2017 Stray Kat 500 Photo Coverage
Back in 2009 I went to my first Stray Kat Kustoms event, that one was called the Rocket show. I had such fun that I went to the Starliner show a couple of months later, then finally in May of 2010 I went to my first Stray Kat 500. I haven’t missed one since. This weekend was kind of a blur, it went so fast. So many cars, so many people, so little time.
After a less than stellar MPG pulling the camper to Austin & back a month ago, the rear gear in the car got swapped from a 2.75 to a 3.50 because I had it sitting in the garage. Since I took extra time off for the trip to Austin I was now a bit low on vacation days so instead of heading out Thursday evening for Dewey, OK for the 2017 Stray Kat 500 I worked until noon Friday then took off. Some last minute work on the camper was finished up Thursday night around midnight.
The 3.50 gear sure made driving the car feel a lot better, although at my first gas stop I must have gotten some bad go go juice. From that point for the next hour the car sputtered, belched smoke and generally didn’t like me very much. So at each gas station I came upon I stopped and topped off the tank with the highest octane that I could. By the time I was 30 miles out from Dewey the car seemed to be running fine again. The problem was that I’d gone from the 8mpg of the Austin trip to 6. After getting lots of advice from some folks who are much smarter than I am, I think I have a game plan going forward. 1st thing is to finally get the new engine back and installed. More of the tale of the trip tomorrow.
48 Cars In 48 States : The Great American Road Trip – A 48 state road trip with a stop in each state to photograph a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or drag vehicle. Daily updates will be posted here on royboyproductions.com so you can see where I’ve gone, who I’ve met, some of what I’ve seen. At the end of the trip I’ll produce a 200 page full color book of the entire adventure. Business Sponsorship Packages here available as well as you can pre-order the book here!
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