Things are about to get busy! After a couple of months of shows here and there, before you know it I’ll be doing shows every weekend. This weekend I’m heading down to the Texas Motor Speedway for the Goodguys Spring Lonestar Nationals, the photo above is from my last trip down to the show last year. I’m hoping that we have a repeat of last year where the forecast called for rain but it stayed dry the whole time I was there.

This post will feature some photos from previous trips to different shows that are coming up on my schedule. If one’s in your area and it looks like a good time, make plans to be there and come say hi!

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For the final post of the 2015 Detroit Autorama coverage is a biggin! Almost 100 images in this post for you to enjoy!

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Normally I’d keep my coverage posts to 5 days but there was so much kool going on at the Detroit Autorama that I’ going to overflow the coverage into this week.

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The basement of the 2015 Detroit Autorama. Ahhhh the basement. While the upstairs had many incredible machines, the downstairs was really more of my thing. The traditional rods and customs were spread amongst the upstairs and the “Extreme” basement display, but more concentrated in the basement.

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I have heard that this year the 2015 Detroit Autorama featured more traditionally styled hot rods and kustoms than years past. So I picked a good year to go! Personally that’s the style I like the best, because it will never again go out of style. Trends come and go in car building but when it comes back like the traditional style has, it’s here to stay. The next few years will probably see the traditional thing become less popular but it will never go away, and that’s fine by me. The photo above was one of the cooler displays of the upstairs when it comes to traditional styled hot rods.

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The main floor of the 2015 Detroit Autorama was bigger than any indoor show that I remember attending ever. The building was overflowing with kool. From slammed C10’s like the one above to Jeff Norwell’s perfect example of a 32 seen below, there was a little of something for everyone at the Autorama.

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Today’s the last day of posts for the 2015 Park City Chill coverage. I want to say a personal thanks to Soft Strip for sponsoring this coverage!
Today is more from the 3rd building of the show, still plenty of cool stuff to see, I hope you enjoy it!

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More from the 3rd building of the Park City Chill. Tons of great cars on display in this building.

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As you could see in the first post yesterday, the first building you come into is mostly bikes. I realize as I write this that we skipped a section, which must have been where my friends the McGregors had their bikes. Sorry guys! The 2nd building starts the 4 wheel display area. There seemed to be a lot of open space in the 2nd building but like I mentioned yesterday the weather could have been a determining factor to that.

The 3rd building had the majority of the 4 wheel vehicles. This is where you can see the rich drag racing heritage of the Wichita area on display. Enjoy!

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I’ve been attending the Park City Chill in Park City (duh), KS for a few years now. For some reason the show keeps getting dealt a bad hand weather wise. The plan for the weekend was to hit the Chill on Friday night as snow was forecasted for the rest of the weekend. Weather permitting I would then head to Omaha for the World of Wheels on Saturday, the weather did not end up permitting.

Friday evening as we headed down to the show we hit light snow but it had been coming down all afternoon. The show attendance was pretty low for the time I was there on Friday night and I’m sure that had to do with the weather. The Chill isn’t just a hot rod and kustom car show, in fact it isn’t that type of show at all. The Chill is a bike and car show, and truck and whatever else you want bring with an engine in it show. So there was a lot to see and take in, let’s get on with the coverage!

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I got to watch the man himself in action. While the Backyard Garage crew was sectioning a shoebox a few feet away, a few other guys including Darryl Starbird himself and grandson Dakota Wentz were chopping a 56 Lincoln. While I was talking with Dakota, Darryl came over and joined in on the fun with the chop.

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The crowd was great, the Fine Nine cars were great, I think the Next Generation Starbird Rod & Custom Show is headed in the right direction.

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Here’s the winner of the 2015 Fine Nine Go For The Gold Award! An incredible kustom El Camino-Cadillac combo built by Keith Dean! More photos of it below in the blog post. Overall I think the show has taken a step in the right direction. I’m not the majority by far but I’d like to see even more kustoms and hot rods and less muscle cars, nothing against those kinds of cars but when the show has “rod & custom” in the name it’s not really a show I’d take a muscle car to. You wouldn’t take a Camaro to a the National Corvette Show would you? Eh, enough of my ranting. Make sure to give Jeff at Premier Body & Paint a call if you need some work done!

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The show felt a little crowded this year, it may have been the bigger than normal crowd or it may have been with the grandstand set up on the east end of the upper floor the cars seemed a bit squished. Whatever the reason quarters seemed tight. There were a lot of the same cars that we see each year. Of course there was the Mustang club area where it seemed that each and every one had it’s hood up. Not really a photogenic look.

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2015 marked the 51st Annual Starbird show in Tulsa, OK. This year’s show was the first of the “New Generation” show with Darryl stepping back as the head honcho and handing the reigns on to the next generation in his family. While I didn’t like going back to having racing and other motorsports downstairs, I understand that the bubble top display of 2014 was a one time thing. The attendance on Saturday when I was there was the biggest that I’ve seen at the show in years, I hope that’s a good sign for years to come.

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The display above had some of the koolest builds of the 2015 KC World Of Wheels. I’ve added a few pics below. REALLY cool projects, I kinda want one now!

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The KC World of Wheels has, like I’ve mentioned, all kinds of cars. Certain parts of the show are definitely more my style than others. I’m including all of the other parts because I want to show off the entire show, something I don’t normally do. Lucky for me there were some awesome rides like the Henry J above!

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