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Artist Feature: Todd C. Jones

I’ve been blessed to meet a ton of great artists in my travels, many of them do not get the press/credit that they deserve often working full-time day jobs and doing art on the side. One of the guys that I’ve met along the way that’s become a good friend is Todd Jones. Enjoy some of his work, add him on Facebook and get you some art! – Royboy

 

Todd was my guest on my podcast “Chrome Pipes & Pinstripes” Episode 5, listen here!

 

Artist Feature : Todd C. Jones


1.) Do you remember an “ah-ha” moment that made you know that art was going to be an integral part of your life?
I realized it fairly early in life. I always had a keen interest in art. Junior High/ Middle School was when I began to take art seriously. My mind was like a sponge soaking up every bit of knowledge about the subject. I was like any typical teen that was into cars, sports, music and girls, but was always most comfortable with a pencil or paintbrush in my hand. I was a pretty quiet kid so art really became the great communicator for me. Drawing was a great way to start up conversations with people. To this day, art is largely responsible for the majority of my friendships.

2.) If you could pick 1 piece of your work that would represent the entire body of your work, which one would you choose?
That’s a difficult one! I’d have to say the front-engined dragster piece I title “The Gold Digger” I was really just screwing around when I started that piece. Never truly intended to finish it. I had no plan, no direction, no goal in mind. I just started sketching. I just kept drawing and continually refining the piece. Before long I was digging up old photo references settling on several photos of the Masters & Richter Special and a few photographs of Ed Pink’s digger. The piece continually evolved and I was very pleased with the end result.


3.) Who or what most inspires your work?
My earliest recollection of being inspired was seeing several side view drawings of old hot rods my dad drew back when he was in high school around 1959-1961. Later, my cousin introduced me to CARtoons magazine. I learned a lot from George Trosley, Dave Deal, Shawn Kerri, and Dennis Ellefson. Later influence came from Thom Taylor, Charlie Smith, Darrell Mayabb and Chip Foose. I am constantly looking for inspiration. I get a lot of motivation from friends in the business. Ed Tillrock, Brian Stupski, Jeff Norwell, Max Grundy, Chad Lampert and Scott Fisk to name a few. Another artist that I get inspired by is Josh Welton, welder and metal sculptor extraordinaire. He’s an amazing welder and seems to have a knack for bringing his work to life.

4.) Is there an artistic style or process that you haven’t tried yet that you want to try?
There are so many styles and processes I’d love to try. I want to explore with oil painting, both metal and clay sculpture, and I’d love to get back into watercolor painting.

5.) What’s 1 piece of advice you’d give an artist that’s just starting out today?
Don’t expect to get wealthy doing art. Do it for the passion and love of art. Never stop working to improve your skills and remember to try processes that are outside your comfort zone. Be persistent, make lots of contacts and maintain them. Never give up.

Contact info: Facebook: Todd C Jones

Email: tjonesdesign@gmail.com

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Event Coverage: 2013 Flatland Car Show Part 2

Part 2 of the coverage from the Flatland Car Show

See you at a show,

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Event Coverage: 2013 Flatland Car Show

Originally I had planned to take this weekend off, I’ve been going strong every weekend since Mid August so I planned a break this weekend. No such luck. Friday night I made the short trip down to Johnny Torres Upholstery’s Open House in Hutchinson, Saturday morning I started with 3 hours at the day job it was off to Russell, KS for the Flatlands Car Show.

The brick streets and many older buildings lend themselves perfect a great looking show.

 

That’s it for today, 1 more post from Russell, and its off to Abilene for the Chisholm Trail days.

 

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Event Coverage: 2013 Johnny Torres Upholstery Open House

I’ve known Johnny Torres for a few years  now, so when he invited me down to the Open House at his Johnny Torres Upholstery at 915 S. Main in Hutchinson, KS of course I was going to make the trip. I’ve watched his car go from primered and just on the road to finished kustom, it’s been a fun ride. He has been doing kustom upholstery work for a while now both here and occasionally out in CA when he goes out to visit his Beatnik brethren. I’ve captioned the photos so they should tell the story.

