Hot Rods and Kustom Cars
Wichita was once known as Kustom City, there are still lots of kustoms in the area. This year Jeff Myers brought the 57 Ford that he built for the late Roy Putnam and Voodoo Jimmy brought his Buick, both cars came out of Jeff’s Premier Body & Paint last year. There were a handful of other kustoms in the show but for the first year in a long time we didn’t do the Kustom City display.
Maybe next year we should bring it back? More coverage tomorrow right here on Royboy Productions.
For the last few years I’ve shown either my 63 Galaxie or my 51 Ford Sedan at this show, but this year I hadn’t done anything different on either car and I needed this weekend to work on the camper for the 48 Cars In 48 States trip, so I left all of my stuff at home. It was kind of odd to not have a car in the show!
This year Jack Marinelli called and told me that he was going to be setting up the first ever Midwest Roadster Display at the show this year. He gathered up a bunch of area roadsters to display together, including Troy Pate’s 32 that you see above. The rest of the Midwest Roadster Display is in this post, I hope you enjoy! More to come tomorrow.
I honestly can’t say how long I’ve been attending the Starbird-Devlin show in Wichita each January. I remember faking that I was over an illness as a small child so that I could go to the show. Looking back I’m pretty sure that my folks knew that I was still sick but they also knew that I had my heart set on going down to Century II in downtown Wichita, KS for the show. In those days the show was the Starbird Rod & Kustom Car Show, a few years ago a group of local car aficionados including Tom and Tim Devlin purchased the show and changed it so that the proceeds would go to some great local charities.
This year I was able to carve out a little time Friday evening to rush down to Wichita and shoot the show, finishing a few minutes after they were announcing the closing of the show for the day. Enjoy the photos, there will be 4 days of coverage on this show this week.
This week Royboy welcomes back to the show the legendary artist and all around good guy Jeff Norwell.
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Time for an update on the 48Cars48States camper restoration! Irene is her name and rot is her game… well it was her game.
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This week Royboy has to scramble after two different guests had to postpone. So a quick 90 mile drive down to Wichita to pick up a generator for the Camper for the #48Cars48States trip turned into an in person podcast in Travis Chadwick’s tiki basement.
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This is it for the 2017 Retro Rewind coverage, the show was awesome, the outside temps were cold. I had a great time with friends that I don’t get to see often enough and I made some new ones. These kinda small “armory type” shows are a lot of fun and I hope that we as a group can do more of them. Indoor shows are not much fun to take a car to if you live far away, so having it be a one or two day show at max really helps with people’s scheduling. What indoor shows are you hitting this winter? Leave your answers in the comments at the bottom of this page.
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The Retro Rewind is a small show, it’s a small show but it’s packed with stuff. About 40 cars, 40 bikes, vendors, live music, art auctions, pinup contest, movies, more live music. If you’re bored at this show, it’s because you didn’t try hard enough.
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After arriving Friday night we all gathered in the hotel for some live music, mingling and drinks. Before to long we slid down the street to the Rainbow Lounge for some karaoke and some more drinks (I see a theme developing). With an 8am start time I called it a night early (around 1am) and caught some sleep. Getting into the show early is great for photos with minimal spectators in the shots.
More of the coverage tomorrow.
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I’m not sure what kind of polar vortex forces seem to not want me to be in Dubuque, Iowa in January for the Retro Rewind, but they keep throwing some chilling temps out each time I make the 9 hour drive up from Kansas. John Wells and company started out with the Vintage Torque Fest a few years ago, added the Iron Invasion and then the Retro Rewind.
The Five Flags Center in Dubuque is the home for the show each January. Wells and company do a great job making sure that the cars and bikes that show up each year are different, something that more indoor shows would do well to copy. Enjoy part 1 of the coverage.
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This week Royboy goes over the upcoming couple of months including show schedules, camper renovation plans and some revamping to the trusty Galaxie 500 before going into a bit of a rant on whether or not it’s “lucky” to be able to go on a 2 month road trip or the result of a ton of hard work.
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Stay safe & well !
Jonnie”