2014 Pistons And Paint Part 1

 

For the 2nd year in a row I headed down to Texas for Pistons And Paint and had a great time! The show had a great turnout this year with weather that was chilly and windy at first but turned into a beautiful day.

 

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Kustom City Needs You!

In 2012 I received a call from my friend and mentor Doug Reed asking if I’d like to be a part of a display at the 2013 Starbird-Devlin show in Wichita. He was assembling some cars to be a part of a Kustom City display showing off kustoms to the folks that attend the show. For decades Wichita had a rich heritage of kustoms and in recent years the kustoms weren’t exactly featured at the show.

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Chrome Pipes & Pinstripes Ep. 32: Yabba Dabba Do With Jim and Jason Smith

This week Royboy tells the tale of a 750 mile Halloween Weekend roadtrip and sits down with Jim and Jason Smith, the owners of the Hot Rod Garage.

 

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2014 Stray Kat Feed Part 2

The Haines’ brought their roadster to the Stray Kat Feed, as in THE Roadster of Roadster Pilot, yeah that’s Roadster Pilot #1 and it gets driven everywhere in every weather.

 

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2014 Stray Kat Feed Part 1

For 4 years now I’ve spent the first Saturday of November hanging out with my Stray Kat Kustoms Family at the Stray Kat Feed. We had folks from 5 states show up this year for some sloppy joes, hot dogs, chili and more.

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10-31-14 Premier Body & Paint Shop Visit

 It’s been awhile since I stopped by Premier Body & Paint in Arkansas City, KS so last Friday I stopped in to see what was up at the shop.

 

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1 Month Warning : Creme de la Chrome

Last year I was needing something to do Thanksgiving weekend, I had heard of an indoor show in Denver and since I don’t do Black Friday shopping I headed out early for Denver. What I found was a show full of gorgeous cars! After spending a few hours shooting the event and hanging out with friends I made the 6 hour drive home. 12 hours of driving and 3 hours of shooting, it’s all in a day’s work. The show is coming up again this Thanksgiving weekend in Denver, here are some photos from the event:

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2014 Ratty Bastards Cruise In

After going to the Hot Rod Garage Open House and then the Shoebox Central Open House I stopped downtown in OKC to see some buddies in the Ratty Bastards club who were having a cruise in at Grandads.

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Chrome Pipes & Pinstripes Ep. 31 : Here I Go Again… with Adam Lucier

Chrome Pipes & Pinstripes Episode 31 entitled “Here I Go Again” in which Royboy tells the tale of a 600+ mile 3 event trip that took 26 hours round trip and then talks with Adam Lucier of Newstalgia Custom Paint.

 

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2014 Shoebox Central Open House

After hanging out at the Hot Rod Garage Open House in the morning and about an hour and 45 minute drive I arrived at Shoebox Central for their open house. I met a few cars leaving the event but even with them, the parking lot doesn’t hold too many and it was pretty full.

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2014 Hot Rod Garage Open House Part 3

For the final post of the 2014 Hot Rod Garage Open House coverage I’ll feature the final car show shots, and some shots of what was actually on display in the shop. Above is owner Jason’s road race Falcon.  Plenty of great cars under construction at the Hot Rod Garage!

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2014 Hot Rod Garage Open House Part 2

Tulsa has a ton of amazing vehicles, any given weekend you can catch a cool ride cruising somewhere in the city. It’s a treat to get to see so many together at the Hot Rod Garage Open House.

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2014 Hot Rod Garage Open House Part 1

In 2013 I finally made the trip down to the Hot Rod Garage Open House in Sand Springs, OK. After hearing about this event for years it was time to make the trek. The Tulsa Timing Association Renunion is part of the same event to add some additional kool to an already awesome event. The 2014 Hot Rod Garage Open House was just as cool.

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1 Month Warning: Hobo Happening

For years the last event in this region had been the Hobo Happening in Douglass, KS. I’ve been able to attend this mid November event a few times, sometimes it’s 60 degrees and sometimes it’s 35 degrees, but it’s always a bunch of great people having an even better time.

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George Barris Meets “The Munsters” At The Dragstrip! by Jonnie King

GEORGE BARRIS MEETS “THE MUNSTERS” AT THE DRAGSTRIP”

“Hi again, to everyone taking the time to visit here with my good friend Travis, and myself, on this awesome Website !

Halloween is almost here and I wanted to share this short, sweet, fun Interview with “The King of the Kustomizer’s” GEORGE BARRIS…when he met “The Munster’s” !!!

