Category: Event Coverage

For the final installment of the 2015 Pistons & Paint coverage we have the biggest day of photos of the week. I wanted to stay for the day but I’d promised my friends in the band Paramount that I’d make it to their gig in Wichita that evening. So after checking out a few hundred great rides, talking with some good friends and hearing some awesome music I pointed the Galaxie north on I-35 and hauled butt up to Wichita. After delivering a couple of orders of calendars to folks that lived right off of the interstate I made it to the Cotillion just in time to catch the start of the show. I hope you all enjoyed the photos!

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By noon of the 2015 Pistons & Paint show in Denton, TX the show had pretty much filled in. I’m a big fan of this show, the cars are pretty great, the folks of North Texas are awesome, the music is spot on. This is probably why I come back each year.

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As I hit the 2015 Pistons & Paint the weather was about like the year before, kinda cold, cloudy and threatening rain. To the south of Dallas the rain was coming down hard, I’m sure keeping some folks away. The show is usually pretty full pretty quickly, this year and last the cars trickled in throughout the morning into the early afternoon. Some of the best hot rods and kustoms of the region were joined by stockers, cruisers and even some rats.

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For the 2015 Pistons & Paint Car Show I headed out late Friday. Hearing reports from others that I-35 was slammed with NASCAR race weekend traffic I was a bit worried. 5 hours later I checked into my hotel room in southern OK, having never hit traffic, leaving at 7pm worked. A few hours of sleep and another hour of driving got me to the North Texas Fairgrounds in Denton.

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November 6, 2015 the 2015 Pistons & Paint car show took over the North Texas Fairgrounds in Denton, TX. For years I’ve been attending the show but I’ve never taken my own ride until this year. For the 2nd year in a row the day started out wet but ended up awesome!

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The Hot Rod Garage Open House also includes a reunion of some vintage drag racers. Tons of fast cars from the 60’s-70’s were from this region and this was a great way to get a few of the folks together.

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As you can see in the photos from the 2015 Hot Rod Garage Open House the weather was kinda dreary for most of the day. The crowd just kept on coming, inside there was a long table and a bunch of chairs set up so folks could grab a bite amongst all of the current projects in that building and we could watch some vintage drag racing from a projector. Outside everyone’s buddy Monkey was acting as DJ, playing some great music and keeping us informed of the schedule of the day. It was a busy day!

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In part 2 of my 2015 Hot Rod Garage Open House coverage we continue the stroll down the street to see all of the cars. Enjoy!

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This weekend I headed down to Sand Springs, OK to the Hot Rod Garage for their 2015 Open House. All week long rain was threatening the event, it was looking iffy. When we got up at 6 on Saturday and looked out of the hotel window it was raining, no bueno. A quick look at the radar showed that it was just about over. By the time we got to the Hot Rod Garage all was good, wet pavement but no more falling from the sky and the front engine dragsters were unloading! Typically the event fills up early, the moisture slowed that down a bit but by noon the street was full on both sides and people were in all 4 buildings that make up Hot Rod Garage checking out all of the under construction projects and enjoying the cars parked around the facility.

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Today we continue with photos from the 2015 Shoebox Central Open House.

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This weekend I head d south of the border, well okay south of the Kansas border, to the 2015 Shoebox Central open house. Shoebox Central is the one stop shop for anything you could want for your 1949-1951 Fords and 49-52 Mercs.

There was a small car show out front of the shop, enjoy the photos!

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While I was off galavanting around on one of my road trips my friend and mentor Doug Reed attended our mutual friend Roger Linn’s 75th Anniversary of the 1940 Ford Party at his home south of Wichita. Doug was nice enough to share some images of the event with me to share with you.

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While I was busy at an event in Missouri, down on the Gulf Coast Mark from Six Foot Six Creative was checking out the 2015 Cruising The Coast. He was kind enough to send some photos to me to share with all of you.

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The 2015 Poverty Flats Pie Festival and Car Show Fall Edition is much like the one that my uncle Paul (Poverty Flats) put on over Memorial Day weekend. A free to enter car show that has delicious pies as trophies and is more about having a good time than anything else. The Fall edition happens as part of the Gypsum, KS Fall Fest so it includes a parade, a feed, music, games all in my home town. Good times! I was only able to stay for a short bit as this weekend is the Blues Masters At The Crossroads concerts that I work each year but I did snap some quick shots of some of the cars for you to enjoy!

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The smaller shows like the 2015 Old Geezers Show are my favorite. You get the time to talk to everyone, you get to relax with your friends, it’s just a better time than spending all day looking at 1000 cars and never having time to talk or take in the details. Some great rides showing up helps too!

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More photos from the 2015 Old Geezers Show in Lamar, MO including one of the koolest new shoeboxes to get finished near here in the last few years.

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