_zpsviteft12.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/080j_zpsviteft12.jpg.html)
Since a Sedan Delivery is almost a station wagon, they too are most welcome here.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/074d_zpscegu54oq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/074d_zpscegu54oq.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/073c_zpsgelxbqnz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/073c_zpsgelxbqnz.jpg.html)
The '36 Ford Sedan Delivery is considerably more difficult to find than a '40 Deluxe, however, the similarities are sometimes uncanny.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/089s_zpsadpd7jmt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/089s_zpsadpd7jmt.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/088r_zpsf5kwahhs.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/088r_zpsf5kwahhs.jpg.html)
I guess the Dodgey Brother's delivery van is sort of almost a wagon.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/092v_zpsd0gxoclv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/092v_zpsd0gxoclv.jpg.html)
And a pick-up truck is a good thing for hauling lumber.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/083m_zpspmrptz1t.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/083m_zpspmrptz1t.jpg.html)
'56 Cusso (Fairlane) Club Sedan is just a nice old car.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/084n_zpsob0382d7.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/084n_zpsob0382d7.jpg.html)
If a '56 Ford is OK, so too is a same year Chevrolet Two door sedan.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/075e_zpsslcfvrs3.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/075e_zpsslcfvrs3.jpg.html)
In fact any nice old cars are welcomed by the wooden car fraternity, like this Chubby.....
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/081k_zpsskxjijdv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/081k_zpsskxjijdv.jpg.html)
.....and this Plymouth.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/082l_zpsha6siqm0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/082l_zpsha6siqm0.jpg.html)
Next job it seems is to sort through the millions of images shot on the day and show you some of the timber cars that make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. But right now here's a picture of a Jeepster just because it was there and I photographed it.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/090t_zpscahnatjs.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/090t_zpscahnatjs.jpg.html)
The wooden car folk are not fussed by model year like many hot rod people so long as it's detailed or trimmed with lumber, or a plastic facsimile thereof it's OK with them.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/361b_zpsx5b4fyo4.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/361b_zpsx5b4fyo4.jpg.html)
The turnout was excellent again this year, more cars and more variety than last year.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/368i_zpsoaimgyj1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/368i_zpsoaimgyj1.jpg.html)
However, as a result of a severe lack of precipitation in the past 12 months, the grass was not looking so good as it did at previous events.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/369j_zpseslckahl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/369j_zpseslckahl.jpg.html)
A lot more Chevys made the journey this year.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/364e_zpsdkx7yqca.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/364e_zpsdkx7yqca.jpg.html)
And they came in all styles with one thing in common, wood, lotsa wood!.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/362c_zps9plboqj0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/362c_zps9plboqj0.jpg.html)
More of these rare GM products turned out than Ford Sportsman convertibles.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/363d_zpsc9avhk0o.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/363d_zpsc9avhk0o.jpg.html)
In fact there was only one Sportsman.....
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/384y_zpsj1fzqyhc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/384y_zpsj1fzqyhc.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/400ao_zpsqavqwzyw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/400ao_zpsqavqwzyw.jpg.html)
....plus a couple or three different year Town and Country variants from Walter P and his team.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/398am_zpsd2qypevu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/398am_zpsd2qypevu.jpg.html)
In fact the MOPAR gang were very well represented.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/406au_zpsjklg3egz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/406au_zpsjklg3egz.jpg.html)
As too were Pontiac.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/407av_zpsay7lkmrn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/407av_zpsay7lkmrn.jpg.html)
And of course FOMOCO.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/402aq_zps6mtcgsss.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/402aq_zps6mtcgsss.jpg.html)
Here's a few more of Wally P's products.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/395aj_zpsgeetnvhs.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/395aj_zpsgeetnvhs.jpg.html)
1948 Plymouth...
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/390ae_zpsvziya4eg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/390ae_zpsvziya4eg.jpg.html)
From a few years earlier a 1941 model.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/391af_zpslcq9fcd2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/391af_zpslcq9fcd2.jpg.html)
If my memory is working right, this one is a 'rare 42 Plymouth.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/388ac_zpswbwxvf9v.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/388ac_zpswbwxvf9v.jpg.html)
This one could be a De Soto.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/404as_zps5absb46k.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/404as_zps5absb46k.jpg.html)
This old thing was the only 'truck' based wagon on the grass, or what's left of the grass.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/381v_zpsyf2gjpiv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/381v_zpsyf2gjpiv.jpg.html)
Here's few more Ponchos.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/396ak_zps1ya7swyf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/396ak_zps1ya7swyf.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/394ai_zps9vrwfuud.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/394ai_zps9vrwfuud.jpg.html)
And a rare '41 Mercury.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/376q_zpspeqns0li.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/376q_zpspeqns0li.jpg.html)
Of course Hank's Iron Mountain product was also very well represented.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/374o_zpssquge6di.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/374o_zpssquge6di.jpg.html)
An old friend, still with the same owner, I kinda think even tho it was discussed, years ago, he really doesn't want to sell it. And I don't blame him.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/379t_zpszpcacwl2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/379t_zpszpcacwl2.jpg.html)
The late Ford would make a perfect modern day cross country cruiser.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/367h_zpsegiei0fl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/367h_zpsegiei0fl.jpg.html)
Some are getting pretty rare.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/360a_zpsioa2fkcd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/360a_zpsioa2fkcd.jpg.html)
Green goes well with wood, I guess that's why leaves are that colour.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/365f_zpsnscedjgc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/365f_zpsnscedjgc.jpg.html)
Rare in the US and common as dirt around my home town downunder, there was a gaggle of Morris Minor Travellers on hand.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/373n_zps0jefivy0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/373n_zps0jefivy0.jpg.html)
This one had mighty big tyres under the rear.....
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/371l_zpszijf0n2k.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/371l_zpszijf0n2k.jpg.html)
....which prompted the need to check under the hood, where we discovered it's the performance model.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/372m_zpsy7tpu2l1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/372m_zpsy7tpu2l1.jpg.html)
Metallic magenta isn't a colour I'd choose for my own log ride.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/382w_zpsdhlknooo.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/382w_zpsdhlknooo.jpg.html)
But it seems to work OK here.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/380u_zpsl7uohukd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/380u_zpsl7uohukd.jpg.html)
1940 Ford, Deeluxe, what more needs to be said?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/385z_zpsvg9slemw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/385z_zpsvg9slemw.jpg.html)
Nuthin', I reckon.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/389ad_zpsfxyssa1p.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/389ad_zpsfxyssa1p.jpg.html)
Even the standard model looks the goods.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/393ah_zpseaxwgljv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/393ah_zpseaxwgljv.jpg.html)
This earlier pair were looking pretty cool too.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/383x_zps1ddup5mz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/383x_zps1ddup5mz.jpg.html)
There were a couple or three Packards on hand.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/392ag_zpsbjeksmir.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/392ag_zpsbjeksmir.jpg.html)
Model A Henry was a good subject for the unavoidabley arty-farty shot.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/386aa_zps4k65xfia.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/386aa_zps4k65xfia.jpg.html)
Friends don't let friends drive stock, but here in timberland, even stock is sometimes OK.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/387ab_zpsdwwwjv4z.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/387ab_zpsdwwwjv4z.jpg.html)
Marmon Herington upgraded 1942 Ford was packing an extra differential up front below the engine.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/399an_zpsr6zxwhlp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/399an_zpsr6zxwhlp.jpg.html)
The plate on this metallic brown hot rod is indicative of it's performance credentials.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/403ar_zpsbqpmbqto.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/403ar_zpsbqpmbqto.jpg.html)
Whilst this one seems to be more for cruising.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/401ap_zpsjme6dl32.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/401ap_zpsjme6dl32.jpg.html)
And these are just cool old log rides......
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/405at_zpsb5v9lvmk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/405at_zpsb5v9lvmk.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/397al_zpsn6aaocjp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/397al_zpsn6aaocjp.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/377r_zpsxuvcqbw7.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/377r_zpsxuvcqbw7.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/366g_zps9xjd85sr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/366g_zps9xjd85sr.jpg.html)
Hope I haven't duplicated any images here.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/378s_zpsi5t28nxr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/378s_zpsi5t28nxr.jpg.html)
Here's a few more wagons just to finish off the termite toast section.
In the vee-hick-al's for sale area, this big ole Boowick had seen better days, the metal seems OK but the wood needs more than just a coat of fresh varnish.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/431v_zpsd9waotcg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/431v_zpsd9waotcg.jpg.html)
Ford Model 40 is a good example of what I was talking about, with a late style frame on an early car.
Of course the missing doors don't help make it right for my mind, but it's a cool ride all the same.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/430u_zpspxfrf64h.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/430u_zpspxfrf64h.jpg.html)
Don't see too many late '40s Mercury wagons.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/429t_zpsyzcrzg0w.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/429t_zpsyzcrzg0w.jpg.html)
It may not look like a woodie, but it is, the body and top are all made from the organic material, otherwise known as trees.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/424o_zpsjsqbimct.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/424o_zpsjsqbimct.jpg.html)
Did I say you don't see many Mercury wagons?
That's only the case if you don't attend the big woody events.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/426q_zps4v42nqgk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/426q_zps4v42nqgk.jpg.html)
Late Chrysler Town n Country is a rare old thing.
Wooden frame over metal panels, was the beginning of the end for these classy cars.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/427r_zpsothoad6x.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/427r_zpsothoad6x.jpg.html)
And Chevy's metal woody was pretty much the first of the fake woodies that would run through the sixties and into the seventies.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/416g_zpsfsyszyvk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/416g_zpsfsyszyvk.jpg.html)
Funny thing when Chevy had metal woodies, is that over at the Buick division, they'd continue to use real trees, long after the cheaper GM brands went to plastic and painted on fakery.
Here's the luxurious Roadmaster.......
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/412c_zpslnrws6zx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/412c_zpslnrws6zx.jpg.html)
And lower priced Riviera.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/414e_zpswka5wnbh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/414e_zpswka5wnbh.jpg.html)
This one makes me feel all warm and fuzzy.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/415f_zpsbar8b9ek.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/415f_zpsbar8b9ek.jpg.html)
You don't get natural texture and colours like this from clear coat over bare metal.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/410a_zpsf6m204tk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/410a_zpsf6m204tk.jpg.html)
While we're doin' arty-farty..........
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/411b_zpsrswtm713.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/411b_zpsrswtm713.jpg.html)
'37 Hank is another reproduction wagon from the Hercules Motor Company and detailed in a more contemporary style.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/413d_zpsqdos3bx6.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/413d_zpsqdos3bx6.jpg.html)
Shoebox Fords are cool and both have very original lumber.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/419j_zpsz8z7x8li.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/419j_zpsz8z7x8li.jpg.html)
This '37 Ford is very unoriginal in every respect.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/418i_zpsjczkomsn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/418i_zpsjczkomsn.jpg.html)
This image shows the more complex construction and shapes used by Pontiac.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/417h_zpsoxpptluv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/417h_zpsoxpptluv.jpg.html)
The '40 Ford by comparison is simplicity in motion.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/423n_zpsbr49izzv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/423n_zpsbr49izzv.jpg.html)
And Chrysler was somewhere in between.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/422m_zpspep6dcmr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/422m_zpspep6dcmr.jpg.html)
OK that aint the same vintage, but the difference in execution carries through all years.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/421l_zpsiz8wxoti.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/421l_zpsiz8wxoti.jpg.html)
Marmon Herington 4X4 conversions are rare and especially when applied to a Mercury rather than a Ford wagon. The original 'LandCruiser' Sahara concept.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/420k_zpsoepyg51y.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/420k_zpsoepyg51y.jpg.html)
And to close, there seems to be a couple of unwritten rules that cover the requisite wooden longboard along with the decoration of both rear side windows which must look like this on any woody wagon, regardless of make or year of production.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/425p_zpsaugj2qgu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/425p_zpsaugj2qgu.jpg.html)
Before the day was done, I was asked to choose my favourite of all the termite transporters.
