Hot Rods and Kustom Cars
Thanks again to Derek Campbell and Velma for the photos from Santa Maria! Here’s part 3. Go follow him on Instagram here and her on Instagram here and make sure to say thanks for sending us these photos.
Continue reading “2018 West Coast Kustoms Cruisin’ Nationals Part 3 by Derek Campbell”
Thanks again to Derek Campbell and Velma for the photos from Santa Maria! Here’s part 2 Go follow him on Instagram here and her on Instagram here and make sure to say thanks for sending us these photos.
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. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book is shipping in June and only 74 copies remain. You can order the book here! Or pick up a copy at the Hot Rod Dirt Drags or Custom Car Revival!
See you at a show,
Royboy
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While I was doing the Flint Hills Rod & Custom Run and at the Gypsum Pie Festival and Car Show my buddy Derek Campbell and his lady Velma was out at Santa Maria, CA for the West Coast Kustoms Cruisin’ Nationals. He was kind enough to share a whole bunch of photos with me to share with all of you. Go follow him on Instagram here and her on Instagram here and make sure to say thanks for sending us these photos.
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. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book is shipping in June and only 74 copies remain. You can order the book here! Or pick up a copy at the Hot Rod Dirt Drags or Custom Car Revival!
Continue reading “2018 West Coast Kustoms Cruisin’ Nationals Part 1 by Derek Campbell”
The 2018 Gypsum Pie Festival and Car Show was a blast! This year I was called upon to be the DJ and MC of the show so I didn’t take as many photos as I wished I could have. The temperature was flirting with 100 and although our town has a LOT of trees, none of them were in the right location to help provide shade for the show.
On Saturday I organized and lead the inaugural Flint Hills Rod And Custom Run where we started in Manhattan, KS and drove a beautiful scenic route through the Flint Hills and ended up in Gypsum. I hope to have a stop motion video of that run put together in a few days for you to get a glimpse of what it was like.
Sunday started early, with the show scheduled to open registration at 9 and the show start at 10, there were already 40 or so cars there by 7:30 am! We had a stack of pies, awesome food vendors, crafters, an amazing DJ named Royboy, and a town full of great car folks to hang out with. Door prizes were given away throughout the day as well as some sponsored awards where the award sponsors picked out the recipients and a bunch of awards that the Pie Festival committee members picked out.
A lot of folks went home sweaty and with a pie and as far as I can tell we all had a really good time. I hope to see you here in Gypsum next year!
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. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book is shipping in June and only 78 copies remain. You can pre-order the book here! Or pick up a copy at the Hot Rod Dirt Drags or Custom Car Revival!
I want to say a huge thanks to Joey Wagner (find him here on instagram) for sharing these photos with me to share with all of you! These are from the 2018 Pete & Jake’s Open House in Peculiar, MO, the show was on May 12, 2018. Thanks again Joey for helping me bring photos to the folks when I stay home!
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. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book is shipping in June and only 81 copies remain. You can pre-order the book here!
Continue reading “2018 Pete & Jake’s Open House by Joey Wagner”
When I didn’t get my Galaxie back together after a radiator, overflow tank, fan and shroud, and alternator swap, I had to make other plans. Lucky for me, my dad has some pretty awesome cars so I borrowed his 1959 Thunderbird and headed over to Emporia, KS to the 25th annual Emporia Flatland Cruisers Car Show.
The skies looked pretty scary on the way over to the show but since they were moving away from the event I just kept the pedal down and through the Flint Hills over to Emporia. They had a nice crowd show up including some old friends and some new to me rides, I believe about 150 cars showed up with a nice mixture of all kinds of rides. I even got to see a couple new to me traditional rods.
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. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book is shipping in June and only 81 copies remain. You can pre-order the book here!
This weekend while I was in Emporia, KS for the 25th Anniversary Flatlanders show (photos of that tomorrow), my friend John Wells of Vintage Torque Fest, Iron Invasion and Retro Rewind was at the Rust Revival and he took some photos for me to share with all of you! Enjoy the photos.
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. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book will be out in the Spring of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!
My buddy Richard “Slim” Toonkel sent me these images of his show in NJ a couple of weeks ago. Since I stayed home to work on my Galaxie this weekend I’m sharing them with you. Thanks for the photos, looks like a great time!
From Rich: “My 4th annual Slims Rod & Custom Invitational. My goal is to invite Traditional Rod & Customs from my region to represent the style of cars and trucks I love. I had 90 cars and trucks this year from NJ, NY, CT, & PA. My show is also a fund raiser for the Local VFW post here in North Jersey.”