The scene outside of Johnny Torres Upholstery for the Open House
The scene outside of Johnny Torres Upholstery for the Open House
The scene outside of Johnny Torres Upholstery for the Open House
The scene outside of Johnny Torres Upholstery for the Open House
1964 Galaxie outside of Johnny Torres Upholstery for the Open House
1964 Galaxie outside of Johnny Torres Upholstery for the Open House
The scene outside of Johnny Torres Upholstery for the Open House
The scene outside of Johnny Torres Upholstery for the Open House
Roy Fields
Roy Fields’ 49 Ford outside of Johnny Torres Upholstery for the Open House
Johnny
Johnny’s Plymouth outside of Johnny Torres Upholstery for the Open House
Johnny
Johnny’s 41 Chevy outside of Johnny Torres Upholstery for the Open House
Inside Johnny
Inside Johnny’s shop
A clean 32 Sedan sitting outside
A clean 32 Sedan sitting outside
The scene outside of Johnny Torres Upholstery for the Open House
The scene outside of Johnny Torres Upholstery for the Open House
The scene outside of Johnny Torres Upholstery for the Open House
The scene outside of Johnny Torres Upholstery for the Open House
Beatniks 20 Year Plaque
Beatniks 20 Year Plaque

While hanging out I ran into one of Johnny’s friends Roy Field who along with his brother Justin and dad have a shop space across the street about a block up from Johnny’s place. Roy has a beautiful 49 Ford that you see above, and has a Bonneville car and they’re working on a dragster and his dad was KKOA member #6. Roy invited me over to see the shop and bit of his dad’s automobilia collection.

I went across the street to a friends
KKOA #6, he’s been in this from way back in the day.
I went across the street to a friends
I’ve seen the car around for years it was great to finally meet the owner.
I went across the street to a friends
A serious collection.
I went across the street to a friends
Roy’s been backwards and out of control faster than I’ve been forwards.
I went across the street to a friends
A project Roy says he started on when he was 14, I hope to see it done someday.
I went across the street to a friends
Roy’s brother Justin is building a new body on Roy’s dragster that he bought from Rick McGregor.
I went across the street to a friends
Pretty stylish.
I went across the street to a friends
Another project and tons of signage.
I went across the street to a friends
He called himself a hoarder, not that it makes you a bad person.
I went across the street to a friends
The Bonneville car, new engine on the way hoping to improve on the previous 220mph effort.
I went across the street to a friends
Kinda giving me the jones to head out to the salt next year.
The scene outside of Johnny Torres Upholstery for the Open House
It’s a good looking machine, the new body is making it even better looking.
The scene outside of Johnny Torres Upholstery for the Open House
Bird’s eye view
The scene outside of Johnny Torres Upholstery for the Open House
You don’t see these too often, out of a fire truck its a v12 GMC

 

Here’s where I apologize, I tried a new lens hand held in this low light and the results were less than stellar. I shot maybe 30 more photos and none of them came out, I will not be using that lens in this situation again.

Today I’m off to shoot 2 small town Kansas shows, tomorrow the coverage from those shows will start, early next week expect to see the first drafts of the 2014 Calendar for Charity!

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Event Coverage: 2013 Rodder’s Journal Revival

From time to time when I cannot make an event I’m asking some friends to write up a piece and take some photos at the event so I can share them with you. This time it’s everyone’s buddy Nick Hoesing who along with some other die hards drove 2800 miles round trip from Omaha, NE to Baltimore, MD for the 2013 Rodder’s Journal Revival. Follow Nick on Instagram  here. Enjoy! – Royboy