A bloody tough task, but this '37 Chevrolet be the one I'd bring home in a heartbeat (pun intended) if it were available at the right price.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/113d_zpsmnnzq2gv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/113d_zpsmnnzq2gv.jpg.html)
It is a total class act.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/112c_zps9mfzp36k.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/112c_zps9mfzp36k.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/110a_zpsmnq8lyaj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/110a_zpsmnq8lyaj.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/111b_zps2xzzy8ab.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/111b_zps2xzzy8ab.jpg.html)
Since we hadda pass by the city of Oxnard to get back to the City of Angels, a stopover at the Murphy Museum was inevitable.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/500a_zpsssysecvy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/500a_zpsssysecvy.jpg.html)
They were holding a shindig for Corvette folks on the day but we arrived a tad late to experience the parking lot show.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/502c_zpstfegjyvn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/502c_zpstfegjyvn.jpg.html)
So we just went inside and looked around to see what was new since my last visit.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/501b_zpsi8hehz41.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/501b_zpsi8hehz41.jpg.html)
As always with this place there were a few interesting cars that were not in the building when we previously attended.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/503d_zps33qvaxwc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/503d_zps33qvaxwc.jpg.html)
Along with a couple of old, or new as the case may be, caravans.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/504e_zps6nfrat9g.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/504e_zps6nfrat9g.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/534ai_zpsezqk9zkf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/534ai_zpsezqk9zkf.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/505f_zpshdgzgb2v.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/505f_zpshdgzgb2v.jpg.html)
This old gal usually resides at the Petersen Museum but since that building is closed for renovation, I guess it hadda go somewhere for a vacation and a room full of caravans is probably a good place for it.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/512m_zpscf2fmh5z.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/512m_zpscf2fmh5z.jpg.html)
In fact it gave us the opportunity for a closer look inside, which is more like a club lounge room than a caravan.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/535aj_zpslihwctge.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/535aj_zpslihwctge.jpg.html)
This one looks old but is brand spanking new!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/507h_zpswrso6afx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/507h_zpswrso6afx.jpg.html)
However, it's completely sixties cool, right down to the fins.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/509j_zpsi8miw1l3.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/509j_zpsi8miw1l3.jpg.html)
Here's the story.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/508i_zpstiklcmyn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/508i_zpstiklcmyn.jpg.html)
Here's a few other different and interesting vehicle displayed on the day.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/510k_zpsklyokjr9.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/510k_zpsklyokjr9.jpg.html)
Jeep yoot isn't something you see every day.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/511l_zpsgftpoikw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/511l_zpsgftpoikw.jpg.html)
Cad looks OK, but the Willys seems to be missing a few parts.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/513n_zpsyvzvgiek.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/513n_zpsyvzvgiek.jpg.html)
Buick Limo by Brewster is also kinda rare.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/514o_zps2dsuwa30.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/514o_zps2dsuwa30.jpg.html)
Dodge Charger is Hemified.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/539an_zpsqz54vi4q.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/539an_zpsqz54vi4q.jpg.html)
A few more Caddys than last year.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/537al_zpsqaqkuqin.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/537al_zpsqaqkuqin.jpg.html)
And a new [9](old?)[/i] Packard.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/536ak_zpsajs5thrx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/536ak_zpsajs5thrx.jpg.html)
'36 Ford is a nice old thing.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/538am_zpshnawsrie.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/538am_zpshnawsrie.jpg.html)
I always enjoy a BN1 Austin Healy, one of the coolest Pommy sporty cars ever.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/541ap_zpsqt609lmr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/541ap_zpsqt609lmr.jpg.html)
Lincoln Land Yacht is one of a set of three in the museum.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/540ao_zpsv4ocy9ox.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/540ao_zpsv4ocy9ox.jpg.html)
The model train guys have done a mountain of work to almost double the size of the layout in the past 12 months.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/544as_zpsbp39mqrq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/544as_zpsbp39mqrq.jpg.html)
They've also added a bunch of rolling stock, all of which is hand made to depict real equipment used on real railroads.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/517r_zpsz48s1rkl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/517r_zpsz48s1rkl.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/516q_zpsglkvvlzf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/516q_zpsglkvvlzf.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/515p_zpsak6xpcva.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/515p_zpsak6xpcva.jpg.html)
The small scale town and country-scapes are also very realistic.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/545at_zpstxdp5wyv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/545at_zpstxdp5wyv.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/543ar_zpsxp81qrg2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/543ar_zpsxp81qrg2.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/546au_zpsfrzf9yia.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/546au_zpsfrzf9yia.jpg.html)
Here's some of the stuff that we stumbled across cruising around the L.A. area.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/554bc_zpsqseutxzt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/554bc_zpsqseutxzt.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/557bf_zps98r6ujr2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/557bf_zps98r6ujr2.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10641064_zpsxmw3cndd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10641064_zpsxmw3cndd.jpg.html)
This thing may look like an old Kombi from this angle.....
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/566bo_zpsrvq2ldt8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/566bo_zpsrvq2ldt8.jpg.html)
...but it was insane from any other.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/563bl_zpssp8r9ajt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/563bl_zpssp8r9ajt.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/564bm_zps8pywafdn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/564bm_zps8pywafdn.jpg.html)
This was sitting behind a supermarket.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/568bq_zpsznxwvres.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/568bq_zpsznxwvres.jpg.html)
Also nearby in the same parking lot.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/569br_zps3hlhxgnp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/569br_zps3hlhxgnp.jpg.html)
Saw a lot of Ferrari's in Calyforn-eye-ay, nearly all of them on trailers, I guess that's the Fiat heritage kicking in.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/530ae_zpsrz1ui50k.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/530ae_zpsrz1ui50k.jpg.html)
A later model Kombi, looks like it needs some work.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/582ce_zpsdnhsdeg2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/582ce_zpsdnhsdeg2.jpg.html)
The Kombi's baby brother is starting to get a little scarce as you don't see thank everywhere like in days past..
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/572bu_zpswij7z3q1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/572bu_zpswij7z3q1.jpg.html)
Here's a slightly altered one.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/531af_zpsloac8km8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/531af_zpsloac8km8.jpg.html)
Pretty rare Jag XK120, waiting for someone to give it a little love.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/529ad_zpsjztkaopx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/529ad_zpsjztkaopx.jpg.html)
Somewhere near Pomona.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/571bt_zpsiwk1sfeh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/571bt_zpsiwk1sfeh.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/573bv_zpsto0ifroz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/573bv_zpsto0ifroz.jpg.html)
Anaheim, not far from Disneyland and a nice old Lincoln pulled up in the street behind us.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/574bw_zpshfovkgnm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/574bw_zpshfovkgnm.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/575bx_zpsydwlfhuu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/575bx_zpsydwlfhuu.jpg.html)
Other side of that fence behind the supermarket.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/567bp_zpssjcxb6xc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/567bp_zpssjcxb6xc.jpg.html)
A few streets over from my motel.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/570bs_zpse7fn7s1t.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/570bs_zpse7fn7s1t.jpg.html)
Not far from where we spotted the black Kombi.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/565bn_zpsvdwvcrix.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/565bn_zpsvdwvcrix.jpg.html)
This one is a daily driver.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/577bz_zpszqzpzgve.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/577bz_zpszqzpzgve.jpg.html)
I figure this lot also fitted that description.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/562bk_zpstnumkr8c.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/562bk_zpstnumkr8c.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/561bj_zpsld50arkq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/561bj_zpsld50arkq.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/560bi_zpsmarmnmso.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/560bi_zpsmarmnmso.jpg.html)
Feeling hungry we decided to skip the train ride...
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/555bd_zpsfhv4hhr8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/555bd_zpsfhv4hhr8.jpg.html)
Yup, they really do have public transport in suburban L.A.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/556be_zpstaxovttp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/556be_zpstaxovttp.jpg.html)
We cruised over to the famous Harvey's (now Bob's) Broiler for some supper.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/583cf_zpssyhd5su1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/583cf_zpssyhd5su1.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/584cg_zpsfnvwxzun.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/584cg_zpsfnvwxzun.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/586ci_zpscwgar4hx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/586ci_zpscwgar4hx.jpg.html)
Once we got inside, the crew told us we were a day early for the cruise night.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/587cj_zpsblcmddyl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/587cj_zpsblcmddyl.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/588ck_zps21hltvfa.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/588ck_zps21hltvfa.jpg.html)
So we had something to eat, a couple of cold beverages.......
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/581cd_zpsqnwv3tvk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/581cd_zpsqnwv3tvk.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/580cc_zpsklzeqz6s.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/580cc_zpsklzeqz6s.jpg.html)
....shot sum-mo-foters....
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/585ch_zps3dtob8oy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/585ch_zps3dtob8oy.jpg.html)
......and high-tailed it out of there behind the local fire truck.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/578ca_zps5tn2sqdq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/578ca_zps5tn2sqdq.jpg.html)
Followed this old Vette back to our digs in Brea, near the tar pits where the sticky black stuff was bubbling up through the ground in places, as a result of the constant 100 degree plus temperatures.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/532ag_zpsoi3niwhu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/532ag_zpsoi3niwhu.jpg.html)
Next day we went shopping, starting at the Early Ford V8 store, here's some of Bills fleet in the parking area behind the shop.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/522w_zpsjjabahme.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/522w_zpsjjabahme.jpg.html)
The deuce is a bona-fide old hot rod, a barn find if you will.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/523x_zpsfyp4debk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/523x_zpsfyp4debk.jpg.html)
Not in bad shape all things considered.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/550ay_zpsvu6ushjh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/550ay_zpsvu6ushjh.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/551az_zpsitomyzm6.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/551az_zpsitomyzm6.jpg.html)
This visitor from Denmark was equally as enthralled as my Aussie pals, all being first timers.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/524y_zpspd2qcwa1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/524y_zpspd2qcwa1.jpg.html)
The '34 is for sale, but none of the others....yet.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/518s_zps0pjfu5vh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/518s_zps0pjfu5vh.jpg.html)
A pretty solid Cal car....
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/520u_zpsldjdzi4n.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/520u_zpsldjdzi4n.jpg.html)
Suffering only from the ravages of too much sun.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/548aw_zpshembiz2w.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/548aw_zpshembiz2w.jpg.html)
The forty coupe was pick of the bunch as far as I was concerned and had it been for sale I may have been severely tempted to part with a chunk of cash.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/519t_zpsse8yx6t8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/519t_zpsse8yx6t8.jpg.html)
Wouldn't be too hard to fix all this.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/552ba_zpsu2pupvoe.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/552ba_zpsu2pupvoe.jpg.html)
A new boot lit handle, which is about all it needs aside from new paint was available inside the store as NOS or reproduction.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/549ax_zpsadqpok2w.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/549ax_zpsadqpok2w.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/553bb_zpsotltr3ky.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/553bb_zpsotltr3ky.jpg.html)
The Early Ford V8 Store is filled to bursting with NOS, that's Neat Old Stuff and a few reproduction parts as well.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/603d_zpscsflspyh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/603d_zpscsflspyh.jpg.html)
They also have a few 'banger' bits.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/607h_zpsxgalzxxm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/607h_zpsxgalzxxm.jpg.html)
And some blowers as well as suckers.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/604e_zpszvqzdq1x.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/604e_zpszvqzdq1x.jpg.html)
My two Confederate compadres were like kids in a lolly shop.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/609j_zpsrhaywzio.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/609j_zpsrhaywzio.jpg.html)
Need an old flathead V8 block, Bill has it covered.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/601b_zpsiglqkkdh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/601b_zpsiglqkkdh.jpg.html)
There, usually a couple or more complete cars in addition to what's parked outside.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/633ah_zpsyvmwr01y.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/633ah_zpsyvmwr01y.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/630ae_zpss1zuuodw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/630ae_zpss1zuuodw.jpg.html)
I'm thinking this is what they call 'patina'?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/628ac_zpsxjmxdjpr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/628ac_zpsxjmxdjpr.jpg.html)
Parts hang from the rafters.....
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/632ag_zpslgwa1ouc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/632ag_zpslgwa1ouc.jpg.html)
Like these NOS and good pre loved fenders.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/618s_zpsuobqkoej.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/618s_zpsuobqkoej.jpg.html)
and these too.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/620u_zpsifuodh0f.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/620u_zpsifuodh0f.jpg.html)
Need a grille, they have it covered.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/613n_zpsslqevjrc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/613n_zpsslqevjrc.jpg.html)
They can even do you a petrol bowser!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/629ad_zpstwbsnynb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/629ad_zpstwbsnynb.jpg.html)
Wheels and brakes, no problem.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/615p_zpslxyaywwc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/615p_zpslxyaywwc.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/616q_zpsc6ojzqbc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/616q_zpsc6ojzqbc.jpg.html)
Some stuff is there just to tease us, like this bottle of aftershave that I offered to purchase without success.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/625z_zpsdxom1l6l.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/625z_zpsdxom1l6l.jpg.html)
But generally everything here that will help keep a car on the road, is for sale.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/614o_zpsfkcijuqu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/614o_zpsfkcijuqu.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/611l_zpsj2vn4tkh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/611l_zpsj2vn4tkh.jpg.html)
This stuff is for display purposes only.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/612m_zpskszrxvga.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/612m_zpskszrxvga.jpg.html)
The '34 cabriolet is available provided you have a big wad of greenbacks and I mean a seriously big wad.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/610k_zps9cigiuyd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/610k_zps9cigiuyd.jpg.html)
Need an axle or some gears? Got all that covered and more.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/622w_zpstyuyoxci.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/622w_zpstyuyoxci.jpg.html)
Bling anyone?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/627ab_zpsklces04e.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/627ab_zpsklces04e.jpg.html)
Or maybe a beam axle for under the front?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/635aj_zpsanv5uqjv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/635aj_zpsanv5uqjv.jpg.html)
With old parts packed safely in the back of the Family Truckster, it was off to see CW Moss in search of the bits Bill didn't have on hand.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/641ap_zpsmzecfzoq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/641ap_zpsmzecfzoq.jpg.html)
There's also a goodly amount of secondhand and NOS parts available here.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/659bh_zpsgkdtddlz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/659bh_zpsgkdtddlz.jpg.html)
See anything you like?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/663bl_zpstmm9ddrl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/663bl_zpstmm9ddrl.jpg.html)
No? Maybe it's in this pile then?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/660bi_zpsbei5c4pb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/660bi_zpsbei5c4pb.jpg.html)
Or this one.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/661bj_zpswnc3zzyt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/661bj_zpswnc3zzyt.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/662bk_zpsrndvbsby.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/662bk_zpsrndvbsby.jpg.html)
Or perhaps something from the 'specials' table is what you seek?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/640ao_zpsa6q5b8cc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/640ao_zpsa6q5b8cc.jpg.html)
CW only has stock and reproduction stock parts but next door, Reid's Auto Parts have all your hot rod needs covered.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/642aq_zpsqwyfkugs.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/642aq_zpsqwyfkugs.jpg.html)
Yup, this stuff is all new.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/643ar_zps2rryuhyr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/643ar_zps2rryuhyr.jpg.html)
New Old Tin (NOT?) bodies anyone?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/645at_zpslt8t1k66.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/645at_zpslt8t1k66.jpg.html)
This part of town is known not just for antique car parts but antiques and cool old stuff in general, like this vintage Maytag washing machine.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/657bf_zpsj28rz7u6.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/657bf_zpsj28rz7u6.jpg.html)
Or Coke and other memorabilia.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/650ay_zpszxult3v8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/650ay_zpszxult3v8.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/638am_zpsaeekevaa.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/638am_zpsaeekevaa.jpg.html)
I loved this giant Thunderbird model, but even if it did fit my luggage, the price tag was a touch steep for my wallet.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/658bg_zpsiad5a0ek.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/658bg_zpsiad5a0ek.jpg.html)
These cardboard dealership signs carried a hefty price tag, but only to us non Willys folks I guess.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/644as_zpslcmtkqrq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/644as_zpslcmtkqrq.jpg.html)
In the original CW Moss building there's now a used vehicle sales operation........