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. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book will be out in the Spring of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!
With cars from Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas, and Australia, to name a few, there was a great variety of rides in town for the Stray Kat 500. Saturday is the big day for the show, with nearly every available spot filled and people filling all of the shops and eateries in the area, it’s packed! Sunday is a bit more laid back since many start heading for home Saturday evening or early Sunday. We always have a smaller crowd on Sunday and try to get folks on the road around 1pm after the Blessings of the rides and the awards. I’m honored to get to play my little part in helping promote some of my favorite events.
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. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book will be out in the Spring of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!
Friday after the feed we all went back to our respective hotels, one of the best parts of the Stray Kat Kustoms shows is the hang out at the hotels. My Lonely Knights family from Colorado provided the rum and cokes and we had a great time telling stories and laughing until a bit too late in the evening for our 5:30am wake up time so that we could get over to the show so I could set up a stop motion video of the cars rolling in to the show.
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. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book will be out in the Spring of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!
It’s hard for me to write about the 2018 Stray Kat 500 some times. I (maybe unfairly) love this show and the weekend. From the time that I first attended the show I immediately got it, the vibe of the show that is hard for me to capture in words. The people that attend this event, the laid back vibe, some amazing vehicles and the occasional great weather all combine for what is annually one of my favorite events to attend.
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. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book will be out in the Spring of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!
With a scheduled shoot in Joplin to tend to I had to blast off earlier than I wanted to but I was still able to get out and check out some of the action at the drag strip. I can’t wait to see what the good folks of Herington do with this event in the years to come!
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. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book will be out in the Spring of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!
In today’s post let’s see if you can pick out the images taken by my 9 year old nephew Stratton as we walked the show… I’m not sure of the numbers of the show but it seemed like a huge turnout with cars taking up pretty much every spot that was allotted by my eyes. As Stratton and I walked around talking to people and shooting photos we both picked out our favorite cars of the day. Him getting to sit in one sure made his day too. Small town shows can beat most big turnout events most every day.
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. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book will be out in the Spring of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!
I always enjoy my trips over to check out the Herington Car Show and Drags in Herington, KS. It’s a great small town show that has the added bonus of Run What Ya Brung Drags that brings out a HUGE crowd.
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. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book will be out in the Spring of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!
When I can’t make it to a show sometimes I have a buddy who sends me some photos to share with all of you. This time the show was the 2018 Viva Las Vegas and that buddy was Luke Zoch, thanks for the photos, sorry I had to miss it! Thanks for capturing some of my Lonely Knights brothers rides too!
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. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book will be out in June of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!
As I mentioned on the New Blood Award announcement, in order to be eligible for one of the 2 $500+ value prize packages you need to enter here on royboyproductions.com and here is how to do that!
If you and your ride meet the criteria, which is be under 40 years old and bring a traditionally styled hot rod, kustom or gasser, fill in this form. I will email you so that you can then send me a photo of your ride. If you are getting this via email and not seeing the entry form just below, click here to go to the post on the site and enter.
So there you have it, simple really. You fill out that simple form, I get that info in an email, I (sometime in the following 24 hours) send you an email and we go from there.
As mentioned in the New Blood Award announcement, the awards will be decided by 2 methods.
1.) A people’s choice award, voted on by the viewers of this website.
2.) Royboy Pick, I pick a car that I like.
The prizes will be given away at a party on the Saturday night (July 28, 2018) of the KKOA Leadsled Spectacular. The party will be held at the Paramount Bar in Salina, KS. You will need to be there to win, just like your car will need to be at the show to win.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me here and I will do my best to de-confuse you :).
This contest is in no way affiliated with the KKOA Leadsled Spectacular or the Paramount Bar, it is wholly a product of Royboy Productions. This is supposed to be about fun let’s keep it fun so no crying, no whining, just build cool cars and come be a part of a great time.
If you have any questions contact me for details
See you at a show,
Royboy
Since I was already down in Arkansas City to have Jeff Myers’ Premier Body & Paint fix up my daily driver so that I can sell it, and I was driving by anyways I just had to stop by and see the Mulvane Marauders at their 2018 Showdown In The Valley held at the Kansas Star Casino Arena on April 21st. The show moved to the Kansas Star a few years ago and now has a feature that was great for the rainy weather of the day, an indoor spot for about 100 rides!
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. I completed the trip in November 2017 and have been working on a 224 page coffee table book of the entire 9 week adventure since. The book will be out in the June of 2018. You can pre-order the book here!