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The 2013 Rodder’s Journal Revival was one of the best road trips I’ve ever been on.  Jason Holland and I left Omaha, Nebraska, on the Tuesday before the event and met up with Dave Gray and Kirk Hanning the next evening in Ohio.  We arrived in Baltimore on Thursday afternoon at the Fells Point kick-off party.  We were immediately greeted and welcomed to the East Coast with open arms.  The whole event seemed to be laid back, well organized, and trouble-free.  Friday morning’s cruise up to Havre de Grace was a very scenic tour through some of the Maryland countryside.  Friday evening’s low light photo session gathering at the Pimlico show venue produced a great sampling of the type of cars we’d see more of throughout the weekend.  Saturday and Sunday at the Revival were two great days full of live music, incredible cars, friendly people, great weather, and the perfect setting for this type of event.  We headed towards home on Sunday afternoon and arrived back on Tuesday afternoon, without any major issues.  It was a great week on the road and I definitely want to make the trip out East again next year.

For more from the trip you can go to Nick’s H.A.M.B. thread here.

More photo threads on the event here, here, here

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Event Coverage: 2013 Rumble – Wichita, KS – Part 4

When the show was started it was in June and ran from 4p-10p, now that it’s in September, the show ends up at 8pm after the pinup contest and the awards. Perfect timing to head to my favorite pizza joint in Wichita then head to the after party. I had a really good time and I will be back next year.

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Matt rocking his Royboy Stencil hat.

Matt in his RBP hat :)
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Nice bike!

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Doug Reed and the Toad.

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Some of the ladies of the pinup contest.

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And then it was just me and my ride. Time to go grab a bite to eat and head to the after party.

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That’s it for this show,  click here and see the entire gallery!

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Royboy

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Jonnie King and Darryl Starbird on “The Shark”

“HI !  I’m Jonnie King and I want to take this opportunity to thank my friend, Travis, for inviting me to share some of these great Interviews I’ve put together from these true Legends of the R&C Industry through the years.

Travis is a FANTASTIC photographer, and he and I eMailed each other, starting a few years back, while we were visiting on another R&C Site.  Then, when we were at the 2011 KKOA Lead Sled Spectacular in Salina, Kansas, we ran into each other as we were admiring Yaril Quintana’s “Custom For Korea” Clone.

I was explaining to this nice young guy, standing by the car with a camera, that I had loved the Original Version of this “shoebox” since I was a kid…and still had my original Car Craft copy with it as a Cover Car back in 1953…

Car Craft Mag_Sept 1954_Gaylord Custom

Finally, when the ‘nice young guy with a camera’ and myself got around to introducing ourselves, I found out he was “Travis From Kansas”…the same guy I’d been exchanging eMail with for over a year !

SO, that’s how this friendship started, and when Travis asked me about sharing my Interviews with all of you on his truly superb Website…well, it was a ‘no brainer’ !

What follows next is my latest story and Interview with the iconic DARRYL STARBIRD:

DARRYL STARBIRD’S NEWEST SUPER-CREATION is a Concept Version of what could have come out of Detroit !   A truly mind-blowing 1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham called “THE SHARK” !

THE SHARK_FRONT VIEW 2

In this one-on-one Interview, Darryl told me the story of he created it, how it can be used in 3 different versions, and, a humorous tale about what some early viewers said about it.

This is one story, from the true “King Of The Bubble Tops” that you must hear !    PLUS, you’ll see some rare  photos that Darryl let me take during the early build of this fascinating, rare, Eldorado Brougham !   To Listen, Simply CLICK-ON-THIS-LINK: http://www.legends.thewwbc.net/gpage36.html

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Event Coverage: 2013 Rumble – Wichita, KS – Part 3

Soooo, I got a lot of photos of my lady friends on stage and a few more with them next to some cars. Who can blame me, really? They were nice enough to walk around with me after their performance and pose by some cars and I am not stupid, pretty girl + kool car = WIN!

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Here’s the trophy table, all kool hand made trophies, because those mean more.

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Happy Birthday Steve!

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Kool kid hauler!

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The hosts of the show.

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Gimlet wanted to be the one to stand next to McPhail’s 41.

