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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48 Cars In 48 States : Pre-Trip #002 Irene The Camper
138 – A Couple Of Travii – Chrome Pipes & Pinstripes
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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2017 Retro Rewind Part 4
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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2017 Retro Rewind Part 3
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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2017 Retro Rewind Part 2
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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2017 Retro Rewind Part 1
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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Chrome Pipes & Pinstripes 137 – Welcome to 2017
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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Happy New Year With Wolfman Jack!
Happy New Year from Royboy Productions!
Here’s an email I got from Jonnie King lately, I hope you enjoy the audio!
“This is a shot of Jack when he was in our KSLQ-FM Studios in St. Louis in 1974. I was MD at the time, and, we put him on-the-air for one afternoon when he was in town to promote “Clap For The Wolfman”. He was just SO GREAT !
IN ANY EVENT, if you have time to add the NYE Link to your Site/FB Page I would sincerely appreciate it…we’re almost at One Million Hits for Dec. and it would help so much !
Your help & support is what’s helped get the Site many extra Hits & Visitors…so, thanks again, my friend ! The Link is below:
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Stay safe & well !
Jonnie”
136 – The Best of 2016 Chrome Pipes And Pinstripes
This week we look back at the BEST moments of Chrome Pipes and Pinstripes in 2016 featuring Mike Alexander, Josh Mishler, Mike Keller, Adam Sorokin, Dennis McPhail, Tim Strange, Darryl Hollenbeck, John Mearns and Ray Evernham. Enjoy my favorite moments of 2016!
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Top 10 Most Popular Galleries of 2016
2016 has been a great year! This year I traveled over 27,000 miles by car and a couple thousand more by plane attending events from the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, CA to the Detroit Autorama in Detroit, MI and a whole pile of places in between. I’ve shot 39 events and a bunch of shoots for magazines or private clients, amassing more than 15,000 images along the way. So far this year there have been more than 10,340,884 photo views not counting any social media. It’s been a heck of a ride and it’s just been preparing me for the next adventure. Enjoy some of my favorite images from the year so far. Don’t forget if you like an image you can get a copy in any size you’d like by clicking on the photo.
Here are the Top 10 most viewed galleries of my 2016.
135 – NASCAR Pit Road w/ Jesse Sanders
This week Royboy talks with Jesse Sanders about what it takes to be on the road with a NASCAR team and what it’s like to be in a NASCAR shop.
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2016 Hot Rod Holiday By Cory McMahon
Two years ago I went down to Springfield, MO for the Hot Rod Holiday show. I haven’t been able to make it back since then but lucky for me and you, Cory McMahon was able to go and he shared some photos with me to share with all of you.
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134 – The Monsters Are Coming
This week Royboy is joined by Piero De Luca of Mad Fabricators and Motornation.tv and Bob Bleed of Midwest Fabrication to talk about all things hot rods.
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2016 Artist At Large Kustom Kulture Xmas Party
For the 2nd year in a row, Dennis McPhail and his crew at Artist At Large World Headquarters threw down the Kustom Kulture Xmas Party on Dec. 4th in Wichita, KS at Artist At Large.
Artists from across the country came to town for the art show that filled the entire building this year. Companies such as mine and all the way up to companies like Vintage Air gave items to be given away as door prizes throughout the day. All you had to do is show up to get most of the door prizes but some you had to buy a piece of art to get an entry.
It was a great showing of amazing artists and I hated leaving, I was able to grab a couple of prints from Timm McKenny before I left, now I have eleventy billion pieces of art in the house to get matted and framed. I still want more.
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2016 Decembrrrr Run!
6 years ago I decided that I needed to organize a fun run. When would I do it? The schedule was full already through most of the year. I decided to do the run in December and Mickey from Stray Kat Kustoms suggested Decembrrrr Run as the name. That first year lived up to the brrrr part as it was about 13 degrees with a cold wind.
This year we gathered up in Gypsum, KS and drove to Wichita, KS. We stopped at Devlin Rod & Custom and Soft Strip along with a lunch stop. It was a blast! Here are some photos of the day!
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133 – The Other Side Of The Pond
This week Royboy takes a bit of a break and plays an interview by Kevin Flood with Neil Fretwell of the VHRA in the UK. The VHRA is responsible for putting on the event at Pendine each year and a few other vintage hot rod events.
