Hot Rods and Kustom Cars
First off… I screwed up. I posted the video from this event and completely neglected to get the photos up! So here’s a post to fix that error.
For those that don’t know the story, in 2020 at the Flaming Gorge Resort Independence Day car show, Mayor Woody told us of a great idea. What if we got a 3 day weekend in the winter, when there’s snow on the ground and bring a bunch of hot rods out to have some fun?
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I wasn’t sure this one was gonna happen for me. The forecast for the two weeks above the show was gloomy. It just wouldn’t clear up! Then on the Thursday before the show an ice storm covered most of Oklahoma and North Texas while it dumped snow on me in Kansas. It was not looking good for leaving Thursday after work so that I could get to the Reliability Run on Friday.
On this episode of Chrome Pipes & Pinstripes, we talk with professional hot rod and custom car builders Chris Ryan and Tim Strange while they take a break from judging the Go For The Gold Award at the 2022 Starbird Show.
Continue reading “210 : The Chris & Timmy Show”
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I can’t count the number of years that I’ve been attending the Starbird Rod & Custom Show in Tulsa, OK. I go back year after year to see all of the friends that I have in the Tulsa area and beyond that all come to this show.
In this Chrome Pipes & Pinstripes episode Royboy talks with Zac from Wired Customs and Dan from Greasy Boy Kustoms about an upcoming live streamed chop that they will be doing. We also talk about what got both of them into hot rods and tell some stories about our early experiences in cars.
Continue reading “209 They’re Going To Chop It Live! – Chrome Pipes & Pinstripes”
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In this episode Royboy talks with Painter, TV Host, Automotive Educator & yes even 80’s Hair band member Kevin Tetz. We talk about all of those things and more including his Paintucation website and DVD series which teaches you how to paint your ride and all of the work that leads up to it!
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In this episode Royboy talks to “Crew Chief”  @Blaynes Therapy Blayne Stark and family about drag racing as a family, what it takes to complete Rocky Mountain Race Week, and going low 10’s in a stick shift 55 Chevy Wagon. The Stark family is deeply rooted in drag racing and building hot rods and custom cars, it’s always amazing to catch up with them.
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There was a great turnout this year for the Hobo Happenings in Douglass, KS! Over 200 cars gathered on the last Saturday before Thanksgiving for a good time on a beautiful November day. See the video below for Royboy’s Coverage.
Last weekend I picked up a buddy and we made a quick 700 mile round trip to Denton, TX for the 2021 Pistons & Paint Car Show. Enjoy the video below.
In this episode Royboy talks with Trent Sherrill & Mikey Brown of Paper to Pavement. Both have been guests before on the podcast, Trent has been a photographer for years and no runs Speed & Kulture Magazine, Mikey owns Mikey Brown’s Upholstery and has been building some very cool drag cars since we last talked to him on this show. They’ve teamed up to document these builds with a YouTube channel called Paper to Pavement and are here to talk about that channel and their first full length documentary.
Continue reading “206: Paper To Pavement with Trent Sherrill & Mikey Brown”
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The 2nd annual Gathering At The Roc is in the books! Just as last year I had to work so I couldn’t make it down for the Friday Reliability Run, so after work on Friday we rushed to Bartlesville, OK so we could be close for the fun on Saturday October 9th. Go to the bottom of this post to see info for next year’s GATR!
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This episode Royboy talks with Brant Martin of Martin’s Rod & Custom in Lampasas, TX
Continue reading “205 : Martin’s Rod & Custom”
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The 5th Annual Hot Rod Rock & Rumble filled the Pikes Peak International Raceway August 27-29th. This year I had to cruise the 450 miles out in the daily driver, but with my new house being pretty close to US 50 and the racetrack being about 20 miles off of US 50, I figured why not cruise the highway all the way out instead of spending the day on the boring interstate.
With last year’s shutdowns and canceled shows it was great to get to hang out at the KKOA Leadsled Spectacular again this year! My former home in Gypsum, KS is only about 25 minutes from Oakdale Park in Salina, KS where the show has been held on the last full Sunday of July for the last few years.
In this episode Royboy talks with Clint Glasgow about hot rods, customs and coming from New Zealand to the USA and all kinds of stories in between.
Continue reading “204: A Kustom For A Kiwi”
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In this episode Royboy talks with Jay Riggs of the Fort Worth based Riggs Fabrication & Restoration on his journey from one man working in his garage to a 15,000 sq. ft facility with 10 employees.
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It had been far too long since we’d all been in Dewey, OK for the 20th Try at the Stray Kat 500. The Stray Kat Kustoms crew really put on a great show as always with tons of great cars, and most of my favorite people from the regions. Friends from my Lonely Knights club in Colorado were on hand, as well as a bunch of folks from TX, AR, KS, MO, OK and a couple other states.
Due to COVID-19 restrictions the 57th Annual Darryl Starbird National Rod and Custom Car Show was held over the weekend of April 30-May 2. The location was the same but it was nice to be able to go to the show and not have it be snowing that weekend! Â See more photos below.
In this episode Royboy talks with Matt Murray of Iron Trap Garage out of PA.
Listen in and hear the story of how he started the channel 4 years ago and grew it to the point that he’s leaving his day job so that he can do Iron Trap Garage full time.
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In this episode Royboy brings everyone up to date with all that’s been going on since the last episode went up in July of 2020 in order to prepare for the new episodes coming out soon with new guests.
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For a few years I’ve heard my friend Jason Smith from Hot Rod Garage in Sand Springs, OK talk about a dream show that he would like to put on. Our mutual friend Brandon McCullough joined in the conversation at some point and a couple of years went by. I’d all but forgotten about their idea when one of them texted me and told me that the show was happening and to keep an eye out for the details.
Finally a date was set, a location was set, it was to be Halloween, 2020 at Woolaroc outside of Bartlesville, OK. The name “The Gathering At the Roc” was coined and they set up an Instagram account and started sharing some photos of cars that were coming to the show. You see, you must submit photos of your car to get accepted to be a part of the show. Some try to get as many cars to their shows as possible, but that’s not the plan for the Gathering. The Gathering is about a hand curated group of amazing cars and their owners.
We all know that 2020 has been a rough year for many reasons. So when the CrossMembers CC asked me if I’d like to come back to OK on Oct. 3rd to cover their OKC Hot Rod Hundred again, I was ready to take a weekend away from the normal duties of life to go play hotrods with some friends.
I rolled out of Wichita at 6am on Saturday and rolled into the starting point of the HRH around 8am, the cars were already filing the parking lot. About 150 had pre-registered and I believe another 70 or so did so that morning.
In this, the 200th episode Royboy talks with Kontientals CC Member Reggie Hill about Austin, the Lonestar Round Up and what it was like growing up in the hot rod world.
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In this episode Royboy sits out at a campsite with some friends and talks hot rods, Flaming Gorge Resort and whatever else comes to mind. Including members of the Denver Deton8ors, Salt Lake City Trottlers, Salt City Speed Shop and Denver Timing Association.
Continue reading “199 Hot Rod Lies from Flaming Gorge Resort”
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For the 2nd year in a row I made the nearly 800 mile journey from my home in central Kansas to Dutch John, Utah, more specifically to Flaming Gorge Resort for the 15th Annual Car Show. We showed up on Wednesday this year instead of Thursday, another day in the remote mountain resort meant more time with friends and car family, more time to relax and recharge, and more time to enjoy the beautiful scenery that surrounds Flaming Gorge Resort .