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Compromise

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The girls posed for a couple of photos with Joe’s white truck last year, so we had to shoot with his 40 Ford too.

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We were kinda running up against the clock so I didn’t have time to run back to the car and grab flashes or reflectors, damn.

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With the girls gone, and all of the guys focusing back on talking cars now, it was back to shooting car show coverage photos. How kool is this?

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One of 3 Galaxies at the show.

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Some will call this a rat, I just say its unrefined.

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Another kool truck that I see all over the place.

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There was a lot of orange at the show, and all of it was well done. Some great quality paint work.

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Not too many bikes at the show, I could definitely use more of the style that showed up.

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Larry James’ Caddy

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Okay, I need this.

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Again with Elvis’ Caddy? Yeah again.

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Its a good time seeing this truck launch at the drag strip.

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Primary’s members cars.

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The Go Away Garage hosted a panel jam with some heavy hitters around the table. Lots of kool art was created.

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That’s it for this post, more throughout the week or you can click here and see the entire gallery, 1 more post tomorrow to finish it up!

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See you at a show,

Royboy

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Event Coverage: 2013 Rumble – Wichita, KS – Part 2

The Rumble, Wichita, KS Sept 28, 2013 Part 2

The show started at 1pm after some morning weather, that may have scared some folks off, but the die hards still came and were rewarded with perfect fall weather.  From the time I rolled in at 1pm until leaving at 8pm it was perfection. The stage for the bands, pinup contest and awards was setup under the Kellogg flyover, and surrounded by cars as I rolled in. Later cars filled the adjacent parking lot, there was room in those two areas for 30 or so more cars as things were set up, and room up the street for a ton more as the show grows.

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This ride is a regular at cruise night up in Salina, there will be more info on it coming, stay tuned 🙂

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Something about this ride I really dig, maybe it’s the attention getting paint, maybe it’s the pie cut slicks, maybe it’s a lot of stuff.

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So much style in the Pontiacs

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Simple recipe, and it works.

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Ooops I thought I had another shot of this truck without people walking almost in front of it. That’s the risk I take when shooting from so far away at a car show.

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Like I said yesterday, I see Jason and his truck everywhere and I cant stop taking photos of it.

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Nice looking roadster.

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Another simple recipe with great results.

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I think I should shoot a feature on it, and get the skinny on all of the details for you, what do you think?

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So much cleaner without the handles and the factory turn signals.

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I’ve shot dozens of photos of Joe’s Caddy over the years. I shouldn’t love it so much but I do, and I don’t care who knows.

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Matt’s roadster is just too kool.

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Hey that’s not a traditional hot rod or kustom! Yeah… I know. It’s my site I make the rules.

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Cassie’s 57

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Oh sweet Nadine. For most of you, your ride wishes it had this many miles and was still kickin.

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Chad Ward was busy painting off the tailgate of his ride.

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My buddy Elvis’ Caddy, yes he knows his tire is going flat.

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A couple of my favorite Dirty Martinis entertaining the crowd with song and dance.

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That’s it for this post, more throughout the week or you can click here and see the entire gallery.

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Royboy

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Event Coverage: 2013 Rumble – Wichita, KS – Part 1

The Rumble, Wichita, KS Sept 28, 2013

The Rumble (formerly Rumble in Delano) has been going on each year in Wichita for a few years now. This is the second year for the show’s new late September date and the first time for the show’s new location just south of the Go Away Garage in downtown Wichita. Those two changes can be tough for a show to survive, but from my experience Saturday I think the show came through fine.

I really dig the under Kellogg/US-54 location, it just has an interesting and kool look about it. Here’s my Galaxie when I rolled in. As always, to purchase any of these photos as a print, click on it and you’ll be taken to the gallery where you can pick size and paper style. Metallic is my favorite paper right now but they all have their own place to be used and the site will even tell you what each does best.

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There were quite a few early arrivers like myself.

Doug’s Toad and McPhail’s 41 Buick at the registration booth.