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48 Cars In 48 States : Pre-Trip #001 Irene The Camper
A few months ago I announced to the world that I was going to do something big and awesome in 2017. The plan is simple, I’m going to hop in the Galaxie, with the canned ham camper on the back and I’m going to hit all lower 48 states in one monster road trip of a life time.
This weekend I finally got to tear in to the camper to fix some of the rotted wood. Most old campers have some rotted wood, this one had more than I bargained for…
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2016 Hobo Happenings Pt. 3
I want more small town shows to be like this one. I don’t even know what it is that makes me like it so much. I’ve been to lots of small town shows that just had nothing special about them. This one though, maybe it’s the people, maybe it’s the friends, maybe it’s something special about the town, whatever it is this is one of the shows that I hope everyone can experience. I had a great time at the Hobo Happenings.
2016 Hobo Happenings Pt. 2
As I rolled into Douglass, KS for the Hobo Happenings show I could tell this was going to be a good year. The show had more cars than I’ve ever seen there before. My friends of the Primarys club in Wichita saved me a spot so that I could park next to them. This is one of those shows that’s about good people. The small town of Douglass was bursting at the seams with kool. There are bigger shows with more people but this one has some great folks. Walking around talking to folks, shooting photos, wishing the show season wasn’t over.
More to come tomorrow.
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2016 Hobo Happenings Pt. 1
The typical last show of the year in this region is the Hobo Happenings in Douglass, KS. I forget when I first attended, but this was the first year that I took a car that I can remember. It was cold… I mean really cold for the 23 degree temperature. The stack of Steele Rubber weather stripping on my shop bench didn’t do me any good while I drove the car. The Galaxie’s heater was on high and just enough to overcome the drafty car. Another item for this winter’s to do list.
Enjoy the photos, more of the story of the trip and more photos tomorrow.
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2016 Pistons & Paint Coverage Part 5
Have you noticed the amount of wagons? Wow, the show had some great wagons, and a bunch of great 1958 cars in general. Parked next to me was the newest build from David Guymon, a 1958 Ford wagon he’s just finished for Lars Hellgren. The car has a McCullough super charged Y block and a chop top. It’s really cool and I will be shooting it for a magazine feature soon. I hope you enjoyed the show coverage and make sure to get Pistons & Paint on your schedule for next year.
132 – Jon Wright of Custom Chrome Plating on Chrome Pipes and Pinstripes
This week Jon Wright of Custom Chrome Plating is on the phone. Jon started CCP 48 years ago because he knew he just had to do something in the car world. We talk about what it’s like to start a business, learn along the way, deal with the changing world around the business and more. I get to meet lots of great people on the road, Jon Wright is one of the great ones.
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2016 Pistons & Paint Coverage Part 4
Pistons & Paint has been going on for 15 years, in the 4 years that I’ve attended I’ve seen it just keep getting better. Since I sometimes vend at shows I pay attention to how the vendors are set up. This year there seemed to be more vendors and they were lined up along one side of the venue. There were some great vendors this year, you could buy photos of your car as you rolled in from two separate companies, you could get your car striped, buy the latest Hop Up Magazine which features an article that I shot, tons of great options.
More of the story tomorrow.
2016 Pistons & Paint Coverage Part 3
Throughout the day the cars kept rolling in. Even after attending the show since 2012 I was impressed with the increasing quality of the cars. Almost every car show that I go to has a few cars that I just can’t stomach. Pistons & Paint had a very low number of cars that I just walked by. Tons of great quality rides filling the fairgrounds.
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2016 Pistons & Paint Coverage Part 2
Around 8am I rolled into the North Texas Fairgrounds, the show was not as full as I’d expected at that time. Over the next 4 hours the cars just kept rolling in. The total car count was approaching 500, but I didn’t get a final number. The fairgrounds is essentially a large grass parking lot and it was nearly full. Pistons & Paint has great cars, tons of great people and great music. That’s an area that many shows fail on, they have the same tired 50’s pop music all day long, not here. The live tunes started at 11:30 with Dylan Bishop, then The Stratoliners, and finally The Paladins! Great day of music!
More of the story tomorrow.