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/639an_zpsuybmc7by.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/639an_zpsuybmc7by.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/637al_zpsic3gcd2p.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/637al_zpsic3gcd2p.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/652ba_zpsl1eyilpo.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/652ba_zpsl1eyilpo.jpg.html)
............that also has a few other automobile related things like this Ford tire stand.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/651az_zpsrojucfxl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/651az_zpsrojucfxl.jpg.html)
The few cars on offer were well priced, like this late forties Tudor Sedan, which came very close to becoming the next import to Oz.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/648aw_zpsnk9powko.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/648aw_zpsnk9powko.jpg.html)
It was in very good shape and required bugger all work to be roadworthy and registered here in Oz.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/647av_zpsn0obm1uu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/647av_zpsn0obm1uu.jpg.html)
Clean as a whistle underneath with a good running milady modded flathead under the hood.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/649ax_zps5j09vkaj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/649ax_zps5j09vkaj.jpg.html)
The forty convert looked OK to me, but was not yet ready for sale as it required some work to make it right.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/653bb_zps4ogvteeh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/653bb_zps4ogvteeh.jpg.html)
This Merc Convertible seemed rust free but in need of some TLC.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/655bd_zpsf7betca5.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/655bd_zpsf7betca5.jpg.html)
It has four NOS fenders, all the stainless is good too.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/654bc_zpsoslewthv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/654bc_zpsoslewthv.jpg.html)
Under the hood is a late Ford V8 drivetrain, with new steering and suspension to make it a reliable driver.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/656be_zpso6epzpmp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/656be_zpso6epzpmp.jpg.html)
The Deuce five window, well it's a nice car that's gunna be over $130k by the time you convert to Aussi bux and then there's the cost of getting it here, import duty and so on, which makes me think it's not for us. So to avoid upsetting anybody, I didn't shoot any pictures of this car.
That's not really true. :wink:
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/646au_zpszr7yjvii.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/646au_zpszr7yjvii.jpg.html)
Next day was seriously hot, so being a bit silly I left my two Aussie compadres at the motel and headed out to do some train spotting.
The following day, I hit the Pacific Coast Highway with Ron and Elaine en-route to Pleasanton. Leaving the boys with instructions on how to get there via I5 as they wanted to check out a few L.A. area rod shops like Aussie tourists do.
Carps, You come for a visit and see more of the US than I will be able to see in my lifetime living here. Hope you had fun!
I saw your Volvo Duett photo and thought of one that was in this years Drag Week. I liked it! There is a full feature of it on that site.
http://bangshift.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/OLDVO081-400x264.jpg
Yeah we had fun and I would have gladly stayed this time, coz going home wasnt like it used to be, which was always the best part of the trip.
Anyhow, life goes on and so did we, all the way to Pleasanton. Ron, Elaine and I hatched a plan to leave L.A. early for a relaxing run over with an overnight stop along the way. So at around 6:30 am we filled the cars with gasoline and called ourselves ready to head north. Instead of our normal fast trip up I-5 to I-99 and on to Sacramento, this time we too the slow and easy route, via the Pacific Coast or Highway to Carmel, home to the rich and famous.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/728ac_zpshmqvqlcy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/728ac_zpshmqvqlcy.jpg.html)
It's a good run up that highway and we managed to get thru L.A. before the traffic, which made it even better.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/637al_zpsmleekjpc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/637al_zpsmleekjpc.jpg.html)
Once out on the open road in the cool morning air the cars ran sweetly all the way.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/639an_zpsb7u2xage.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/639an_zpsb7u2xage.jpg.html)
Ron's little coupe is so well set up it just hums along and gobbles up the miles.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/640ao_zps0xrdezi0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/640ao_zps0xrdezi0.jpg.html)
I'd drag this puppy home in a heartbeat if Ron would just sell it to me.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/638am_zps80xlloc8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/638am_zps80xlloc8.jpg.html)
Sits perfectly on the road, looks great and drives like a modern car.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/700a_zpshh8kb9jy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/700a_zpshh8kb9jy.jpg.html)
Anybody looking at these pictures who doesn't think this looks good needs to stop and check their pulse.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/702c_zpschjbcvpk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/702c_zpschjbcvpk.jpg.html)
Driving through the coastal ranges it's easy to understand how the regularly occurring rockslides might cut the road or block the tunnels making the trip a little slower.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/701b_zpsawim0fth.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/701b_zpsawim0fth.jpg.html)
Carmel is a very nice little spot, peaceful and relaxed the locals very polite and nobody here is in such a rush that you have to duck n weave to get out of their way. However, accommodation is a tad pricey compared to what you'd pay elsewhere in the US, but most is unique and very well presented. The hot rods proved popular with locals and although traffic is pretty light around town they seem to prefer a different style of car.......
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/711l_zpsspsmvl3v.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/711l_zpsspsmvl3v.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/717r_zpsydvsepvw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/717r_zpsydvsepvw.jpg.html)
.....but some clearly appreciate their transport with a few more quirks...
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/704e_zpsghqo1et6.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/704e_zpsghqo1et6.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/714o_zpsz8f5gkrz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/714o_zpsz8f5gkrz.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/715p_zpsqmtpqads.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/715p_zpsqmtpqads.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/718s_zpsjjdijbzs.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/718s_zpsjjdijbzs.jpg.html)
We did notice more than a dozen or two of these around the place.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/710k_zpszhq5npnq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/710k_zpszhq5npnq.jpg.html)
Not sure how reliable the local fire service is, but this is the only truck in the station house.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/706g_zpsn5xxdghr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/706g_zpsn5xxdghr.jpg.html)
This is the road between Carmel and Pleasantonand I'm sure you can see the humour in this next photo. It's even funnier than it appears because when we arrived at Pleasanton, this rig pulled into the hotel parking lot behind us and the guy unloaded his fancy red car. Then he got in, took up the cool seating position, y'know, with one arm dangled over the door edge and knuckles almost dragging on the pavement, cranked it into life and commenced cruising the parking lot. Being that Goodguys take this hotel over as event HQ and it's where all entrants have to visit to register, it was filled with hot rods and hot rodders. We dunno how far this guy dragged his Fiat to get there, but really? At least when I take my fancy late model to a rod run (or anywhere else for that matter), I drive the thing there and back. :shock:
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/729ad_zpsea1clhof.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/729ad_zpsea1clhof.jpg.html)
Anyhow, since we've arrived at Goodguys HQ, let's take a quick look around the parking lot to see who and what's there, starting with a nice '55 Chevy Two Door Post.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/754e_zpsp9vp7wma.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/754e_zpsp9vp7wma.jpg.html)
A '46 passenger car grille completely changes the appearance of this '48 Chevy pick-up.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/756g_zps7il2nah1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/756g_zps7il2nah1.jpg.html)
Wooden MOPAR seems to have had seen planty of sun and surf.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/750a_zpsgk8kd3pm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/750a_zpsgk8kd3pm.jpg.html)
Yet another '55 Chevy, this time the desirable Nomad Wagon.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/752c_zpskkb2vfrd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/752c_zpskkb2vfrd.jpg.html)
'39-42 Ford pick-ups are great looking trucks.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/755f_zpsojk6oqox.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/755f_zpsojk6oqox.jpg.html)
Model A coupe breaks every rule in the Police ticket book and then some..
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/751b_zpsciyzocnv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/751b_zpsciyzocnv.jpg.html)
Another often overlooked vehicle, the '48 Plymouth coupe is a good looking thing.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/760k_zpsnxgkie5w.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/760k_zpsnxgkie5w.jpg.html)
Likewise, a similar vintage Ford convert.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/757h_zpsfsdfcuzd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/757h_zpsfsdfcuzd.jpg.html)
A pair of somewhat different trucks.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/753d_zpsxumwfoxm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/753d_zpsxumwfoxm.jpg.html)
Seems pick up trucks will never fall out of favour, this one more desirable than most.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/763n_zpsmlwrvkrd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/763n_zpsmlwrvkrd.jpg.html)
This pair are just cool.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/759j_zps1dxf8i87.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/759j_zps1dxf8i87.jpg.html)
'35 Ford three window coupe is beyond cool, has a few hours and I'd suggest even more bucks invested.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/758i_zpszvepzyci.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/758i_zpszvepzyci.jpg.html)
Ford model 40 is not a car one thinks of as a base for a traditional style custom.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/761l_zps97fdyc7e.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/761l_zps97fdyc7e.jpg.html)
Late model pick-up is kind of intimidating.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/762m_zps8v8unbrf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/762m_zps8v8unbrf.jpg.html)
Since we made it to Pleasanton a full day before the fairground gates would be opened, I decided a cruise around the 'hood was in order, just to see what I could see. And what I saw was an interesting looking muddersickle shop that I didn't know was in the area. Being familiar with the proprietors name and having seen images of his work in magazines, I figured it might be wise to stop and check it out.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/764o_zps6oxev3yx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/764o_zps6oxev3yx.jpg.html)
I wasn't disappointed. The stuff inside the front door suggested this guy Arlen does't do 'normal'.......... or anything by half.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/766q_zpslnnadii2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/766q_zpslnnadii2.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/791ap_zps7gd5qzxc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/791ap_zps7gd5qzxc.jpg.html)
If you have the cash, all the machines shown here are (were) available to purchase!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/793ar_zpsabzugitv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/793ar_zpsabzugitv.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/792aq_zps5vpajfwn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/792aq_zps5vpajfwn.jpg.html)
And most of them have been pretty radically restyled or completely custom built.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/798aw_zpsikui5vay.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/798aw_zpsikui5vay.jpg.html)
Like I mean these things are out there man, and the prices are more than double what you'd pay for a stock Harley.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/795at_zpssalblsp5.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/795at_zpssalblsp5.jpg.html)
But I don't think there were any of that brand here, most of the bikes on the sales floor were badged Victory.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/796au_zpsqri7ledz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/796au_zpsqri7ledz.jpg.html)
And they looked mean and nasty.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/797av_zpsmvsnljuw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/797av_zpsmvsnljuw.jpg.html)
I was checking this one out and trying to read the story painted on it......
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/765p_zpswisrx0av.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/765p_zpswisrx0av.jpg.html)
....when one of the other visitors asked if I'd checked out the 'Injuns'.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/794as_zpsdpa6egd4.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/794as_zpsdpa6egd4.jpg.html)
Heck I didn't even see the arrows!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/788am_zpsvdklosnc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/788am_zpsvdklosnc.jpg.html)
The Native American bikes have their own special space on the other side of the showroom, the machines displayed there are all class and much cooler than a common Hawg.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/789an_zpsofqe0e6z.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/789an_zpsofqe0e6z.jpg.html)
I especially liked this one.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/790ao_zpsztgdkdiv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/790ao_zpsztgdkdiv.jpg.html)
Then somebody suggested I should take my camera upstairs and photograph the hand built kustom bikes and who am I to argue with an instruction like that.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/773x_zps2zfzhchr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/773x_zps2zfzhchr.jpg.html)
These machines are all incredible and not for sale. I didn't try and count them, but there must have been a couple of hundred full custom show bikes displayed on the mezzanine floor of the showroom.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/774y_zps2obgesqg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/774y_zps2obgesqg.jpg.html)
I'm not even sure what brand of two wheelers I was looking at.....