A few of the pinstripers hung out at the Go Away Garage and had a panel jam.

 

The platform out side of the Go Away Garage made for a great place to watch the incoming rides.

 

Jason and his truck have been at a lot of the same shows as I have been lately, and I’m not complaining.

Jack and his 51 leading in a few friends from the Mulvane Marauders. The 51 and Joe’s 41 Ford Pickup behind it took home 4 combined awards. The awards were hand made and painted and some of the koolest I’ve seen all year so far. Congrats to Fast AL’s Upholstery on the Best Interior award on the 51.

I just can’t stop taking photos of the Toad. Here’s some from a photo shoot for CKD magazine.

And McPhail’s 41 Buick sitting pretty.

Johnny Hammann brought out his shoebox.

Look! I found a couple of Dirty Martinis 🙂 with Larry Jame’s Caddy

Variations on a theme…

Newly finished this summer, and already one of my favorites.

Another that I’ve seen all over this year but I can’t stop taking pics of it.

That’s it for this first post, more throughout the week or you can click here and see the entire gallery.

See you at a show,
Royboy

 

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Upcoming Event: 2013 October Schedule

The month of September has been a busy one. With an event every weekend and most of those weekends with multiple option of events to attend, it’s definitely been a good time. October is shaping up much the same way. I thought I’d give you a list of the events that I’m going to attend and some that I can’t, hopefully I will have friends turning in coverage from the ones that I cannot make so that you and I can enjoy the photos. Without further ado, here is the schedule.

October Schedule

Oct. 4th

Hutchinson, KS – Johnny Torres Upholstery Open House

One of my many talented friends doing upholstery for a living. Johnny is having an open house at his shop in Hutchinson, KS on Friday night before the big Saturday show in downtown Hutch.

Oct. 5th

Hutchinson, KS – 6th Annual Hutch Rod Run

Russell, KS – Flatland Car Show

Abilene, KS – Chisholm Trail Days

Oklahoma City – Shoebox Central Run –

Oct. 12th

Lamar, MO – Ol Geezers Car Show

Woodstock, IL – Iron Invasion

Agitators show – Atomic Rod & Custom Car Show

Oct. 18th & 19th

Salina, KS – NOT A CAR SHOW – This one is not a car show, has nothing to do with cars, but is a mainstay on my schedule. I have worked as a stage hand and later as an assistant engineer for the BluesMasters at the Crossroads at Blue Heaven Studios since 2000. If you are a fan of blues music this is the place to be Friday and Saturday nights.

Oct. 26th

Sand Springs, OK – Hot Rod Garage is a well known high end hot rod and custom shop in the Tulsa area. The 26th is their open house and I’ve heard that there will be 12 front engine dragsters on display among a bunch of customer cars and more. Definitely looking forward to heading down to this event for the first time.

November

November will continue the busy schedule with an event every weekend, I may even do one on Thanksgiving weekend if I can make enough money to cover the gas to Denver and back after going to Oklahoma once and Texas twice!

See you at a show,

Royboy

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Starliner Video

This is an experiment. I’m looking for feedback on the idea. I just threw this together but if you like it, I could do them more often for some of the shows. Leave your feedback below.

Thanks to the Psycho Devilles for the the music “Addicted” and “Wicked Times” off of their Night Prowler CD

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go here for the downloadable mp3

For more info on the show go to www.straykatkustoms.com

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Royboy

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Jonnie King interviews Chuck Miller

Last week I introduced you all to my friend Jonnie King and his website.  This week we’ve got audio for you from an interview that Jonnie did with Chuck Miller on his beautiful 32 Roadster, an 18 year project. Click here to go to the page to hear the whole interview.

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Go spend some time on Jonnie’s site, you could easily spend a few hours just hanging out and listening to his interviews.