FROM1964-1966 one of the hottest shows on TV was THE MUNSTERS !  But did you ever see the “HOT ROD HERMAN”…at the Dragstrip Episode ?  Well, I accidentally happened on to it the day I was set to Interview GEORGE BARRIS !  George and his Crew built the special cars for that show…and I wanted to know how it came together for this Episode.

GEORGE GIVES THE REAL STORY on The Munster Koach and The Drag-U-La Car…which he actually drove at the Dragstrip in this Classic Episode ! (PS: Grandpa Munster makes a cameo appearance  especially for our listeners; and, listen for George doing a “wheelie” !!)

All the fun & action starts when you simply Click-On-This-Link:
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Thanks to all, and, HAPPY HALLOWEEN !  ”

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Hot Rods, Rat Rods & Miscommunication

This is NOT a rat rod.

We label ourselves, our cars and everything else we can so that we can separate ourselves from the masses and claim our own tribes. It’s human nature and I’m a victim/proponent of it too. One of the ways that the label “system” fails us is when the definition of a label changes over time, not everyone gets the memo and then you have people not understanding each other.

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Chrome Pipes And Pinstripes Ep. 30 : Crown Customs with Corey Conyers

Chrome Pipes And Pinstripes Episode 30 in which Royboy tells the story of the Blues Masters At The Crossroads and Corey Conyers tells tales of the Hot Rod Reunion and about building Front Engine Dragsters.

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2014 Day of the Drags by Wide Whites Photography

 

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2014 Day of the Drags
by Heath Icenhower – Wide Whites Photography – On Instagram at @widewhites

It’s a universal fact that we can’t make every event, every year. So we must pick and choose. After seeing photos and hearing stories of last year’s Day of the Drags hosted by the Kontinentals, I decided that DOTD would be added to the list for 2014. Plans were made and cars/trucks were tuned up for the 333 miles drive to Little River Dragway, Holland, Texas on October 11th. However, good old Mother Nature had a different plan. Forecasts of 100% chance and significant rain resulted in a one week postponed Day of the Drags 2014. So, back to the day job for five more days.

 

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2014 Bluesmasters At The Crossroads

2014 Bluesmasters coverage, this is my one non-car thing I do each year and the reason there is no major car coverage this week on the site. For 17 years the Blues Masters At The Crossroads has been held mid October in Salina, KS at the historic Blue Heaven Studios. In 1999 I attended for the first time as a spectator, bummed that I had missed the 1998 inaugural event. I had spent most of the week in Phoenix looking at apartments for my upcoming stint at the Conservatory Of Recording Arts & Sciences. We hammered the throttle down to get home in time for me to attend that 1999 event. Fast forward to August of 2000 and I’m returning to Salina from Phoenix to complete an internship at Blue Heaven Studios to complete my schooling. More after the break…

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2014 Gypsum Fall Festival Car Show

Most of my 40 years have been spent in or around Gypsum, KS. Most of the Octobers that I’ve been here I’ve gone down to the Fall Festival held on and around our main drag, Maple Street. The “downtown” area is all on this 1 paved street (except for about a half block off of Maple in each way). There’s a parade, kids games, and in recent years a car show organized by my uncle Paul, known online by many as Poverty Flats.

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2014 Duck Drags Part 3

After completing this year’s Drag Week 3rd in class, Mike decided to put some 4.11 gears in the Henry J. The extra torque to the ground put the nose up in the air, that’s power. You HAVE to see the pics of Monkey flag starting the drags later in this post!

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1 Month Warning : Pistons & Paint

In 2013 I finally made the trek down to Denton, TX for the Pistons & Paint show. It’s just about time for that show again. Yeah this is a 1 month warning but you have less time than that!

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2015 Calendar For Charity For Sale NOW!

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It’s that time of year again! Time for the 2015 Calendar For Charity! For the 7th year I take some of my favorite photos from the year and I use them to create some of the koolest calendars that you can find anywhere. 100% of the profits go to the Wounded Warrior Project.

 

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2014 Duck Drags Part 2


There were lineups from just about every combination of vehicles that you could imagine at the 2014 Duck Drags. It was a lot of fun to see what came to the line together and see who could pull of the win.

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Chrome Pipes & Pinstripes Ep. 29: What a Drag…Week

Chrome Pipes & Pinstripes Episode 29 in which Royboy tells the story of the Old Geezer Show and the DuckusCrapus Drags with guests Mike Cox & Ron Shroeder.

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