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/769t_zps5pien1pz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/769t_zps5pien1pz.jpg.html)
First I figured they are customised Harleys.......then I thought, 'Nope, they're just kustom, right down to the last nut & bolt, including the engines.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/768s_zpseb8zmgp8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/768s_zpseb8zmgp8.jpg.html)
They all feature incredible workmanship and style that can only come from a fertile imagination.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/771v_zps1fign5p0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/771v_zps1fign5p0.jpg.html)
The detail is mind boggling.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/772w_zpsgni36tf5.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/772w_zpsgni36tf5.jpg.html)
Since I had no idea what I was looking at, maybe it's best to just look at the images without any commentary from me?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/770u_zpsicmkdsts.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/770u_zpsicmkdsts.jpg.html)
One of this group appears to be a spaceship on two wheels the other a stylised and shrunken two wheeled '57 Chevrolet.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/787al_zpsrxyjockh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/787al_zpsrxyjockh.jpg.html)
This one is a definitely a Hawg, I think maybe a very old one at that.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/783ah_zpsveosbrup.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/783ah_zpsveosbrup.jpg.html)
Would you call this a 3 twin?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/780ae_zpsph5joc5b.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/780ae_zpsph5joc5b.jpg.html)
The paint jobs are no less spectacular than the custom work and fabrication.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/775z_zpsext2egp6.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/775z_zpsext2egp6.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/777ab_zpsofj64nml.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/777ab_zpsofj64nml.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/776aa_zpsvmrqiibi.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/776aa_zpsvmrqiibi.jpg.html)
I'm thinking maybe some illicit medication was involved in coming up with some of the ideas and designs, like this front wheel brake.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/779ad_zpsbqdemlfr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/779ad_zpsbqdemlfr.jpg.html)
Or this variation of the same theme.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/786ak_zpsj26vbboz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/786ak_zpsj26vbboz.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/785aj_zps5oqqatyg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/785aj_zps5oqqatyg.jpg.html)
Another old Hog.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/781af_zpso9yznqur.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/781af_zpso9yznqur.jpg.html)
And another.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/782ag_zpshp344elk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/782ag_zpshp344elk.jpg.html)
Mind blowing.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/784ai_zps2tinmhok.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/784ai_zps2tinmhok.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/785aj_zps5oqqatyg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/785aj_zps5oqqatyg.jpg.html)
Don and Peggie, hit Highway 99 from Tulare early in the morning and after an uneventful trip arrived in time for breakfast the morning after we rolled into Pleasanton.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0037ak_zpsye5b64ah.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0037ak_zpsye5b64ah.jpg.html)
So with the California gang plus my Confederate buddies all present and accounted for, we tucked into a hearty serve of eggs and bacon and were set for another great weekend.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0034ah_zpsmpzjlpoh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0034ah_zpsmpzjlpoh.jpg.html)
This year we got a hotel room close enough to the fairgrounds entrance that we could walk if we wished to and lots of folks set up camp to watch the cars roll by.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0025y_zps1qfdoorj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0025y_zps1qfdoorj.jpg.html)
And roll by they did. It's clear that Model A Fords remain plentiful.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0032af_zps4tdthmtj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0032af_zps4tdthmtj.jpg.html)
Most folks made it through the traffic unscathed, but not everybody.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0018r_zps3ehdpm3i.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0018r_zps3ehdpm3i.jpg.html)
The big and comfortable fat rendered late '30s and '40s cars are becoming more common.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0028ab_zpsjola1pqf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0028ab_zpsjola1pqf.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0029ac_zpsjgs01hwx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0029ac_zpsjgs01hwx.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0031ae_zpsbmrpdauv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0031ae_zpsbmrpdauv.jpg.html)
Of course there'll always be a place in hot rodding for the 1932 Ford.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0030ad_zpseqkhubr6.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0030ad_zpseqkhubr6.jpg.html)
Likewise, anything that is representative of the '60s era 'Gasser Wars'.
And yes of course they were here en-mass but I'll cover the Willys folks later.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0033ag_zpsijeuml5l.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0033ag_zpsijeuml5l.jpg.html)
The restaurant adjacent to our motel was like a rolling car show at breakfast time.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0027aa_zpsp64eeibb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0027aa_zpsp64eeibb.jpg.html)
The machinery was inspected top to bottom by most who passed by.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0026z_zpsjy9efdhv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0026z_zpsjy9efdhv.jpg.html)
However, before the fairgrounds were opened, the serious action was all in the hotel parking lot.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0009i_zpsigsadpfb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0009i_zpsigsadpfb.jpg.html)
Ever wondered what a 1934 roadster would look like with 1935 fenders? Wonder no more.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0008h_zpsv0d1pad8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0008h_zpsv0d1pad8.jpg.html)
This car has a mountain of time and money invested in it, most of the changes obvious and many so subtle they go un-noticed.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0022v_zpsfhyvlygg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0022v_zpsfhyvlygg.jpg.html)
Others are more traditional in both build style and volume of cash invested.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0021u_zpshwsnrlnm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0021u_zpshwsnrlnm.jpg.html)
Others just reeked of good taste and classy style. The only '40 Ford model in my opinion that can take a top chop without ruining the cars brilliant factory styling is the convertible and this one is a case in point.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0036aj_zpsinfs7e3v.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0036aj_zpsinfs7e3v.jpg.html)
The mix of cars and commercial vehicles is always interesting to see.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0003c_zpsalxkrajz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0003c_zpsalxkrajz.jpg.html)
And a rod run in California just isn't an event without a bunch of termite transporters.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0007g_zps0txw7hve.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0007g_zps0txw7hve.jpg.html)
Tradition sometimes comes on a trailer......
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0012l_zpshxlwf7ap.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0012l_zpshxlwf7ap.jpg.html)
.... or it just rolls on on wire wheels.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0015o_zpseifsy36l.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0015o_zpseifsy36l.jpg.html)
Nobody worries too much, coz we're just all here for some fun.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0010j_zpsq00hza3b.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0010j_zpsq00hza3b.jpg.html)
Old engines never really went out of style.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0011k_zpsbljt6mlj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0011k_zpsbljt6mlj.jpg.html)
And not all of the commercial vehicles are pick up trucks.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0002b_zpshpkddgpd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0002b_zpshpkddgpd.jpg.html)
And everything is not always as it seems, some wood doesn't grow on trees.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0013m_zps0favzuim.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0013m_zps0favzuim.jpg.html)
And when there's so much sunshines as they have in California, ragtops rule!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0017q_zpsmnxekpyz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0017q_zpsmnxekpyz.jpg.html)
Deuce highboys especially.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0016p_zpsa5p4z9fc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0016p_zpsa5p4z9fc.jpg.html)
But coops are not all for chickens.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0014n_zps6ahhlacs.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0014n_zps6ahhlacs.jpg.html)
Sometimes it's hard to tell a model A from a deuce.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0023w_zpsimadcpyj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0023w_zpsimadcpyj.jpg.html)
The mix of styles and colour is always amazing at a hot rod event.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0019s_zpscennauci.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0019s_zpscennauci.jpg.html)
Even the once ugly ducklings are now popular.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0024x_zpsyj2auq7i.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0024x_zpsyj2auq7i.jpg.html)
GM's late thirties models are equally as good looking in their own way as Henry's Fords.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0004d_zpsferuiej1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0004d_zpsferuiej1.jpg.html)
And sometimes the blunt fronted old things are transformed with a little nose job.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0001a_zpsehweidic.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0001a_zpsehweidic.jpg.html)
But that's not to say they didn't look good before the surgery.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0005e_zpslvhjbdea.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0005e_zpslvhjbdea.jpg.html)
Of course there's always the obligatory arty-farty photo opportunities that can't be ignored.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0020t_zpse5oucsrh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0020t_zpse5oucsrh.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0006f_zps6chavhwq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0006f_zps6chavhwq.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0035ai_zpstfi6r7ae.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0035ai_zpstfi6r7ae.jpg.html)
And the show hasn't even started yet!
We were having so much fun I almost forgot that there's a swap meet included in the event, so by the time we got over there. a lot of stuff was sold and vendors were packing up.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0659bh_zpsqodmnryf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0659bh_zpsqodmnryf.jpg.html)
But there were still a few items to be had that could be carried home in my baggage.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0610k_zpskhtrk1bb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0610k_zpskhtrk1bb.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0606g_zpsgjyyuikl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0606g_zpsgjyyuikl.jpg.html)
I didn't think the range of parts was as good as in previous years, but the area was still filled with sellers.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0609j_zpsb7gk2fp1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0609j_zpsb7gk2fp1.jpg.html)
And if you looked hard enough you'd be sure to find something that's needed for the current project.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0607h_zpswzzdennq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0607h_zpswzzdennq.jpg.html)
A lot more wheels that I recall on offer previously.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0613n_zpser1gapxk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0613n_zpser1gapxk.jpg.html)
And a few more non car specific items than is usual here.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0608i_zps1ry6uncv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0608i_zps1ry6uncv.jpg.html)
But there was still plenty on offer.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0615p_zpsk7xakdik.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0615p_zpsk7xakdik.jpg.html)
This guy even had his caravan for sale.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0614o_zpsdk9kjmsd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0614o_zpsdk9kjmsd.jpg.html)
A good assortment here.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0611l_zpswc27wnqe.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0611l_zpswc27wnqe.jpg.html)
And here.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0612m_zpsuu6fryde.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0612m_zpsuu6fryde.jpg.html)
Maybe not so much here.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0620u_zpssyhr3em0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0620u_zpssyhr3em0.jpg.html)
If you look at enough stalls you may even find all the bits required to build a whole car.........
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0646au_zps5qlnjilc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0646au_zps5qlnjilc.jpg.html)
...even a woody wagon.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0649ax_zps6knm3yrx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0649ax_zps6knm3yrx.jpg.html)
Or anything else that takes your fancy.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0644as_zpsgq4ludoq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0644as_zpsgq4ludoq.jpg.html)
Can somebody call an ambulance for Fred, I think I heard him falling off his char.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0645at_zpsyikjnmed.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0645at_zpsyikjnmed.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0641ap_zpsvdkaujs7.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0641ap_zpsvdkaujs7.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0642aq_zpszr4djzpi.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0642aq_zpszr4djzpi.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0639an_zpsxaj9vwlf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0639an_zpsxaj9vwlf.jpg.html)
Yup, there was still pretty much everything you'd need to build or detail a whole car.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0640ao_zpsrxoorwmv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0640ao_zpsrxoorwmv.jpg.html)
These plates are repro units, but provided the number isn't already in use you can get them into the system for use on your new/old car.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0638am_zpsqbwspygm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0638am_zpsqbwspygm.jpg.html)
There's plenty of petrolabilia, or would they call it gasabilia here in the US?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0648aw_zpsnepuxzgn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0648aw_zpsnepuxzgn.jpg.html)
Lotsa wheel caps too, I picked up some spare Old items and a set of 4 '58 Corvette caps so I'll still have to find one more for the spare wheel.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0656be_zpsjzfztgrf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0656be_zpsjzfztgrf.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0607h_zpswzzdennq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0607h_zpswzzdennq.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0657bf_zpsptrqotcc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0657bf_zpsptrqotcc.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0645at_zpsyikjnmed.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0645at_zpsyikjnmed.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0651az_zps72wwj5al.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0651az_zps72wwj5al.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0652ba_zpsqm4wua43.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0652ba_zpsqm4wua43.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0653bb_zpsdxcp9exc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0653bb_zpsdxcp9exc.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0654bc_zpseeryxkuj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0654bc_zpseeryxkuj.jpg.html)
So much cool junk, so little luggage space.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0655bd_zps0zodp7kh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0655bd_zps0zodp7kh.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0658bg_zpsuydyc9zp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0658bg_zpsuydyc9zp.jpg.html)
Meanwhile, inside the many buildings on the fairgrounds, there's also lotsa stuff for the folks that like things shiny and new, from wheels.....
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0660bi_zpsub34qg0f.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0660bi_zpsub34qg0f.jpg.html)
The ones that roll.....
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0676by_zpsok38lvrx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0676by_zpsok38lvrx.jpg.html)
to those that you hold..