 

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Royboy

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Event Coverage: 2013 Ol Marais River Run Part 4

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The beautiful blue Kansas sky and the big trees of Forest Park combined to make lots and lots of harsh shadows. If I had more time at the show I would have used an off camera flash to fill in a bit, but I had 3 hours to cover a park with about 2000 cars in it… So yeah I didn’t do that 🙂

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Sooooo Nice
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I stopped in to see the guys from Affordable Street Rods, this beautiful roadster is theirs and is just plain awesome.
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I love the stance of this shoebox. If any of you know the owner I’d like to find out how this stance was achieved. I have 3″ drop springs for the front of mine and 3″ drop springs for the rear, but I’m sure I need to get down farther than that.
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I see the Spiwak’s about everywhere I go and it’s never a bad thing.
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A touch too much.
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I’m not normally a Camaro guy but this one was very nice.
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I’ve always liked this 40
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Fresh back from the Hot Rod Hill Climb
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Nice scallops
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That’s a heck of a stretch job!
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My favorite ride of the show. This is a true survivor hot rod that was a dirt track racer before it was turned into this show rod in the 60’s
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It’s neighbor wasn’t too shabby either!
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Look at all of those identical hoods open. You can bet your behind I walked right by that whole area. Who needs to stop and look at 6 identical cars except for their paint colors?
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Bryce, lookie here my friend.
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A very nice Anglia
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Gentry’s GMC Cabover is evolving every time I see it. I’m not sure it could lay out last time I saw it.
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That’s it folks, that’s what I saw in my whirlwind 2013 Ol Marais River Run trip. I only had time for 1 pass around the park, so if I missed your ride, I apologize.

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Event Coverage: 2013 Ol Marais River Run Part 3

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One of my favorite’s from the Greaserama was also in Ottawa.

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Beautiful truck, the suicide hood being open is less visually offensive than if it was a regular style.

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My dad’s 59 Thunderbird and our extended “family’s” cars behind it.

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Frank’s beautiful 56 Chevy took home an award for best Home Built I believe. Congrats Frank! I know you’ve put a lot of time and effort into your ride!

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Rick’s 57 has every option that you might want for a kool road trip cruiser and will look good while doing it.

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Roger Ward’s car has looked this good for a long long time and gets driven.

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Feed us, feeeeeeed ussss, feeeeeeeeeeeeeed ussssssssssss!

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Pretty good stance on this shoebox

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You don’t see these done up nice too often, if you’re going to take the whole tribe across country, this is the car for you.

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too bad about the hood.

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3rd or 4th show this summer I’ve run across this group.

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Not normally my style but something about it I liked.

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Keith Bright’s beautiful roadster.

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Some of my Nebraska/Kansas line friends

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I’ve shot Bill’s “Sledsel” for a magazine feature.

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A nice adaptation of an American Graffiti style build.

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Event Coverage: 2013 Ol Marais River Run Part 2

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A whole bunch of kool rides this post.

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I’m not really sure what all is going on here but it sure looks like a lot of work.

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Event Coverage: 2013 Ol Marais River Run Part 1

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Finally a good weekend weather wise for this show, and it was obvious that the rain of the previous couple of years was the culprit keeping the show from exploding. By all accounts of those that I talked to this was the biggest one yet. I was able to stop in for a few hours and make 1 pass around the park before heading off to Fast A.L.’s Upholstery Open House that I featured yesterday.

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My friend’s beautiful 39.

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Neal’s Canopy Express GMC

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Former dirt track racer, turned 60’s show rod. Good to see it driving!

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Ugh why do you leave the hood and trunk open? IT RUINS THE LINES OF THE CARS. Shut them down unless you have something truly unique under the hood.

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Event Coverage: 2013 Fast A.L.’s Upholstery Open House

Saturday Sept. 21, 2013 was Fast A.L.’s Upholstery Open House. 1 year before Aaron Lawrence (A.L.) had left his previous position with a high end hot rod shop to run his own upholstery venture full time. This open house is a big milestone for Lawrence, as a year’s worth of kool cars have rolled through his doors and the projects keep booking him out in the future. Do good work at a reasonable price and people will tell their friends, it’s one of the best free advertising principles out there and it works.