This episode Royboy travels to Koolsville to talk with Jeff Myers about the 1941 Ford kustom that he built for the late Roy Putnam. We also talk about the 1957 Ford that he built for Roy.
Continue reading “182 – Roy Putnam’s 1941 Ford with Jeff Myers – Chrome Pipes and Pinstripes”
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Even though the weather wasn’t great, the 2018 Lonestar Round Up was a great time. Thanks to everyone involved in putting on one heck of a great weekend.
The 2018 Lonestar Round Up coverage is brought to by my friends at Owens Salvage in Wellington, TX. Bob has 65 acres with tons of cars that have the parts you need for your next project. Find them on Facebook here or on their website here.
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Royboy
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By Saturday the weather had turned from 86degrees to 46, it was a bit chilly especially with the wind but if the pinup girls could walk around in it, so could I. The crazy huge turnout that had been at the event on Friday was down quite a bit due to the weather but most of the folks that traveled from across the country were still ready to hang out, check out some cars, hear some great music and enjoy each other’s company.
The 2018 Lonestar Round Up coverage is brought to by my friends at Owens Salvage in Wellington, TX. Bob has 65 acres with tons of cars that have the parts you need for your next project. Find them on Facebook here or on their website here.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
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Royboy
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When I finally got into the show on Friday it wasn’t long before everyone in the show was getting sweaty, it was kinda warm compared to what Kansas had been only 24 hours before but since Saturday was not looking too good temp wise we all just kind of dealt with it. I’ve never seen so many cars at this show on a Friday, it was crazy!
Around 2pm I got a text from Ryno that the minibike races were starting so I went over to check them out with a pinup friend of mine and some friends from Colorado. That’s one of my favorite parts of events like this, there were friends to hang with from across the country and planet!
The 2018 Lonestar Round Up coverage is brought to by my friends at Owens Salvage in Wellington, TX. Bob has 65 acres with tons of cars that have the parts you need for your next project. Find them on Facebook here or on their website here.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
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Royboy
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We had a great time out at the Meatheads BBQ and then hanging out with the Okie Sleds in Taylor. Later that night we headed down to Giddy Ups to hang out and listen to some live music. Friday morning I headed to the show and waited in line for an hour to get in. The amount of people trying to get into the event was crazy, the most I’ve ever seen on a Friday at the Lonestar Round Up.
The 2018 Lonestar Round Up coverage is brought to by my friends at Owens Salvage in Wellington, TX. Bob has 65 acres with tons of cars that have the parts you need for your next project. Find them on Facebook here or on their website here.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
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Royboy
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The 2018 Lonestar Round Up trip started the way that all of my annual pilgrimages to Austin have started. Ill prepared and a few minutes late. After work at 6pm I headed off from my home in central Kansas and met up with a buddy along the interstate about 30 miles down the road. We pushed through and got to the south side of Fort Worth around 1:30 am and called it a night.
The next morning he was calling my room far too early and shortly after we were headed south again. Destination, Beyersville, TX for the Meatheads BBQ pre-party at Noon on Thursday.
Here are some photos from that event, more coverage of the weekend all week long on the site, make sure to subscribe if you haven’t already so you will get the updates in your email in box.
The 2018 Lonestar Round Up coverage is brought to by my friends at Owens Salvage in Wellington, TX. Bob has 65 acres with tons of cars that have the parts you need for your next project. Find them on Facebook here or on their website here.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5
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Royboy
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Here’s the fifth and final post of the Southwest Missouri Hot Rod Hundred! Thanks to the CrossMembers CC for allowing me to cover the event and for all of the hard work it takes to put these on.
The coverage of the 2018 Southwest Missouri Hot Rod Hundred is brought to you by the CrossMembers CC, the purveyors of the Hot Rod Hundred events. The HRH’s are 100ish mile fun runs that I’ve been lucky enough to take part in a few times. Get more info at hotrodhundred.com
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After catching some shots about two miles from the start point I hopped in my daily driver and got on the interstate and leap frogged around the group to station myself at the Spencer Route 66 station. My buddy Quentin Brown was already there so I moved down to this old bridge on the route just up the road. The rain was falling gently when I got perched precariously on the side of the bridge but it wasn’t enough to keep me from shooting an image of every single car that was on the run.
The coverage of the 2018 Southwest Missouri Hot Rod Hundred is brought to you by the CrossMembers CC, the purveyors of the Hot Rod Hundred events. The HRH’s are 100ish mile fun runs that I’ve been lucky enough to take part in a few times. Get more info at hotrodhundred.com