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0672bu_zpscqzw3gjb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0672bu_zpscqzw3gjb.jpg.html)
This pair would look great in any old car.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0673bv_zpsauhbmrgh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0673bv_zpsauhbmrgh.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0674bw_zpsyxkca6ur.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0674bw_zpsyxkca6ur.jpg.html)
There's dials too.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0661bj_zpscvvyga0c.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0661bj_zpscvvyga0c.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0677bz_zpsz9stohib.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0677bz_zpsz9stohib.jpg.html)
And everything in between.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0667bp_zps7ziubwm8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0667bp_zps7ziubwm8.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0664bm_zpsvq5usaor.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0664bm_zpsvq5usaor.jpg.html)
Need louvres but can't find someone with a press? No problem, how about some bolt on items?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0662bk_zpsalgx5mlc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0662bk_zpsalgx5mlc.jpg.html)
Problems with your rear end? got it covered.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0663bl_zpsatak7fqh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0663bl_zpsatak7fqh.jpg.html)
You name it someone has it.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0669br_zpstwo6aqmv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0669br_zpstwo6aqmv.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0678ca_zps2spfyvn0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0678ca_zps2spfyvn0.jpg.html)
And that also includes brand new body work, just name the make model and year you desire.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0671bt_zpsijrxvq6u.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0671bt_zpsijrxvq6u.jpg.html)
Yup this is a brand new all steel car, not one old Ford part anywhere in sight.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0670bs_zpsawvhs0z3.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0670bs_zpsawvhs0z3.jpg.html)
This one too. However, the shoebox Ford in the background is the real deal, originally customised in the fifties by Ron Dunn and recently restored by Steve's.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0675bx_zpssvrw5h19.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0675bx_zpssvrw5h19.jpg.html)
And once you have all that new metal ready to roll, we can paint and decorate it too.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0680cc_zpsdk7eux01.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0680cc_zpsdk7eux01.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0679cb_zpsmcxulfjp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0679cb_zpsmcxulfjp.jpg.html)
Need some choons playin' in your man-cave, we also got that covered in fine style!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0665bn_zpsmfroqdul.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0665bn_zpsmfroqdul.jpg.html)
Of course if you don't have a project, there's plenty on offer for you in the cars for sale section or the main swap area.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0643ar_zpsripm7hm6.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0643ar_zpsripm7hm6.jpg.html)
US$48,000 could see you cruising home in fine style.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0636ak_zpsdbi6ywvf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0636ak_zpsdbi6ywvf.jpg.html)
This taxi cab didn't have a price on it but was very well restored leading us to think the number might be large.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0635aj_zpsgbzpc7aq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0635aj_zpsgbzpc7aq.jpg.html)
Chevy pick-up could be had for less that US$20k, but it needs work.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0633ah_zpsb0w8gkn0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0633ah_zpsb0w8gkn0.jpg.html)
This Tudor is in great shape and was also in the $15k range, as were most of these that we saw.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0630ae_zpspvqhggf0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0630ae_zpspvqhggf0.jpg.html)
Late model Chevy was a little steeper at US$48,000 but it does have a 'numbers matching' 327 and Muncie four speed, positraction rear plus air ride suspension and modern four wheel disc brakes etc.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0637al_zpsezb3rhpd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0637al_zpsezb3rhpd.jpg.html)
Willys Tub was tagged as 'Rare, call for price". We translated that to mean 'expensive' and it also requires a full repaint.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0647av_zpszsh071cz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0647av_zpszsh071cz.jpg.html)
This one was parked in the swap area just to tease folks as it was not for sale.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0632ag_zpsq7xothah.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0632ag_zpsq7xothah.jpg.html)
I reckon this was one of the bargains, 390 cube big block and it was in mint condition, US$6,000 or deal.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0634ai_zpssssqzrlk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0634ai_zpssssqzrlk.jpg.html)
'55 Chevy nomad was serious car for serious money, US$ 72,000 or offer.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0616q_zpszg8uodj0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0616q_zpszg8uodj0.jpg.html)
A little better priced was this neat two door sedan at only US$42,000.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0626aa_zps7hckq8t3.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0626aa_zps7hckq8t3.jpg.html)
The bargain price Tri-Five was this one, warts an' all for only US$13,500obo and it's the nine seat model.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0617r_zpsxv9p1mtk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0617r_zpsxv9p1mtk.jpg.html)
Dak-Dak woody was in need of some serious work to make it pristine.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0622w_zps4zm0hc0q.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0622w_zps4zm0hc0q.jpg.html)
And this Kombi has some serious Porsche mumbo in it's tail for a paltry US$18,000.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0623x_zpshqdws3vl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0623x_zpshqdws3vl.jpg.html)
This old gal was sold before the gates even opened, a clean older restoration and it went for less than US5,000.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0628ac_zpsilng7lo2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0628ac_zpsilng7lo2.jpg.html)
This Caddy was more than three times that much and it needs a bunch of love.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0627ab_zpsyoxn0faz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0627ab_zpsyoxn0faz.jpg.html)
But if you really wanted to clean out your wallet and go home with a pretty nice old car, then this '33 Pontiac Tudor was the catch of the day for only US$65,000.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0624y_zpsja5ywjuk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0624y_zpsja5ywjuk.jpg.html)
However, this would have been my Pontiac choice, a lloody nicely done restoration of a rare and rust free low mileage '57 Star Chief Wagon but again with a relatively serious price of US$45,000
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0629ad_zps1glsibro.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0629ad_zps1glsibro.jpg.html)
I'd call it the best finished car there as it really was like new, complete with 383 and Turbohydramatic trans, it had factory air/cond and it wanted for nothing.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0631af_zpsfuuxf0v2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0631af_zpsfuuxf0v2.jpg.html)
T model had no pricee as it was already sold.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0625z_zpseut7w4wb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0625z_zpseut7w4wb.jpg.html)
Pair of '57 Chev Bel Air Hardtops were up in the stratosphere but touted as 100% complete and rust free.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0621v_zpsrgkx0uyh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0621v_zpsrgkx0uyh.jpg.html)
Numbers matching Dodge Charger with Hemi and Torque elite trans was another POA deal, so I'm thinking monster bucks. One passer by suggested the seller was asking US$99,000.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0618s_zpsja78guux.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0618s_zpsja78guux.jpg.html)
Pick-up truck would have been much easier on the bank balance at US $33,000
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0619t_zpsoa1644t8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0619t_zpsoa1644t8.jpg.html)
The cafe parking lot was no less interesting on Friday than it was the day before, with some of the same folks returning ...
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0603d_zpsgp5oeofb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0603d_zpsgp5oeofb.jpg.html)
And some newbies, that I didn't photograph previously.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0605f_zpsfdkkmmal.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0605f_zpsfdkkmmal.jpg.html)
Pleasanton is a hotbed for trad styled customs.........
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0600a_zpsbdpesoyg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0600a_zpsbdpesoyg.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0601b_zpstdqv3cke.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0601b_zpstdqv3cke.jpg.html)
.......along with all the other cool old cars.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0602c_zpsfkrncpma.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0602c_zpsfkrncpma.jpg.html)
Breakfast over it was time once again to head out to the fairgrounds, for another fulfilled day.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0604e_zpsenlmwgen.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0604e_zpsenlmwgen.jpg.html)
OK so here's a bunch for all you Willy's fans, there's usually a few more than turned out this year but I guess there was enough So let's start with the other view of that pink Tub.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0821v_zpsarf3g1vs.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0821v_zpsarf3g1vs.jpg.html)
This car was very famous when it was built a long, long time ago. Appeared on the cover of Hot Rod Magazine and many others as it was a real trend setting car.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0826aa_zpspckfx4q4.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0826aa_zpspckfx4q4.jpg.html)
Good that it's still on the road after all this time and not much has changed,the front wheels being the most obvious.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0827ab_zpsqfggunj4.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0827ab_zpsqfggunj4.jpg.html)
Yup, this was one badass car back in the 1970s.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0830ae_zpsaviqldpo.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0830ae_zpsaviqldpo.jpg.html)
This one is a badass car right now.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0828ac_zpsdywrc9z8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0828ac_zpsdywrc9z8.jpg.html)
That power plant doesn't just have the look, it sounds like a top fueler too!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0806g_zpsmr3giwmv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0806g_zpsmr3giwmv.jpg.html)
Yup, she be bad!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0811l_zpsgsjg9ot7.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0811l_zpsgsjg9ot7.jpg.html)
This little fella is packing a blown big block Chevy.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0823x_zpstxyzwhoi.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0823x_zpstxyzwhoi.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0822w_zps9x9w7l1i.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0822w_zps9x9w7l1i.jpg.html)
This one a 392 Chrysler Hemi.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0817r_zpsyvstvbdg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0817r_zpsyvstvbdg.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0809j_zpssi1mrlym.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0809j_zpssi1mrlym.jpg.html)
This one I dunno, but it sounded like it had what it takes.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0804e_zpsnypuuw6d.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0804e_zpsnypuuw6d.jpg.html)
Even if the rear wheels dodnt seem to fit properly.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0818s_zpsfgsedauc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0818s_zpsfgsedauc.jpg.html)
This one had the look and the sound pretty well set for mid 1960s.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0824y_zpswzsbf3hv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0824y_zpswzsbf3hv.jpg.html)
Seemed to drive OK because I don't think we saw it stopped more than once all weekend.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0825z_zpspqlfmrdj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0825z_zpspqlfmrdj.jpg.html)
But at least I got one photo of it at rest.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0807h_zps0u4rtzge.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0807h_zps0u4rtzge.jpg.html)
And this group, well they were just nicely built and detailed cars who's owners didn't need to show off what was under the hoods to impress us onlookers.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0829ad_zpsw1aycpf1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0829ad_zpsw1aycpf1.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0820u_zpsokdlkmcg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0820u_zpsokdlkmcg.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0802c_zpsildgxlul.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0802c_zpsildgxlul.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0800a_zpsbmmldw6w.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0800a_zpsbmmldw6w.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0803d_zps6wmgwftn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0803d_zps6wmgwftn.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0810k_zpsqswol1qh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0810k_zpsqswol1qh.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0801b_zpskvhmiorx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0801b_zpskvhmiorx.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0812m_zpsyt9x6uhw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0812m_zpsyt9x6uhw.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0813n_zps4plnqqfa.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0813n_zps4plnqqfa.jpg.html)
Jeeps? You say Willys made Jeeps?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0819t_zpsbqfpaomi.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0819t_zpsbqfpaomi.jpg.html)
This what you wanna see?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0816q_zpsw8bc7vqd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0816q_zpsw8bc7vqd.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0814o_zpsroywhemr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0814o_zpsroywhemr.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0815p_zpsmfrsaphw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0815p_zpsmfrsaphw.jpg.html)
And this one about rounds out the Willys episode.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0805f_zps9ilhiefg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0805f_zps9ilhiefg.jpg.html)
One of the features of Goodguys Pleasanton is the model display, from regular plastic kit based stuff to functional miniature engines made from castings and machined billets of metal.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0852ba_zpsdbfh1nqx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0852ba_zpsdbfh1nqx.jpg.html)
The model cars although made from plastic, often look like rusty metal.....
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0853bb_zpsezj4zezd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0853bb_zpsezj4zezd.jpg.html)
Or the real deal.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0845at_zpsjob2khjr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0845at_zpsjob2khjr.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0851az_zpsdgey2iqv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0851az_zpsdgey2iqv.jpg.html)
Some serious customising is always evident........
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0842aq_zps094siqej.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0842aq_zps094siqej.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0848aw_zpsbb3jeaxl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0848aw_zpsbb3jeaxl.jpg.html)
And the paint work often outshines many of the 1/1 scale cars parked outside on the fairground.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0850ay_zpszbi0oyoq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0850ay_zpszbi0oyoq.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0847av_zpsyxsnlnqn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0847av_zpsyxsnlnqn.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0849ax_zpsa2olaav3.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0849ax_zpsa2olaav3.jpg.html)
Many of the customised models even resemble real custom cars..........
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0839an_zpsuputhjzq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0839an_zpsuputhjzq.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0840ao_zpsbgytttii.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0840ao_zpsbgytttii.jpg.html)
....or racers. Think somebody stole the engine.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0854bc_zpskv7dh5mv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0854bc_zpskv7dh5mv.jpg.html)
Others just showcased a whole bunch of imagination and hours of work.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0836ak_zpsqd6t7emg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0836ak_zpsqd6t7emg.jpg.html)
Of course many are just simple old style hot rods.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0843ar_zpsjt3ohgg0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0843ar_zpsjt3ohgg0.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0846au_zpsmnsmxytb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0846au_zpsmnsmxytb.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0844as_zpstvuqpwug.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0844as_zpstvuqpwug.jpg.html)
Whilst others are well done phantoms.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0837al_zpsnya99ayf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0837al_zpsnya99ayf.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0838am_zpsnsgbw0c3.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0838am_zpsnsgbw0c3.jpg.html)
There's even real simulated wood!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0835aj_zpskin2eu5f.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0835aj_zpskin2eu5f.jpg.html)
.......and some that are just a bit silly.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0841ap_zps5rfysclh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0841ap_zps5rfysclh.jpg.html)
The model engines are a whole different ballgame.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0830ae_zpswrxses4n.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0830ae_zpswrxses4n.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0829ad_zpsjgjhtdri.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0829ad_zpsjgjhtdri.jpg.html)
Radial aeroplane engine is among a number of awesome looking and sounding power-plants.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0833ah_zpsoirgclzc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0833ah_zpsoirgclzc.jpg.html)
This boat is incredible, not only does it have a working petrol engine, mini hydraulic pumps driven from a PTO operate various systems so that it can be sailed by remote control and even berthed against a pier.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0831af_zpsyegj9ikw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0831af_zpsyegj9ikw.jpg.html)
Here it is with the lid on and that trailer is hooked to a remote controlled vehicle that can reverse into the water and offload the boat without the owner needed to touch anything but the remote controller.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0832ag_zpsruulfak3.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0832ag_zpsruulfak3.jpg.html)
How about a fully functional small scale muddersickle?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0834ai_zpsbn8qlbvm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0834ai_zpsbn8qlbvm.jpg.html)
And last but not least, some of these wild engines even power the odd nitro tether car, some of which run over 200mp/h and that's not scale, they were clocking them at that speed usingw a real radar gun. The sound is enough to make your ears bleed.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0800a_zpschegoxfl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0800a_zpschegoxfl.jpg.html)
Meanwhile back outside in the park, there was lotsa this stuff going on.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0809j_zpsschobsdk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0809j_zpsschobsdk.jpg.html)
Only because the bright midafternoon sun, made the hot colours pop!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0803d_zps9tnhqhkt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0803d_zps9tnhqhkt.jpg.html)
And the slinky mild Kustoms gleam.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0823x_zpshksxrdvy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0823x_zpshksxrdvy.jpg.html)
John Milner rocked up to check out the action.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0824y_zpsgpwzkomj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0824y_zpsgpwzkomj.jpg.html)
And so too did uncle Daniel. Yups it's a 100% original unmolested, well almost unmolested, deuce five windah coop. Look thru the louvred hood-sides and you may just be able to make out the 455 Olds V8 that lives in there.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0819t_zps6ofxp9qq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0819t_zps6ofxp9qq.jpg.html)
This is one of my favourite MOPAR hot rods.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0818s_zps4iru6ua7.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0818s_zps4iru6ua7.jpg.html)
Don's roadster was looking' good all weekend.........