Aaron sitting in his new roadster.
Aaron sitting in his new roadster.
Aaron sitting in his new roadster.
Aaron sitting in his new roadster.

 

Congrats on 1 year Aaron, and all my best for another great year!

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Event Coverage: Hot Rod Hill Climb Coverage

From the coverage I’ve seen, I really messed up not going to the Hot Rod Hill Climb. Looks like a really kool event! The rains and devastating flooding on the eastern side of the Rockies could not keep the folks from getting up to Georgetown, CO for the event on Sept. 14th. This was the 60th Anniversary of the 1953 Hot Rod Hill Climb and from the looks of it, it was awesome!

The following photos are from Hot Rod Hill Climb’s Instagram page,  or the Hot Rod Hill Climb Facebook posted here with permission from the owner.

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Here are some links to some amazing coverage.

Hot Rod Magazine’s website

Rod Authority’s Coverage

Museum of American Speed

Here’s a kool youtube video from Michael West

A ton of people have posted photos on the Hot Rod Hill Climb thread on the H.A.M.B. it’s definitely worth some time!

If at all possible I will not miss it again.

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Royboy

 

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Car Feature: Doug Reed’s 1949 Oldsmobile “The Toad”

It’s hard for me to come up with something to say about this car and it’s owner, Doug Reed. Doug has become a great friend and mentor of mine over the last few years. He’s been covering the hot rod/kustom scene in this area for over 3 decades, doing his part to get publicity for the talented builders and dedicated car owners of the region, just as I am attempting to do now. No words that I come up with express how much I dig this car and the man that owns it.

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2013 Starliner Art

So last week I shared a lot of photos of the 2013 Starliner show with you all. See that coverage here.
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I’m slowly working through some of the photos to do a bit more editing and I thought I’d share those with you here in this extra post. From time to time I’ll be adding in these 3pm posts in addition to the 9am regular posts, so stay tuned! Subscribe using the box on the right side of the page here so you don’t miss any of the coverage.

 

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Jonnie King And Gene Winfield Discuss Pacifica

While not an artist per se, Jonnie King is the focus of today’s post. If you’ve never been to his site, “Legends Of The Rod & Custom Hall of Fame” then you’re missing out! Jonnie interviews many of the koolest kustom folks and posts the interviews on the site. A few years ago we crossed paths and I’m not sure how we even met but I’m glad that we did! If you don’t know who Jonnie is, here is his site.

One of the newest updates on the site is an interview with Gene Winfield talking about his 2013 777 Award winning clone of his famous Pacifica Econoline Ford Pickup. The original build was done in 1962, and the clone is visually just about the same as the original, but underneath the truck is much more modern. Click here to open that page, the audio will begin automatically.

Gene Winfield driving Pacifica
Gene Winfield driving Pacifica

I’m hoping to talk Jonnie into doing a blog post here for you whenever he has new audio articles up, at the very least, I will do a post like this one and give you links to the good stuff!

See you at a show,

Royboy

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Event Coverage: SKOOPS Annual Sock Hop and Cruz-In Car Show

Sunday morning I was talking with a friend of mine on facebook and he mentioned that he was about to head out to a show just 40 miles down the road from me. I didn’t feel like sitting home all day so I hopped in the car and headed south to Hesston, KS (about 30 miles north of Wichita). What I found was a nice small town show covering some of the downtown area of Hesston featuring cars of all types from all over the region.

 

You don’t see a Pantera all that often.

I have another shot or two of this, I’ll save for later though 🙂

Here’s one  you don’t see every day.

 

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Royboy

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Event Coverage: My Favorite Shows Year After Year

It’s no secret that I get to a lot of events across the midwest. I certainly have my favorites, this is a partial list of the shows I like, with a link to the show’s official website if possible and some of my show coverage where I can. My philosophy is different than many, I don’t think that a huge car count is always a good thing. My favorite experiences at shows have all been when the car counts were less than 250. I don’t have anything against the bigger shows, I’ve had great times at them as well but the very best experiences were these select smaller ones.