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0813n_zps61avlq3x.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0813n_zps61avlq3x.jpg.html)
......even if it aint as shiny as some of the other deuces.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0814o_zps4z8iaqhe.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0814o_zps4z8iaqhe.jpg.html)
There's always lotsa trucks on hand.....
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0817r_zpshhcep6di.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0817r_zpshhcep6di.jpg.html)
....and, busses too!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0827ab_zpsj8u22bj0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0827ab_zpsj8u22bj0.jpg.html)
This old skoolkid mover was decked out more like a bordello than an educational institution.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0857bf_zpsaic7oeaj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0857bf_zpsaic7oeaj.jpg.html)
This mid fifties Chevy truck looked like it has been on a diet and lost some weight from around the middle.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0802c_zpsw1dkme8l.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0802c_zpsw1dkme8l.jpg.html)
This engine isn't a model, it's the real deal.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0825z_zpsfrurtkgv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0825z_zpsfrurtkgv.jpg.html)
Some of the customised cars are a bit radical......
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0821v_zpsykvpf3mo.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0821v_zpsykvpf3mo.jpg.html)
Others take the deal a tad beyond radical, this was once a 1947 Cadillac!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0822w_zpsikvjrthc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0822w_zpsikvjrthc.jpg.html)
Then there are those that have been restored to what they looked like when first built back in the day.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0811l_zpsb7vplzui.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0811l_zpsb7vplzui.jpg.html)
I'm thinking they call this a trad styled track car.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0805f_zpsgilvsm4n.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0805f_zpsgilvsm4n.jpg.html)
This one is just a hawt-rod, pure and simple.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0804e_zpstsqp9fvr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0804e_zpstsqp9fvr.jpg.html)
And this one had everybody fooled by its accent. It looks for all the world like a gennie US steel car but is indeed and Aussie fibreglass body, done so well nobody could pick it.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0810k_zpsrbsruxpf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0810k_zpsrbsruxpf.jpg.html)
The Fordy folks had a big party.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0815p_zpslhgw8woo.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0815p_zpslhgw8woo.jpg.html)
And this pair worked hard all day to make sure everybody could see what a difference one year makes.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0801b_zpsp93p2psq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0801b_zpsp93p2psq.jpg.html)
And a couple of really cool old things.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0812m_zps8u0w69an.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0812m_zps8u0w69an.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0816q_zpsmp8vchv8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0816q_zpsmp8vchv8.jpg.html)
In my world real rodders don't let their friends drive stock, but sometimes it just happens.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0807h_zpsbtosx6rl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0807h_zpsbtosx6rl.jpg.html)
Likewise, some folks are happy to see their pals embarrass themselves.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0808i_zpsgrthfmhf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0808i_zpsgrthfmhf.jpg.html)
Yeah, it was kinda kool, just like this one.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0826aa_zpsixgrogom.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0826aa_zpsixgrogom.jpg.html)
Of course it wouldn't be Pleasanton without a few old Nitro racers making a bit of noise every now and then.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0806g_zpssfyy4xge.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0806g_zpssfyy4xge.jpg.html)
But mostly it's all about the purdy cars.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0820u_zpsssopxxb7.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0820u_zpsssopxxb7.jpg.html)
One of the other things I like about Pleasanton, is there's always plenty of wood. Not so much as at the beach, but enough to satisfy my need for seedlings.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09000900_zps8m8m5mit.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09000900_zps8m8m5mit.jpg.html)
Forty Eight Chevy convert with timber trim is a rare beast.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09020902_zpsepspeqki.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09020902_zpsepspeqki.jpg.html)
The wagon version is also rare but much easier to find than the wood trimmed convertible, coupe or fastback.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09080908_zpsrhb51oiz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09080908_zpsrhb51oiz.jpg.html)
Same year Ford wagon somewhat but not quite so hard to come by.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09040904_zpswgiqoijg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09040904_zpswgiqoijg.jpg.html)
Morry Minor Traveller is rare in the US, much more common here in Oz.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09030903_zps1z1jqhuy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09030903_zps1z1jqhuy.jpg.html)
Chip Foose may be a master with the felt tip pen, but I'm not always so sure about his designs.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09240924_zps6l6ppbmu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09240924_zps6l6ppbmu.jpg.html)
I kinda like 'e, a bit more like the way the factories made 'em back in the day.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09090909_zpsx1glu8zp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09090909_zpsx1glu8zp.jpg.html)
If you have a mountain of money, you might be able to land this on in Oz for around $250k.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09260926_zpssbpxkyqt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09260926_zpssbpxkyqt.jpg.html)
Yet another British import.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09220922_zpsltapek7k.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09220922_zpsltapek7k.jpg.html)
Call me fussy, but even this one with late style timber on a model 40 Ford chassis and metal bits isn't quite right. But I'd be able to live with it.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09140914_zpsjg0gqmic.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09140914_zpsjg0gqmic.jpg.html)
Of course 1948 would have been the last genuinely wooden Chevrolet as after that they were all made of metal.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09120912_zpstyilgga6.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09120912_zpstyilgga6.jpg.html)
Meanwhile, Henry stuck with termite food for a few years longer.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09050905_zpsn3msjanw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09050905_zpsn3msjanw.jpg.html)
Cool as the late models are......
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09010901_zpssw9gojt5.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09010901_zpssw9gojt5.jpg.html)
............ I really like the oldies, like this '37.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09070907_zps71haexob.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09070907_zps71haexob.jpg.html)
Although a '48 would do at a pinch.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09100910_zpsllyoun8l.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09100910_zpsllyoun8l.jpg.html)
Can you say, "rare as rocking horse poop"?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09130913_zpsrmw0jrux.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09130913_zpsrmw0jrux.jpg.html)
There's one of these coming together not too far from my house.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09150915_zpsofr1cvdq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09150915_zpsofr1cvdq.jpg.html)
Gary Goodguy owns this drop dead gorgeous Chrysler.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09060906_zpsacxkdrjo.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09060906_zpsacxkdrjo.jpg.html)
No less gorgeous this nutmeg metallic number has the supercharged Cobra power train.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09110911_zps4n6lrttl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09110911_zps4n6lrttl.jpg.html)
Who needs a Family Truckster, when this Mercury would make the perfect cross country vacation transport?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09180918_zps2gb3bbmb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09180918_zps2gb3bbmb.jpg.html)
One very well done Chevy metal woodie. Methinks that's an oxymoron.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09190919_zps8jffcssn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09190919_zps8jffcssn.jpg.html)
This one took the prize for best wooden car on the day.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09200920_zpszvibcjba.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09200920_zpszvibcjba.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09230923_zpskj7gnyim.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09230923_zpskj7gnyim.jpg.html)
This one looks great but has clearly been in regular use for many years.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09170917_zpsivufwjqt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09170917_zpsivufwjqt.jpg.html)
And this one. with a little work could be transformed into an organic green vacation mobile. But it's kinda cool just the way Henry's kids built it.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09250925_zps3zptrx0j.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09250925_zps3zptrx0j.jpg.html)
The only thing stopping this baby coming to Australia is the crappy exchange rate that would add way too much to the cost. What's that old saying about timing being everything?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09270927_zps01z3y7p0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09270927_zps01z3y7p0.jpg.html)
YUP, wood is good!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09160916_zpsxzjyjpkf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/09160916_zpsxzjyjpkf.jpg.html)
Just when we figured there's nobody has more patina than Don's old Deuce, along came these guys in their model T.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10001000_zpszv9gyser.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10001000_zpszv9gyser.jpg.html)
I figure about now it's time for a bit of old style and nostalgia.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10021002_zpshm8yb99g.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10021002_zpshm8yb99g.jpg.html)
Not long ago those old things were considered too big and ugly to be cool, it's good that times have changed.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10031003_zpse1uaempj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10031003_zpse1uaempj.jpg.html)
Late forties Chevies were even less desirable back then. it's good that times have changed.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10051005_zpsbdrujbis.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10051005_zpsbdrujbis.jpg.html)
There was also a time when Corvette wheel caps belonged only on Corvettes, not any more.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10011001_zpswjxumnqn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10011001_zpswjxumnqn.jpg.html)
Corvettes actually look OK without wheel caps.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10061006_zpsfzrnjd71.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10061006_zpsfzrnjd71.jpg.html)
Of course late thirties Chevrolets look great with their smooth fat fenders.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10111011_zps6re6u8lk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10111011_zps6re6u8lk.jpg.html)
Sometimes they don't look so bad even without the fenders.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10071007_zps5dofljl9.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10071007_zps5dofljl9.jpg.html)
Some folks reckon a Deuce roadster looks good no matter what is done or not done to it.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10081008_zps4ngvemgs.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10081008_zps4ngvemgs.jpg.html)
Take a relatively light and compact body style, add a big V8 engine and that's how Oldsmobile became the original muscle car.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10091009_zpsqlifqnvu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10091009_zpsqlifqnvu.jpg.html)
Before that time, the big Olds also didn't do too badly as mild customs.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10101010_zpsqkbprzr9.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10101010_zpsqkbprzr9.jpg.html)
An older Oldsmobile.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10341034_zpslbvllpft.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10341034_zpslbvllpft.jpg.html)
And for good measure a later model Olds.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10351035_zpsjirf5xxs.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10351035_zpsjirf5xxs.jpg.html)
T Bucket will never be out of fashion or favour with hot rodders.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10121012_zpsi5fnv6hw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10121012_zpsi5fnv6hw.jpg.html)
Same goes for convertibles.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10131013_zpsyzd3gbga.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10131013_zpsyzd3gbga.jpg.html)
The ugly duckling has turned into a swan!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10151015_zpskvrpdosm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10151015_zpskvrpdosm.jpg.html)
He's smiling because it's no longer for sale.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10181018_zpssskaxccf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10181018_zpssskaxccf.jpg.html)
Deuce of a different kind.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10171017_zps970cdzsu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10171017_zps970cdzsu.jpg.html)
How to make a sub compact from a '56 Ford F100. Chop the top before taking a slice out of the middle, then shorten it by a foot and channel the whole deal over the chassis.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10211021_zps6bsxnzav.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10211021_zps6bsxnzav.jpg.html)
Here's one that hasn't been so badly molested.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10161016_zpsi6jyql41.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10161016_zpsi6jyql41.jpg.html)
Caddy tailamps look like they were made for this Chevy.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10201020_zpsk8h6l1cr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10201020_zpsk8h6l1cr.jpg.html)
Mercury is just classy smooth.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10191019_zpstwq8gtbq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10191019_zpstwq8gtbq.jpg.html)
I liked this simply because in Australia we had the same year model as a Valiant Four Door, but we never got the Dart Coupe until the early seventies.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10141014_zpsr232i3nj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10141014_zpsr232i3nj.jpg.html)
Saw this A parked in the background and thought it looked good enough to photograph.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10401040_zpshgpl8jjn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10401040_zpshgpl8jjn.jpg.html)
Then it was once again time for a little arty-fartyness.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11171117_zps6bjchdha.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11171117_zps6bjchdha.jpg.html)
Chevy style.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10381038_zps6flswny0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10381038_zps6flswny0.jpg.html)
Deuce style.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/992E4293a_zpsrpauxytv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/992E4293a_zpsrpauxytv.jpg.html)
Here's the rest of the car.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10221022_zpsju8n8p0h.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10221022_zpsju8n8p0h.jpg.html)
Classy mild custom treatment works on this fordy coupe.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10231023_zpstjbqhvhw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10231023_zpstjbqhvhw.jpg.html)
'34 Plymouth doesn't need much more than a little polish to the blue paint in order to look great.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10241024_zps1wmitq4o.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10241024_zps1wmitq4o.jpg.html)
Speaking of classy, doesn't have to be a big dollar high end ride to be cool.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10261026_zpsfktujbl7.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10261026_zpsfktujbl7.jpg.html)
You just gotta know when to stop with the mods and what colours to use to finish it off.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10301030_zpsrehm9kaz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10301030_zpsrehm9kaz.jpg.html)
Are we havin' fun yet?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10281028_zpslcq1kgsj.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10281028_zpslcq1kgsj.jpg.html)
You betcha we are!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10291029_zpsnpkqsgka.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10291029_zpsnpkqsgka.jpg.html)
Pure class!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10311031_zps4lwnkerz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10311031_zps4lwnkerz.jpg.html)
Need I say more?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10251025_zpspbfx8qtz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10251025_zpspbfx8qtz.jpg.html)
A person after my own heart, lotsa doors, little glass.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10271027_zpsrtgypnqt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10271027_zpsrtgypnqt.jpg.html)
So ya like '32 Fords huh?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10321032_zpsl4ucgld8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10321032_zpsl4ucgld8.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11141114_zpsg0wreumd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11141114_zpsg0wreumd.jpg.html)
I'm kinda partial to Chevies.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10391039_zps72kodn8d.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10391039_zps72kodn8d.jpg.html)
Especially the less common older ones like this '35 model.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10411041_zps3cmaip9j.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10411041_zps3cmaip9j.jpg.html)
For those who can't see it, this is a '47 Chevrolet.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10361036_zps9q45r5fq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10361036_zps9q45r5fq.jpg.html)
So is this.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10371037_zpscqnnq3rp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10371037_zpscqnnq3rp.jpg.html)
It's late Saturday arvo and time to head back to our digs for a bit of shuteye so we're in good shape for a big day tomorrow and the long trip 'home'.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11161116_zpsos29mc8r.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11161116_zpsos29mc8r.jpg.html)
And the model that started the muscle car craze.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10921092_zpsz0ojgsyy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10921092_zpsz0ojgsyy.jpg.html)
We spent Sunday morning wandering around and shooting the breeze with our buddies before heading to the stage zone for the award winners drive by. So here in no particular order are the award recipients!
Muscle cars are a big part of any Goodguys show, which is one of the reasons I've always enjoyed this event at Pleasanton, so I'll start with them. And Muscle cars don't come any more muscly than a matching numbers 100% original Hemi and four speed Challenger on original Polyglass rubber and rally wheels.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10481048_zpscrhg4p0n.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10481048_zpscrhg4p0n.jpg.html)
Unless it's a Mustang Mach One.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10621062_zpsjormpacq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10621062_zpsjormpacq.jpg.html)
Chevy Novas featured heavily in the muscle car awards.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10591059_zpsekhfflrk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10591059_zpsekhfflrk.jpg.html)
As too did Chevelles, there's a message in that license plate for someone.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10491049_zpsbfhgacle.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10491049_zpsbfhgacle.jpg.html)
I'm thinking this is one of my favourites, it's a Plymouth Valiant based Barracuda fastback.
And under that hood scoop are a pair of giant Holley carb's feeding a 426 Race Hemi attached to a four speed gearbox.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10631063_zpsstkqcy7c.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10631063_zpsstkqcy7c.jpg.html)
And another cool license plate.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10641064_zpscjmm7is4.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10641064_zpscjmm7is4.jpg.html)
Another tough Chevelle with a message.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10761076_zpsjfelgfjv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10761076_zpsjfelgfjv.jpg.html)
And of course there's always going to be at least one Camaro in the muscle car awards ceremony.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10681068_zpsjldcgtjg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10681068_zpsjldcgtjg.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10691069_zps3xogcpua.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10691069_zps3xogcpua.jpg.html)
In fact there was more than one.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10701070_zpsdvogj4ck.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10701070_zpsdvogj4ck.jpg.html)
I reckon there must been at least three!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10781078_zps7m6b6zfi.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10781078_zps7m6b6zfi.jpg.html)
And a couple of Novas, but I think I already mentioned that.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11051105_zpsjs3a4ifu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11051105_zpsjs3a4ifu.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10981098_zpsuqfqqr0o.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10981098_zpsuqfqqr0o.jpg.html)
Pontiac GTO is definitely a Muscle Car.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11081108_zpszgoulbfw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11081108_zpszgoulbfw.jpg.html)
You may not consider this Ford Galaxie Hardtop a muscle car, but the badge in the middle of the rear panel proclaiming it's powered by a 7 litre engine, says it definitely qualifies.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11061106_zpsawhfdumg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11061106_zpsawhfdumg.jpg.html)
Last but definitely not least, I reckon this pommy kitten fits because it was a pretty strong performer as it was built and with a nasty 454 big block under the hood, nobody is going to kick sand in it's face at Muscle beach.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11101110_zpshpwn3ppe.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11101110_zpshpwn3ppe.jpg.html)
And now to the commercial vehicles, pick-up trucks and Yoots, starting with a super slick candy red '55 Chevy pickup.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11091109_zpsszyjnuya.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11091109_zpsszyjnuya.jpg.html)
Among the trucks this was definitely my favourite, even if I don't fit neatly enough inside it to be able to consider owing one like it.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11001100_zpsoa1cm1xr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11001100_zpsoa1cm1xr.jpg.html)
This one has more room behind the wheel.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10991099_zpsyzf1jvnl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10991099_zpsyzf1jvnl.jpg.html)
This one has a pretty owner. And yes boys, her dad gives her all the credit for it's construction, body and paint finish.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10961096_zpscsk6epdu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10961096_zpscsk6epdu.jpg.html)
Don't see many of these GMC trucks modified like this.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10901090_zpsvehzmox3.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10901090_zpsvehzmox3.jpg.html)
Sixty one Chevy El Camino is a classy looking thing.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10891089_zpsiid1ypyz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10891089_zpsiid1ypyz.jpg.html)
The gal handing out the gold, is Bill Burnham's granddaughter, a third generation hot rodder.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10861086_zpssiqth0vm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10861086_zpssiqth0vm.jpg.html)
Here's what a rat rod looks like with smooth panels and shiny paint, cool!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10881088_zpsk0qnfmvp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10881088_zpsk0qnfmvp.jpg.html)
Pale blue always looks great on a '56 Henry F100.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10841084_zpsviaxwbvy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10841084_zpsviaxwbvy.jpg.html)
There's even an award for stockers.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10771077_zpsxtjlvwu6.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10771077_zpsxtjlvwu6.jpg.html)
And the Chevelle also get a look in at the truck prizes.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10751075_zpscnts3c9f.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10751075_zpscnts3c9f.jpg.html)
The owner of this one wanted a traditional boot but liked the pick-up cab styling, so they just lopped the top of a suburban and voila!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10561056_zpsq5kjzkoy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10561056_zpsq5kjzkoy.jpg.html)
Chevy C10 flare side is not so common as a step side.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10601060_zpsgnxilfjx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10601060_zpsgnxilfjx.jpg.html)
Late forties Chevy step side is customised in the modern style.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10581058_zpskxzbna8i.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10581058_zpskxzbna8i.jpg.html)
'37 Chevy was even classier.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10471047_zpsdvfjwfiz.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10471047_zpsdvfjwfiz.jpg.html)
Dunno for sure if they are commercial vehicles but there were a couple of familyy wagons that took home some gold, so I'm gonna plug 'em here with the heavy haulers.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10671067_zpsn4qn2loi.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10671067_zpsn4qn2loi.jpg.html)
Pink Plymouth is another unlikely candidate in the cool stakes.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10971097_zpsxtzzxtfy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10971097_zpsxtzzxtfy.jpg.html)
And last but definitely not least, the grandaddy of all the commercial award winners so big it doesn't fit inside the camera and yet it was the most photographed vehicle of the weekend. Driven all the way from Canadia, hauling a matching 35 foot long trailer and powered by the lumpiest sounding big block V8 this side of a Bonneville race prepped Diesel...............
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/992E4535a_zpszxp7r5ud.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/992E4535a_zpszxp7r5ud.jpg.html)
This thing is just so much more awesome in the metal it's difficult to describe.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10531053_zpssvpa8fcy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10531053_zpssvpa8fcy.jpg.html)
And to close out the award ceremony, we have the Kustoms, fifties classics and pre 1948 hawt rods, starting with a heavily rested '33 or '35 Chevrolet road-duster.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10431043_zps4vkzkip3.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10431043_zps4vkzkip3.jpg.html)
You knew there was gonna be at least one 1932 Ford Roadster in this bunch.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10421042_zpsx25bh0c8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10421042_zpsx25bh0c8.jpg.html)
Betcha didn't figure on a forty eight Ford Tudoor Ceedan?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10461046_zpstmzs3lvn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10461046_zpstmzs3lvn.jpg.html)
OK, so there was more than one deuce roadster.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10451045_zpsjfuf5owe.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10451045_zpsjfuf5owe.jpg.html)
There's something about a red and white '55 Crown Vic that just oozes cool.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10661066_zpsd2owhzb0.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10661066_zpsd2owhzb0.jpg.html)
However, this '59 Buick had a whole bunch more of it.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10571057_zps5qfwmgjv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10571057_zps5qfwmgjv.jpg.html)
Ok so there were quite a few Deuce roadster given awards.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10511051_zps4vkjrihr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10511051_zps4vkjrihr.jpg.html)
I think this '33 Ford got the gong for candiest red paint.......
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10541054_zpsux9k972f.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10541054_zpsux9k972f.jpg.html)
....and fatties rubber on a street rod.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10551055_zpsnxe6k1am.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10551055_zpsnxe6k1am.jpg.html)
Black fordy coupes always look good enough to win prizes.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10521052_zps35siy9sy.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10521052_zps35siy9sy.jpg.html)
Same goes for '35/6 three windah coops.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10651065_zpsflv7dmb8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10651065_zpsflv7dmb8.jpg.html)
Old inkun has been in the same family since it was a new *.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10501050_zpsdaxz1q0d.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10501050_zpsdaxz1q0d.jpg.html)
Model 40 Ford roadster look good from any andle.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10611061_zpssdkpkmcc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10611061_zpssdkpkmcc.jpg.html)
Even when they are fitted with fat fenders from the next model year.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10441044_zpseprywqjh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10441044_zpseprywqjh.jpg.html)
Custom Chevy was pearl white with green flaked roof that sparkled in the sunlight.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10911091_zpscq5xsbdp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10911091_zpscq5xsbdp.jpg.html)
'55 Chevy is one tough street machine.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10741074_zpsbwqrosgr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10741074_zpsbwqrosgr.jpg.html)
Wood is just good!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10871087_zpshjrsczer.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10871087_zpshjrsczer.jpg.html)
One of the classiest chopped Merc's I ever saw.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10831083_zpstf6hxead.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10831083_zpstf6hxead.jpg.html)
Mild kustom '36 Ford is also a class act.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10811081_zps22wylazw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10811081_zps22wylazw.jpg.html)
Subtle too, can you pick all the changes?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10821082_zps8aisf4yl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10821082_zps8aisf4yl.jpg.html)
This one was at our motel, got the hard luck award for losing all the wheel =caps on the long road trip.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10801080_zpsuiiksk9a.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10801080_zpsuiiksk9a.jpg.html)
Yeah it's a sporty car, but I hadda put it somewhere.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10791079_zpstiwdq5e8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10791079_zpstiwdq5e8.jpg.html)
Yet another gorgeous for Tudor sedan.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10731073_zpsuqpbjukq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10731073_zpsuqpbjukq.jpg.html)
T Coupe was built in the style of an old dirt track racer.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10711071_zpsjcrvnawd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10711071_zpsjcrvnawd.jpg.html)
It's just about too cool for skoowul.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10721072_zpsglciof5p.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10721072_zpsglciof5p.jpg.html)
Yet another fine black forty Ford coupe.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11041104_zps8b5krfmf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11041104_zps8b5krfmf.jpg.html)
I don't think John Mumford has ever tried a new trick that didn't work and his latest Deuce is a great example of Caddy style merged with an old Ford.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10931093_zpsqdhshiiv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10931093_zpsqdhshiiv.jpg.html)
A great example of selling ice to eskimos, the Aussie body that had em all believing it was original steel.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10941094_zpsk4kp1naw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10941094_zpsk4kp1naw.jpg.html)
Wow! there was even a deuce coupe woman award.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10951095_zpsvnapyjwb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10951095_zpsvnapyjwb.jpg.html)
Orv Elgie has been building stunning rods from mundane originals for as long as I can remember, this one is still wearing the paint applied in the Ford factory when it was built in 1940. Orv does admit it took a whole bunch of elbow grease to make it look this good and if you look closely it does give up the fact it's original.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11011101_zpsosnw3hdq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11011101_zpsosnw3hdq.jpg.html)
The car looks superb from every angle and yes, the upholstery is also factory original, all Orv did aside from polishing it up was update it to modern hot rod mechanicals.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11021102_zps83jasasm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11021102_zps83jasasm.jpg.html)
Flames don't always work so well on a Merc custom.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11111111_zpsuqjkwu6a.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11111111_zpsuqjkwu6a.jpg.html)
Did I mention there ere a few deuce roadsters earned awards?
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11031103_zpshllciabv.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11031103_zpshllciabv.jpg.html)
I think this one might just be a model A, on deuce rails.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11071107_zpsktjxjukl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11071107_zpsktjxjukl.jpg.html)
This one is a badass Willys.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11121112_zpsbhhpoobd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11121112_zpsbhhpoobd.jpg.html)
And this deuce was driven home by the bloke who's lucky raffle ticket was pulled from the barrel, to say he was well pleased would be an understatement.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11131113_zpszafezt1k.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/11131113_zpszafezt1k.jpg.html)
And the final official Pleasanton award goes to the car that has more of 'it' than any other that was given a gong.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10851085_zpsbfnwojxk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/10851085_zpsbfnwojxk.jpg.html)
Across the weekend Goodguys award selectors hand out certificates to the cars that will be in the parade of winners on Sunday.