Texas Thaw – 1st Weekend of March – Denton, TX

Texas Thaw – Vintage Drag Racing and car show, all the proceeds go to a great cause. What better way to kick off March but to head to North Texas for some drag racing?

2013 was my first trip to the event, here are the photos I took that day  or if you prefer to see the best stuff in blog form you can go here. Here is an article that I did for Rod Authority on the event.

Lonestar Roundup – 1st weekend of April – Austin, TX

Lonestar Roundup – This is one of the bigger shows on the list. 2013 saw a reported 1700 vehicles, I’d say 75% were traditional hot rods and kustoms of many different flavors. Add to that a great garage crawl on Friday morning, and Austin’s fantastic food and music. It’s hard to go wrong with the Lonestar Roundup in your travel plans. Here’s the gallery and here is Part 1 of the coverage on the blog.

Stray Kat 500 – 1st full weekend of May – Dewey, OK

Stray Kat 500 – Full Disclosure, this is the flagship Stray Kat Kustoms event and I am very blessed to be a member of the Stray Kat Kustoms Family.

I’ve covered this show a couple of times for Car Kulture Deluxe and for my site here, here is the 2013 gallery.

Vintage Torque Fest – 1st weekend of May – Dubuque, IA

Vintage Torque Fest – 2011 was the last time I was able to attend the Vintage Torque Fest, since then the show has conflicted with the Stray Kat 500.

This year my good friend Dan from Dan’s Hot Rod Photo covered the event and was kind enough to share those images here. Here is my 2011 Gallery.

KKOA Leadsled Spectacular – Last weekend of July – Salina, KS

KKOA Leadsled Spectacular – This one has an advantage, this is my home town show. 1850 cars this year, plus run what ya brung drags and a bunch more.

Here’s the coverage on the site for this year and the full gallery here.

H.A.M.B. Drags – 3rd weekend of August – MO-KAN Dragway

H.A.M.B Drags – I’ve been attending the H.A.M.B. Drags for a few years, and I’ve never had a bad time. I’ve nearly had heat stroke but never a bad time.

This year’s coverage is here and the full photo gallery is here.

Greaserama – Labor Day Weekend – Platte Co. Fairgrounds, Tracy, MO

Greaserama – Always a good time, good people, and some kool rides. Coverage. Gallery.

Starliner – 2nd Weekend of Sept. – Wichita, KS

Starliner – Much like the Stray Kat 500 this one is easily amongst my very favorite shows. The people, the brotherhood, the planes, the Garage Krawl, there is just no end to what’s to love about this show.

I’m working on a magazine article on the show now but you can see the coverage on the site here and the full gallery here.

Iron Invasion – 2nd weekend of Oct. – Woodstock, IL

Iron Invasion – 2012 was the first year of the 2nd show that Vintage Torque puts on. It was a long drive, it was cold and about 750 cars showed up, it was a blast.

See the coverage here and the full gallery here.

PUT THESE SHOWS ON YOUR SCHEDULE! If you’re into traditional hot rods and kustoms these are shows that you need to be attending in the Midwest. There are some more that I hope to be attending in the next couple of years and we’ll add to this list.

These shows are ones that I have attended multiple times and I’ve enjoyed myself every time. There are another 10 or so that could be on this list but this is MY absolute favorite list, these are the ones that I have had the best times at. Your mileage may vary.

What are your favorite shows?

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Royboy

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1 Month Warning: Iron Invasion – Woodstock, IL

Just under a month away from the Iron Invasion! Oct. 12th in Woodstock, IL will be the 2nd Iron Invasion show, the first was a really good time, the 2nd should be even better!

Here is the schedule of the weekend’s events.

And a list of bands performing with some youtube clips of each one.

 

Here’s a bit of what I saw last time!

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I am committed to another show this year so I can’t make it, best of luck to everyone attending for a great show!

See you at a show,

Royboy