However, we reckon the judges are nancies and stuck with too many safe choices. So we decided to choose our own winners, figuring the owners would be chuffed as it's tougher to get our prize than than a Goodguys award. So without further ado, here's my top 20 cars of Pleasanton 2015, in no particular order but starting with the biggest and this twenty five foot long (without the trailer) '48 Chevy Cab-Over rig is about as big as a hot rod get.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0623x_zps5g8texeg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0623x_zps5g8texeg.jpg.html)
The al steel bodywork is simply awesome as is the sound from the huge exhaust outlets integrated centrally into the rear pan. It sounds a whole lot like the Salt Lake Racing Phoenix, a Diesel Truck which used a fat cammed Allison V12 with four huge turbos to run over 300mph at Bonneville. However, quite a few folks said it was a mountain sized petrol V8, so I don't know anything more than it sounds totally evil, in a nice kinda way.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/0638am_zpszfqijqjr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/0638am_zpszfqijqjr.jpg.html)
And the really good bit, it has matching trailer kitted out as a luxury home away from home, which it towed all the way from one of the more remote parts of Canada. Look closely and you'll see the trailer hitch receptacle in the rear body work.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0622w_zps3tvbe6bn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0622w_zps3tvbe6bn.jpg.html)
Now I'm pretty confident the last thing any of you would expect to see on my top ten cars list would be a Datsun, but there's two of 'em on this one. The first is made for going very fast around a road racing circuit or rural mountain road.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0615p_zps739hcq8o.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0615p_zps739hcq8o.jpg.html)
It has a full tube frame and roll cage, along with what appears to be a V8 Supercar drivetrain, although the sequentially shifted double clutch six speed manual transmission is probably a bit advanced for our racing taxi cabs.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0616q_zps4c0a1jgw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0616q_zps4c0a1jgw.jpg.html)
The various elements and parts are all so neatly integrated and well put together it can't be ignored.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0617r_zpshlc3rrgx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0617r_zpshlc3rrgx.jpg.html)
The other one is made for going quick and fast in a straight line.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0636ak_zpsi33d6r33.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0636ak_zpsi33d6r33.jpg.html)
It too has a V8, but this time it isn't hidden under the hood, simply because its so big it kinda hangs outta the hole a little. It's the basic engine is what the locals refer to as a 'Mountain Motor' and it's kitted out more like a top fuel dragster than a pro street car where those engines are usually used.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0635aj_zpsuxkrsdbf.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0635aj_zpsuxkrsdbf.jpg.html)
And there is no question how much horse pressure it makes, because not only can it be heard a mile away, you can feel it sucking air in and pushing it out like a monster sized bass reflex speaker rolling down the road. In fact, look closely at the concrete roadway below the side of the car and you can actually see it lowing the shadow out of the picture.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0628ac_zpsv83gc2dt.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0628ac_zpsv83gc2dt.jpg.html)
On a more subtle note, this Model A Tub just rings all the right bells.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0608i_zpsrh7rohcp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0608i_zpsrh7rohcp.jpg.html)
As too did this 1936 termite house, which just oozes class and good taste..........
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/0630ae_zpswmttj3xs.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/0630ae_zpswmttj3xs.jpg.html)
........which applies from every angle.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/0629ad_zpsdjgysusu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/0629ad_zpsdjgysusu.jpg.html)
And I mean every angle.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/0631af_zpspavzenkk.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/0631af_zpspavzenkk.jpg.html)
As you'd expect, there's more than one wooden car on my list and this one was my third favourite.
If the price wasn't so high, I may have considered overlooking the crappy exchange rate but I'm not sure I'm ready for a $250,000 plus car, even if it is made mostly of wood.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0602c_zpsgnzug352.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0602c_zpsgnzug352.jpg.html)
Whilst were looking at 1940 Fords, this convertible is a bit like the black '33 coupe at Louisville, it seems I couldn't walk past it without shooting a photograph.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0606g_zps73jeg0r8.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0606g_zps73jeg0r8.jpg.html)
Clean and simple, there's no denying it has taken the top chop perfectly and is one class act.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/0634ai_zpsseezj57d.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/0634ai_zpsseezj57d.jpg.html)
No matter from which perspective it's viewed, it's * near perfect.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0600a_zpseu7seui1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0600a_zpseu7seui1.jpg.html)
Despite being the last one to be revealed to you, my first choice among the wooden wagons is this 1937 model.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0612m_zps5xi2sowe.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0612m_zps5xi2sowe.jpg.html)
Once again it wins by virtue off simplicity, colour and stance, and black is the last colour I'd ever think to paint a woody.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0603d_zpsmnk5rpjs.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0603d_zpsmnk5rpjs.jpg.html)
Here's another station wagon that despite it's bland and boxy styling appears to be gaining in popularity. Once upon a time something that no self respecting rodder or customiser would have considered worth a second glance, let alone any effort to make it roadworthy.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0605f_zpspt9rwwds.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0605f_zpspt9rwwds.jpg.html)
Just goes to prove, you can make a silk purse from a sow's ear, just takes the right colour, stance and wheels, nothing more, nothing less.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0601b_zpsvdroekqb.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0601b_zpsvdroekqb.jpg.html)
And if you need more convincing, here's another from the same stable.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/08550855_zpskbpzymed.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/08550855_zpskbpzymed.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0856be_zpsfohxj4ys.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0856be_zpsfohxj4ys.jpg.html)
It's a given that Don's Deuce Roadster and Ron's '40 coupe are automatically on my list of favourites, but there was one other Deuce that makes it, not because of rarity, but that simplicity thing again. Not only does it have the three critical elements, it has all of it's original equipment in place and that makes a rare car even more special.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/0639an_zpsjbzxmswh.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/0639an_zpsjbzxmswh.jpg.html)
It uses two but who'd ever have thought that even one shade of grey would work on a hot rod? But work it does and boy does it work well on this car!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/0642aq_zps7sh5wvre.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/0642aq_zps7sh5wvre.jpg.html)
Tri-Five Chevy's are a bit like Deuces, it's hard to come up with something totally fresh and unique that will make one stand out from the rest of the same genre. But here's a Fifty Six that does that and without any really radical changes.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/0632ag_zpsqhgeyos3.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/0632ag_zpsqhgeyos3.jpg.html)
Once again, it's that colour, stance, wheels and workmanship or attention to detail thing that sets this car apart from the rest. Even the continental kit looks like it's grew there.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/0633ah_zpsvvoavek3.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/0633ah_zpsvvoavek3.jpg.html)
Whilst the Chevy is subtle, sometimes subtlety is wasted, as it would be if customising a Rolls Royce, that's why this one is here, it's the antithesis of subtle!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0614o_zpsqzlxf4dp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0614o_zpsqzlxf4dp.jpg.html)
This is the car I want to drive to the Melbourne Cup and park on the rose garden lawn with all the toff's Rollers.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0613n_zpsnt2xftsx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0613n_zpsnt2xftsx.jpg.html)
There was a second 1940 Ford it seems I couldn't walk past without shooting another photograph and this one being a lowly two door sedan, also seems to be a most unlikely candidate.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/0637al_zpsarmq7p4c.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/0637al_zpsarmq7p4c.jpg.html)
But it just talked to me every time I went near and I love a car that does that.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0607h_zpsbovsgpta.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0607h_zpsbovsgpta.jpg.html)
Sometimes, in order to make a statement, you gotta go beyond subtle, almost to sublime, like this little Dak-Dak.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0620u_zpsfzz2nozr.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0620u_zpsfzz2nozr.jpg.html)
It's so hard to pick what's different that the owner even had to add a label so passers by, would be able to know what had been modified.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0621v_zpshukufybm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0621v_zpshukufybm.jpg.html)
But then sometimes, all is not always as it appears and that's what I love about this innocent looking little car.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0619t_zps8rzg6cr2.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0619t_zps8rzg6cr2.jpg.html)
How do you spank anything running a 426 Chrysler Hemi, or any other brand big blocks? Why use a 426 Chrysler Max Wedge of course! Can you say 'SLEEPER!"
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0618s_zpsduakkzfw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0618s_zpsduakkzfw.jpg.html)
Now at this point I know you're wondering how come there's no model 40 Ford on Carp's list of favourites? Well there's actually three of them, staring with this high class fully fendered road-duster.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0609j_zpsrasfmuvo.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0609j_zpsrasfmuvo.jpg.html)
The one with '35 fenders was spectacular, but this one takes it to a whole other level.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0610k_zps5da3t6jo.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0610k_zps5da3t6jo.jpg.html)
It's just filled with small and subtle details, like this.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0611l_zpsvejm5ofo.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0611l_zpsvejm5ofo.jpg.html)
It's no less cool when viewed from other end.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0828ac_zpsxsics5oc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0828ac_zpsxsics5oc.jpg.html)
The other two Model 40s on my list are coupes of the three window variety, starting with this radically traditional bit totally modern car, that doesn't get muddled up with parts from differing eras all becoming confused as to what the finished machine is meant to be. Everything here fits together seamlessly and integrates to deliver the goods, it's all pure hot rod!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/0640ao_zpsoo7wqmng.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/0640ao_zpsoo7wqmng.jpg.html)
The office looks like a nice place to go about the business of driving for pleasure.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0641ap_zpsuwe26e3i.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0641ap_zpsuwe26e3i.jpg.html)
Some blokes just know how to collect and assemble an eclectic mix of parts into something special.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0604e_zpsdprqcqxc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0604e_zpsdprqcqxc.jpg.html)
Gorgeous as the preceding pair are, this is the Model 40 I'd bring home and the final car on my list.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0624y_zpsrxhfdd2m.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0624y_zpsrxhfdd2m.jpg.html)
Pretty much the standard for this style of car, this one just clicks. It's possibly once again in the attention to detail.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0627ab_zpsiqzdowfa.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0627ab_zpsiqzdowfa.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0626aa_zpsbxpmknyu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0626aa_zpsbxpmknyu.jpg.html)
Whatever 'it' is, and I dunno for sure what that is, but what I do know is this puppy has it and it just makes my heart beat a little faster every time I look at it.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0625z_zpsgoxj4q9t.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/2015%20Hot%20Rod%20Holiday/0625z_zpsgoxj4q9t.jpg.html)
Pleasanton over and done with, we hit the road for downtown Tulare in Central California and the home of Don's Highway 99 Hot Rods. It was a pretty easy trip despite the heavier than usual traffic along interstate 99.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10421042_zps1moxhxnc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10421042_zps1moxhxnc.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10431043_zpsfhbnwehq.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10431043_zpsfhbnwehq.jpg.html)
You may recall the Poncho GTO that was fresh from the paint shop last August, it's coming along slowly and is starting to look like a car again. The paint has settled down nicely and was recently given a final cut and buff before the chrome and stainless installation was commenced.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10001000_zps3ryph6jn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10001000_zps3ryph6jn.jpg.html)
It's going to look great with polished billet wheels and cream interior.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10501050_zpsajteegiu.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10501050_zpsajteegiu.jpg.html)
Tony's Convertible now has the foundation for it's fabric covered top. However, the guys didn't like a few things about it, so like the perfectionists they are, it is to be reworked to make it look even better.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10631063_zps8lcizqgl.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10631063_zps8lcizqgl.jpg.html)
It's all good around back, the tape line on the body showing where the fabric will be attached to the car's bodywork.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10571057_zps8oz9bbeo.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10571057_zps8oz9bbeo.jpg.html)
I hung around with Don for a couple of days then headed g back to L.A. with a day or so to unwind before it was time to head across the Pacific and back to reality.
It's been years since I last visited Disneyland and a lot has changed. However, it was my bride's plan that she would join me and we would do it again this year, so I did. Here's some of the automobile related stuff at the park that I think most hot rodders would appreciate.
Disney have recreated the town of Radiator Springs in perfect three dimensional reality. This place makes it worth the price of admission on its own!
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10141014_zpsjqifpb3g.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10141014_zpsjqifpb3g.jpg.html)
It's all here, from Flo's V8 Diner.......
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10101010_zpscjv3kklw.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10101010_zpscjv3kklw.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10181018_zpsmaruiy43.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10181018_zpsmaruiy43.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10171017_zpscgowtqzg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10171017_zpscgowtqzg.jpg.html)
....Casa De Tire.......
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10111011_zps2uq7axgd.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10111011_zps2uq7axgd.jpg.html)
........Ramone's Kustom Emporium.....
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10121012_zpsiziwoice.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10121012_zpsiziwoice.jpg.html)
.......Sarge's place................
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10061006_zpscohi7z8n.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10061006_zpscohi7z8n.jpg.html)
.............the Town Hall and Court House...........
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10201020_zpswfhvlikm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10201020_zpswfhvlikm.jpg.html)
Yup, that's lightning Mc Queen heading out for a cruise around town.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10191019_zps2jwurjjm.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10191019_zps2jwurjjm.jpg.html)
Meanwhile Mater holds court on the Cozy Cone Motel driveway.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10081008_zpsh9ltdjmn.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10081008_zpsh9ltdjmn.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10091009_zpst8legsfg.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10091009_zpst8legsfg.jpg.html)
The kids can even play with the heard........
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10051005_zpsetrlr6b1.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10051005_zpsetrlr6b1.jpg.html)
.....and grown ups can drive fast around the valley, remembering to steer right to turn left.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10151015_zpsrpqrt1hp.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10151015_zpsrpqrt1hp.jpg.html)
Yup, Disneyland never was meant just for kids, it's for everybody young or old.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10071007_zpsy4erxzem.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10071007_zpsy4erxzem.jpg.html)
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/10131013_zpsvdoe2ixc.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/10131013_zpsvdoe2ixc.jpg.html)
And then I went home. :cry:
Thanks Carps for the extensive, and I'll say magazine quality pics and commentary, travelogue !
Wow. Thanks for making the efforts to share all this.
It was my pleasure, but I guess you all already figured that out.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
Anybody know this car, the driver looks a bit grumpy.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/Breakfast/992E0688b_zpskxtkilyx.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/Breakfast/992E0688b_zpskxtkilyx.jpg.html)
Seems he abandoned it once inside the fairgrounds, sat here all day long with nobody around it. I guess the old guy was off having way too much fun elsewhere, that's kinda how it is at the NSRA NAT's. So much to see and do, so menay folks to catch up with and so many stories to be told etc. it's almost impossible to find folks, but when you stop searching for them, they usually turn up.
(http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a395/PCarps/Breakfast/992E0257a_zpscvnqco6r.jpg) (http://s15.photobucket.com/user/PCarps/media/Breakfast/992E0257a_zpscvnqco6r.jpg.html)
:D
Holy Moly! That was great. Thank you. :D